News tagged with black girls


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

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

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.


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

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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.





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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.


New study shows linkage between teen girls' weight and sexual behavior

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A University of Pittsburgh study sheds new light on the relationship between race, body weight and sexual behavior among adolescent girls. The results suggest that a girl's ethnicity and her actual weight or perception of ...


Serious school failure turns out to be a real bummer for girls, but not boys

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created Jul 22, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adolescent girls who had a serious school failure by the 12th grade -- being expelled, suspended or dropping out -- were significantly more likely to have suffered a serious bout of depression at the age ...


HPV vaccine makes girls more cautious about sex

HPV vaccine makes girls more cautious about sex

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly 80% of girls say that having the HPV vaccine makes them think twice about the risks of having sex, according to a University of Manchester study published in the British Journal of ...


Formerly conjoined twins in stable condition (AP)

Formerly conjoined twins in stable condition

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain ...


Twins joined at head successfully separated (AP)

Twins joined at head successfully separated (Update 2)

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain ...


Urine protein may be present before hypertension diagnosis in at-risk adolescents

Urine protein may be present before hypertension diagnosis in at-risk adolescents

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 27, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A protein that is an early indicator of kidney dysfunction in adults may predict hypertension in black adolescents, Medical College of Georgia researchers have found.


Ethnic pride key to black teen mental health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Ethnic pride may be as important as self-esteem to the mental health of young African-American adolescents, according to a new study in the Nov/Dec issue of the journal Child Development.


Docs say formerly conjoined twins recovering well (AP)

Docs say formerly conjoined twins recovering well

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Formerly conjoined twin sisters Trishna and Krishna are enjoying a favorite DVD and trying new foods as they continue their recovery from marathon separation surgery, doctors said.


Internet Proves Important to Teens With Chronic Conditions

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Internet has become a popular socializing tool for adolescents and a new study shows those with chronic health conditions might rely on it more heavily than their peers do.



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