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Black girls are 50 percent more likely to be bulimic than white girls

An important new study challenges the widespread perception that bulimia primarily affects privileged, white teenagers such as "Gossip Girl" character Blair Waldorf, who battled bulimia on the show earlier this season.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Teenage pregnancy is not a racial issue

While researchers have long set to determine if there is a tie between race and teenage pregnancy, according to a new study, equating black teenagers with the problem of teenage pregnancy is a misrepresentation of today's ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Megaupload boss' bail appeal 'rejected' in N.Z.

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom on Friday failed to overturn a ruling that he remain behind bars in New Zealand while US officials seek his extradition for alleged copyright piracy, reports said.

Technology / Other

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imaging study shows how humor activates kids' brain regions

For the first time, researchers have scanned the brains of children watching funny videos to examine which of their brain regions are active as their sense of humor develops. The new findings from the Stanford University ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices

The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Acid reflux drug does not improve asthma in children

Children without symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux whose asthma was being poorly controlled with anti-inflammatory treatment did not have an improvement in symptoms or lung function with the added treatment of the proton ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Lung transplants save lives of two teenagers with cystic fibrosis

“There’s nothing like having a bond with someone else who knows exactly what you’re going through.”

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exposure to chemical found in personal care products may contribute to childhood obesity

Researchers from the Children's Environmental Health Center at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found an association between exposure to the chemical group known as phthalates and obesity in young children ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vogue's vast archives make online leap from paper

Bookshelves groaning under the weight of every issue of American Vogue ever published since December 17, 1892, and there have been about 2,800 of them, can now heave a sigh of relief.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hong Kong raises bird flu alert level, bans imports

Hong Kong raised its bird flu alert level to "serious" on Tuesday and announced it is to cull 17,000 chickens after three birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.

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created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reading researcher solves Princeton painting mystery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Early 20th century painter Gwen John has been named as the artist behind a 50 year old collection of unsigned paintings at Princeton University in America.

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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