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Study: When a child's birth is unplanned

(PhysOrg.com) -- One-third of all children born in the United States are the result of unintended pregnancies and not only do these children receive less attention and warmth from their parents than children whose births ...

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New strategy directly activates cellular 'death protein'

Researchers at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center have devised a strategy to directly activate a natural "death" protein, triggering the self-destruction of cells. They say the development could represent a new ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds few well-being advantages to marriage over cohabitation

A new study, published in the Journal of Marriage and Family reveals that married couples experience few advantages for psychological well-being, health, or social ties compared to unmarried couples who live together. While ...

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 8

iPads become child's play

(AP) -- Make room in the toy box for the iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

'Partner abuse is normal' say disadvantaged youth

The levels of violence girls and boys from disadvantaged backgrounds experience in their partner relationships is revealed in new University of Bristol research published today.

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created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UN-led alliance focuses on young people and AIDS

(AP) -- When AIDS counselor Patience Ncusani urges teens in her Soweto neighborhood to wait to have sex, or cautions young women that an older boyfriend can be deadly, she has special rapport.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teen bond overcomes girl's heart transplant fear

(AP) -- Courtney Montgomery's heart was failing fast, but the 16-year-old furiously refused when her doctors, and her mother, urged a transplant.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Unplanned pregnancies in U.S. at 40 percent

About 40 percent of pregnancies across the United States were unwanted or mistimed, according to the first-ever state-by-state analysis of unintended pregnancies.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Could 'training the brain' help children with Tourette syndrome?

Children with Tourette syndrome could benefit from behavioural therapy to reduce their symptoms, according to a new brain imaging study.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MP calls for new measures to protect children from alcohol advertising

Next week, Sarah Wollaston MP will put forward a private member's bill urging the government to adopt a new approach to protect UK children from alcohol advertising.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Family planning programs have success in developing countries, but need to be expanded

While many researchers generally credit the desire for smaller families for the decline in fertility rates in developing, low-income countries, new research suggests that prevention of unwanted births may actually be a larger ...

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created Feb 20, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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