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Not enough vitamin D in the diet could mean too much fat on adolescents

Not enough vitamin D in the diet could mean too much fat on adolescents

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Too little vitamin D could be bad for more than your bones; it may also lead to fatter adolescents, researchers say.





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Black girls who use marijuana engage in riskier sex, have higher STD rate

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 05, 2008 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (15) | comments 10

Black girls who use marijuana are more likely to engage in risky sexual acts and contract a sexually transmitted disease, a new study finds.


Prawnography shows captive bred prawns lack lust

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Queensland University of Technology researcher has filmed hours of prawn "sex tapes" to find out why prawns bred in captivity did not go on to breed well.


The kids most likely to go armed

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A new analysis of a 2005 survey of American schoolchildren has identified factors that may be used to help improve school safety. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Annals of General Psychiatry, gives ...


Racial disparities reduced in injury related mortality

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When it comes to injury-related deaths, the gap between black and white American youths is narrowing, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study found that between ...


A new parasite has been discovered in black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula

A new parasite has been discovered in black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An international team of scientists has discovered a new acarine species (Ophionyssus schreibericolus) that lives off black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula. This involves the first recording of the O ...


Black girls who abuse alcohol less likely to use condoms

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Black girls who abuse alcohol are more likely to have unprotected sex despite having participated in interventions that stressed the importance of consistent condom use.


Australian frog species chooses not to put eggs in 1 basket

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created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A groundbreaking new study into the mating and nesting practices of a common Australian frog has found they partner up to eight males sequentially – the highest recorded of any vertebrate.


Closing race, poverty and gender gaps in advanced high school course-taking

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The latest research from the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management explores the wide disparities in advanced high school course-taking (such as Advanced Placement courses) among race, poverty, and gender groups in Flo ...


Men and women may need different diets: research

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 16, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Diet can strongly influence how long you live and your reproductive success, but now scientists have discovered that what works for males can be very different for females.


Gender-changing fish are studied

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created Apr 11, 2006 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A University of New Hampshire scientist is trying to determine what causes sex reversals among black sea bass and how to prevent it.



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