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Four Percent of American Youths are Requested to Post Sexual Snaps on Web

...t four percent of American youths online have been asked to send a sexually explicit photo of themselves ov...en 10 to 17 years. Nearly 10 percent, or 136, were asked to send photos of themselves; 65 were asked for sexual pictures. Mitchell said those most likely t...

Hilary Swank to Spearhead Cancer Hair-loss Campaign

...ike Pantene Beautiful Lengths, and I'm proud to be asked to promote the goals of such a unique and heartfelt program," she added....

Spice Girl Geri Halliwell Annoyed by the no Baby Contract

...ortedly annoyed, for her upcoming tour bosses have asked her to sign a contract banning her from having kid...bugged by the contract as no other band member was asked to sign such contract. Its just a practical requirement really, Geri isnt planning to get pregnant...

Side Effects of Natural Health Products With Prescription Drugs Under-reported

...ve per cent of patients who purchase such products asked about potential drug interactions. The public is less likely to see natural health products as risky, Dr. Vohra noted. The lack of available data on interactions makes it difficult to provide patients and health care workers with useful advice fo...

Self-harming Among Teens More Common Than Thought

...survey administered by the researchers. The survey asked the participants whether they purposefully engaged in 11 different NSSI behaviours in the past year, and if so, the frequency of occurrence. In addition, the survey assessed the motivations for engaging in NSSI behaviour. We were surprised to find ...

US Companies Cut Junk Food Ads on Kids' Shows

...n only lead to confusion for parents." The group asked why the companies were not applying the measures to advertising outside the United States. "These half measures by multinational companies only serve to reinforce the need for mandatory action on an international level," the group said....

Indian Weather Station Near Glacier to Study Global Warming

...n from the ministry of earth science. "We have not asked for any financial help but will certainly work in cooperation with the government."...

You Need Blood? Just Click the Mouse!

...hospitals across the country. "When a patient is asked by doctors to procure blood, they can contact the hospital authorities from the coupons on which our contact numbers will be provided along with a scratch out one-time secret code. The patient or their relatives can contact us and read out the code n...

Government Mulls Closure of Hospital Where a Woman Died Unattended in ER

...man of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Friday asked federal regulators to explain how they plan to protect patients at King-Harbor in light of ``horrific'' and ``appalling'' lapses in patient care. In a letter to the Medicare agency, Senator Max Baucus, said he was concerned about the quality of ca...

Punjab Wants Ban on Advertisements by Doctors

...linics and hospitals, the Punjab government Monday asked the state's medical council to take steps to ban s... of doctors indulging in such malpractices. Sood asked councils of different schools of medicine to register their respective practitioners again so that i...

Diabetic Womens Death Rate Shows No Decline

... for the American Diabetes Association (ADA), when asked why women are falling behind. "But I do know that it argues that something we're doing isn't right. If you're a woman, and you have diabetes, it may be we're not aggressive enough about taking care of you." The researchers looked at about 27,000 peo...

Exercise Reduces Fracture in Men

...ctivity they took outside working hours. They were asked the same questions again when they were aged 60, 70, 77, and 82. A record was also kept of the number of fractures the men had suffered during the 35 years of the study. On the basis of the answers to the questions on physical activity at the star...

Dating, Drugs and Sex Make Teens Feel Older Than They are

...of age from a medium-sized North American city and asked them questions about dating, sexual experience, sm.... The participants, males and females, were also asked how old they felt compared to their same-sex peers. Survey results indicated that, as is typical for...

Bone Health Protection by Dietary Calcium

...study of 183 postmenopausal women. The researchers asked the women to meticulously detail their diet and their calcium supplement intake for a week. "We assumed that this sample represented each woman's typical diet," says senior author Reina Armamento-Villareal, M.D., assistant professor of medicine in ...

Eyelid Spasm can Be Prevented by Coffee Drinking

...were recruited through five hospitals in Italy and asked whether they had ever drank coffee or smoked and for how many years. They were also asked to estimate how many cups of coffee they drank and/or packs of cigarettes they smoked per day. The a...

Domestic Abuse a Curse to Public Health

...oman admitted to hospital with an injury should be asked if she has suffered domestic violence. Doctors need to ask patients the right kind of questions to determine whether they are victims and give them advice and support. Doctors are being sent guidance by the British Medical Association highlighting ...

One in a Hundred Eleven-year Olds Use Drugs to Enhance Performance in Sport

...n filled out questionnaires every six months which asked about use of doping agents, tobacco, alcohol and cannabis; involvement in sports; and assessed self-esteem and anxiety. The drug most commonly used to improve sporting prowess was salbutamol, which was taken by 45% of users. Corticosteroids were ta...

Autistic Kids can Understand Other People Through Stereotypes

...hool children (21 with autism and 28 without) were asked questions based on drawings representing males and...oloured in either pink or brown. The researchers asked questions such as: "Here are two children, David and Emma. One of them has four dolls. Which one has...

Two, Not One Networks Rule Brain's Voluntary Chain-of-command

...nnectivity MRI. For this technique, volunteers are asked to calm down while their brains are scanned instead of working on a task. Researchers in the labs of coauthor Marcus Raichle, M.D., and elsewhere have shown that variations in MRI scan results take place even when volunteers are inactive, and that ...

Sharon Stone to Raise AIDS Awareness in Dubai

...ords had received'. Gay people on tour have been asked to be careful about their sexuality during the visit to UAE, for the country has strict laws for homosexual activities. According to the report, the country 's civil and Islamic law also 'criminalize homosexual activity'. Offenders of the law face ...

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