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Child-on-child sex abuse poses complex challenges
NEW YORK (AP) — Recent high-profile cases of child sex abuse have roused national revulsion against the adults who perpetrated them. Rarely mentioned is the sobering statistic that more than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is...Tags: University of New Hampshire, Justice System, Sexual Assault, University of Oklahoma, Prosecution
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Barflies: Sex-deprived male flies go for the booze
NEW YORK (AP) — Guys, when your sweetheart says "No thanks" to sex, do you knock back a few stiff drinks to feel better? Turns out fruit flies do pretty much the same thing.
That's the word from a new study that may explain why both species react...Tags: Science and Technology, Biology, University of Missouri , Substance Abuse, Science
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US report: Foster kids get high rate of psych meds
Federal health officials are failing to monitor how state agencies are doling out powerful psychotropic drugs to foster children, according to a comprehensive investigation released Thursday showing foster kids are being prescribed the drugs at rates 2....Tags: Social Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Diabetes, Health Insurance, Medical Specialization
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Study: Miss. parents favor sex ed
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Nearly all parents of Mississippi public school children agree -- sex education is needed. The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/u518DO ) a study by Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University...Tags: Public Schools, Schools, Health, Mississippi State University
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Obesity drops among NYC K-8 students overall
NEW YORK (AP) — Obesity rates have declined among New York City's public schoolchildren in kindergarten through eighth grade over the past five years, said a government study published Thursday. The study published by the federal Centers for...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Obesity, Medical Specialization, Health, Milk
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Out of poverty, but how?
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND - Denise Murphy seems nervous, as if she's shivering inside. And she makes no secret about her mental soup, counting off pills she takes for migraine headaches, high blood pressure, sleeping trouble and depression. She says it all circles back...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Migraine
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Panel reveals new details of 1940's medical experiment
ATLANTA (AP) — New details are being disclosed about one of the darker episodes of medical research in U.S. history — experiments on humans in the 1940s. A presidential panel on Monday described details of U.S. medical experiments done in...Tags: Syphilis, Health
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ND changes sex assault investigation procedures
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND — Students who report sexual assaults at the University of Notre Dame are now assigned a trained resource coordinator, don’t have to face their alleged assailant in a hearing room and may appeal any decision reached by a campus...Tags: Suicide, Justice and Rights, Teaching and Learning, Trials, Justice System
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Students: Drinking major social scene pillar; assaults, alcohol often linked
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSaint Mary’s College juniors Katelin Penaranda and Meghan Cronin have a rule when they attend student parties. Stick together. Since freshman year, the two have made it a point to protect themselves from unwanted sexual advances by traveling in...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Students, Teaching and Learning, Online Advertising, Sexual Assault
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Study: Indiana ranks 15th in nation in obesity
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Indiana has a weighty problem.
An annual report from the Trust for America's Health ranks Indiana as the 15th-fattest state with an obesity rate of 29.1 percent. Indiana's obesity rate has increased by 60 percent since 1995,...Tags: Healthy Diet, Obesity, Michigan, Physical Conditions, Diabetes
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Brain injury raises risk of dementia, study finds
PARIS (AP) — A big study in older veterans raises fresh concern about mild brain injuries that hundreds of thousands of American troops have suffered from explosions in recent wars. Researchers say even concussions seem to raise the risk of...Tags: Brain, Alzheimer's Disease, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Veterans Affairs, Injuries and Wounds
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CDC: 1 in 25 adolescents take drugs for depression
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say roughly 1 in 25 adolescents in the United States are taking antidepressants. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the first to offer statistics on how many kids ages 12 to 17 take...Tags: Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Depression, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Conditions
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