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Youth Health

Along Came a Spider

Aiden Gallagher | Posted 04.29.2013 | Impact
Read More: Youth Health, The Lupus Foundation, Lupus, Spider Bites, Bug Bites, Health, Health and Wellness, Impact News
Aiden Gallagher

After what felt like a million rounds of blood work, and 15-20 doctors, I learned that it wasn't the spider bite at all that was causing my pain. I had lupus -- an autoimmune disease that has attacked my kidneys, central nervous system and other parts of my body. They told me there's no known cure.

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Kids Just Aren't Smoking Like They Used To

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 08.02.2012 | Business
Read More: Big Tobacco, Video, Cigarettes, Smoking, Youth Smoking, Youth Health, Anti-Smoking, Tobacco, Cigarette Tax, Phillip Morris, Business News

RICHMOND, Va. -- Sales of tobacco to minors in the U.S. reached an all-time low in 2011 under a federal and state inspection program intended to curb ...

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Congress Fights To Save School Pizza And Fries

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 10.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Potatoes in Schools, House Appropriations Committee, Congress, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Healthy Kids, Youth Health, School Cafeteria Food, Child Health, National Academy of Sciences, School Lunch Legislation, Video, School Pizza, Parents-Kids, Usda, School Lunch, Agriculture Department, Home News

WASHINGTON -- Who needs leafy greens and carrots when pizza and french fries will do? In an effort many 9-year-olds will cheer, Congress wants pizza ...

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D.C. Schools Students Reveal High Rates Of Sex, Fear And Suicide Attempts

Posted 11.28.2011 | Home
Read More: Youth Emotional Behavior, Youth Wellbeing, Washington Dc Schools, Youth Risk Behavior Study, Risky Behavior, Youth Health, Suicide Attempts, Student Sex, Video, Education, Dc Schools, Center for Disease Control, School Risky Behavior, DC Public Schools, Youth Gangs, School Suicide, Student Health, Youth Suicide, Kaya Henderson, Youth Sexuality, Home News

D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson had some revealing statistics to share with city council members Tuesday -- almost 10 percent of 8th gra...

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Is Photoshop Destroying America's Body Image?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 09.06.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Photoshop, Body Image, Photoshop Body Image, Advertising, Beauty and Skin, Unrealistic Bodies, Youth Health, American Medical Association, Effects of Photoshop, Self-Image, Healthy Living News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Photoshopping and airbrushing, many believe, are now an inherent part of the beauty industry, as are makeup, lighting and styling. They believe photography is a creative art, a freedom not to be denied for any reason ...

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