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The Neurocritic (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
You've heard of Neuromarketing , which measures the neural activity of consumers (via fMRI or EEG) in response to various products or advertisements. Now, get ready for Genomarketing! The Neuroethics & Law Blog has alerted us to a recent paper by De Neve and Fowler (2009) reporting that people with a specific low efficiency variant of the gene for monoamine oxidase A are significantly more likely...
Food &Health Skeptic (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Being overweight blamed on food, as usual The fact that obsessive "safety" rules now ban many traditional childhood activities and thus reduce exercise is rarely mentioned. And politically correct bans on anybody "winning" are very bad for sport. So it is in fact government meddling that has created much of the problem and abolishing the meddling would be the surest path to solving...
ProLifeBlogs (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
WI RTL/Tuesday, November 3, 2009 -- Today, the WI State Assembly will vote on Assembly Bill 458 . The following is the text of the memo sent to Assembly Representatives by Susan Armacost , Wisconsin Right to Life Legislative Director in opposition to the measure. TO: Assembly Representatives FROM: Susan Armacost, Legislative Director, Wisconsin Right to Life RE: Wisconsin Right to Life urges you to...
Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Alanis Morissette’s weight loss is featured in People Magazine this week. The 35 year-old Canadian singer lost over 20 pounds through a primarily plant and fruit-based vegan diet and just completed her first marathon. She speaks candidly about her eating disorder as a teen and how she finally broke the yo-yo cycle. Alanis credits a [...]
Mike the Mad Biologist (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
"If the president's [budget] proposal is enacted similar to what he recommended, it will have a chilling effect on abstinence education across the country...We're in a race against time to keep these people in business" So says Leslie Unruh , rightwing nutjob extraordinaire (and a driving force behind this ). I'm not sure why anyone in the Coalition of the Sane should care, in light of these...
FitSugar (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Parents model behavior for their children, whether consciously or not. A recent survey conducted by British teen mag Sugar (no relation to the PopSugar Network) found that a dieting mother can have unfortunate consequences for daughters. Out of the 512 girls surveyed, ages 12 to 18, six percent had an eating disorder; that number rose to one in 10 among girls with mothers who dieted. Girls learn how...
Sky News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Girls whose mothers are on a diet are almost twice as likely to have an eating disorder, a poll of 500 teenagers has found.
Physorg (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Alcohol and drug use are known contributors to adolescents engaging in dangerous sexual activity; leading to substantial health risks such as unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted illnesses, drug overdoses and alcohol poisonings. Yet, research suggests that fewer than half of pediatricians report screening patients for substance use and at-risk sexual behavior. CRAFFT, the diagnostic test developed...
Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Originally published in MedPage Today by Todd Neale, MedPage Today Staff Writer Here’s a case where texting may actually improve a teenager’s health: Text message reminders appear to be effective in getting young liver transplant patients to take their immunosuppressive medications, a small study showed. In 41 patients with a median age of 15, there was a [...] Posted at KevinMD.com . Stay...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Contrary to concerns that the human papillomavirus vaccine might promote promiscuity, a national survey of girls and young women found that the majority of respondents did not believe the HPV vaccine protected them against other sexually transmitted infections.The study, conducted by University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Chicago researchers, appears online and in the November issue of...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
NEW YORK, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Impelsys, a global leader in electronic content delivery solutions, today announced that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a leading society publisher and professional organization to 60,0000 pediatricians, has solidified its e-book strategy with iPublishCentral, an industry-leading electronic content delivery solution used by more than 350 publishers worldwide....
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, provider of free, comprehensive, high-quality health care to 10,000 teenagers each year, announced the launch of a Breakfast of Legends website, http://breakfastoflegends.org, and a Facebook page to promote the important fundraising event.
VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Schools in the United States are becoming healthier places thanks to more nutritious food and an increased focus on exercise, but still more is needed to combat teen obesity, a series of studies concludes. Among the findings of the studies, which appear in a September supplement to the Journal of Adolescent Health :
vere loqui (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
There are many things parents makes sure their daughters pack when they're getting ready for college: clothes, toiletries, towels, and laundry soap. But parents sending their daughters to the University of Kentucky might think about adding one more item to the list: a chastity belt. UK is considered by many to be the Best Little University in Kentucky. And lest you think it is becoming a leader in...
Lloydletta's Nooz and Comments (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
I beg to differ From The Associated Press Panel Votes to Restore Abstinence Education Money By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 11:32 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate committee voted Tuesday night to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education that President Barack Obama has pushed to eliminate. The 12-11 vote by the Senate Finance Committee came over objections from...
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krishpatel1212@gmail | 09/18/2009
Teenage Diet Plan to Achieve Lasting Weight Loss | Teenage Diet Tips Any teenage diet plan can be fraught with danger, especially if the teen has a medical reason "not" to diet. The media has been able to shed light on dieting dangers, mainly due to Hollywood actors and actresses suffering from dieting tragedies. Anorexia and bulimia can affect both men and women and they often hit young adults the
atn | 09/25/2008
Why do you guys keep promoting wine as beneficial to one's health? It's always something other than the alcohol that helps...I can only deduce that you are wine industry shills...thanks alot! We have enough drunk arseholes in America and we have this terrible teen drinking epidemic...you're sending the wrong message... WHO do you work for? I am preparing a news release and I'll drag your arses all...
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NotaHo
Yep. Maybe Maggie Fox would like to show us how they arrived at this headline: "AIDS vaccine protects third of trial volunteers"?
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE58N1AX20090924
Journo
Not only do they shill for the alcohol industry, they shill for global pharmaceuticals ('Big Pharma'). Reuters reporters like Fox promote every 'latest...
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