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Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

...y to practice well and safely rather than based on stereotypes or inflated concerns or irrational fears," Scarborough said. Among those supporting Waddell is Dr. Donald Marianos of Northern Arizona University, a participant in the development of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1991 protocol con...

Autism: Symposium to Discuss Myths and Misconceptions

...rch on autism, and critically study the prevailing stereotypes that have gained popularity. These stereotypes will be addressed during the “Science Of autism” symposium, at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Americ...

Spain Launches Movement Against Skinny Fashion Models

...It is not reasonable in a modern society to create stereotypes of beauty that do not correspond to social reality," Health Minister Elena Salgado said. The Spanish senate had recommended measures to change the beauty ideal already in 1999, but the time was not yet ripe. In the meantime, the percentage of you...

Men and Women Change Attitudes to Sex When in an Intimate Relationship

...tant empirical research that dispels myths, common stereotypes and casual impressions about mens and womens sexual values and relations, he said....

Researchers Have Found Reason Why Boys are Better at Maths Than Girls

...his is because girls, already bogged down with the stereotypes that they are not as good at maths as boys, tend to worry more, and this erodes the mental resources needed for problem solving. The study researchers found that this threat to performance caused by stereotyping can also hinder success in other aca...

Sex Advice to Teens by Parents Focuses More on the Negative Aspects

...ial and was strongest in promoting gendered sexual stereotypes and in giving messages promoting sexual freedom. However, the authors indicate that there was a great variation between the subjects in what had been covered by which source. For example, the media was also seen as providing the most information...

Operation on Pillow Angel Violated Laws, Says US Advocacy Group

...abilities - discrimination which is often based in stereotypes about their potential and value as individuals, they say. Doctors involved in the procedure said that Ashley is doing well in her family's care, which suggests to them it was the right thing to do. Ashley's parents are devoted to her, Dr. Diekema...

Autistic Kids can Understand Other People Through Stereotypes

...have a capacity to understand other people through stereotypes . Professor Uta Frith of the UCL Institute of Cogn...ence, psychologist, who led the research, believes stereotypes could be used to help improve how autistic children relate to other people, by playing to their stre...

World Epilepsy Week - 2007

...-winning singer, exist. According to Lee, negative stereotypes like: People with epilepsy are broken; People with epilepsy can't hold jobs; or People with epilepsy are dangerous to themselves and others, need to be broken. Epilepsy Awareness Week : Every year, during Epilepsy Week, various activities like c...

Men Under Knife to Reduce Bulging Waistline in Britian

...aid advertising and the media were reinforcing the stereotypes that men needed to be athletic-looking and toned.Liposuction is the favourite procedure. Fat siphoned off from abdomens, flanks, chests and chins accounts for 24 per cent of all cosmetic surgery on men over 50. The amount of fat sucked out can range...

The Chattier Gender

...he study, said. Although many people believe the stereotypes of females as talkative and males as reticent, there is no large-scale study that systematically has recorded the natural conversations of large groups of people for extended period of time. For eight years, the psychology researchers have develope...

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