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One In 10 Teenage Girls Have Self-harmed, Study Shows
One in 10 teenage girls self-harm each year and the problem is far more widespread than was previously thought, shows the largest-ever study of self-harm amongst 15- and 16-year-olds in England. Orgasms, Sexual Health And Attitudes About Female Genitals
A new study reports that women who feel more positively about women's genitals find it easier to orgasm and are more likely to engage in sexual health promoting behaviors. The study created a scale for measuring attitudes toward women's genitals. Such a scale could be useful in therapeutic, medical and health education settings. The study also found that men had more positive attitudes about women's genitals than women. ... LII: This Week's Batch, February 17, 2005
Observe the anniversary of the Japanese-American internment with sites documenting this time in our history, bid farewell to Arthur Miller, catch the 411 from the Beeb on Charles and Camilla, then treat your brain to sites related to fashion, taxes, White House press passes, Lincoln, and more. In More New This Week, find yet more fashion sites, catch up on country studies, and much more. Bon appetit from the LII team: librarian-editors Karen, Wendy, Jennifer, Maria, Pat, Tom, Charlotte, and Jerry, and our 100-and-change contributors. 'Smell of old books' offers clues to help preserve them
Scientists may not be able to tell a good book by its cover, but they now can tell the condition of an old book by its smell. In a new report, they describe development of a new test that can measure the degradation of old books and precious historical documents based on their smell. Smallpox Attack Possible, Bioterrorism Expert Says
One big problem that could occur with a possible worldwide bioterrorism attack goes beyond any health scare -- it's politics, says a homeland security expert. Multiracial Populations
This website contains health information concerning multiracial populations, which it defines as "people who belong to two or more of the federally designated racial categories."Provides statistics, material on 10 leading causes of death, data on health disparities in multiracial populations, and links to related government and nongovernmental websites. From the Office of Minority Health &Health Disparities (OMHD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Frogs: A Chorus of Colors
"As humans change natural environments, frogs around the world are disappearing."This site provides information on frog life cycles and reproduction, environmental concerns, details on various species (including poisonous ones), photographs, and audio files of individual species and of a frog chorus. From the American Museum of Natural History. Living Virus Destroys Cancer Cell: Novel Phase II Study For Sarcoma Be
Scientists have enrolled the first two patients in a new Phase II clinical study for patients with various types of sarcomas that have metastasized to the lung. The novel anti-cancer therapy, reolysin, is a living virus, not a chemotherapy drug, that is toxic to cancer cells but not harmful to normal cells. MRI Best Tool For Studying Intricate Nerves In Dogs
A recent study in the journal Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound presents the first description of the anatomy of a dog's cranial nerves (CN), a once difficult procedure now made possible by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a diagnostic modality. New Info on Eating Disorders in Two Stanford/Packard Children's Studie
December 2006 news release discusses two studies about childhood eating disorders, one that "confirm(s) that pro-eating disorder Web sites may promote dangerous behaviors in adolescents with eating disorders"and another that "indicates that pre-teens with eating disorders tend to lose weight more quickly than adolescents with the condition and weigh comparatively less at diagnosis."Includes links to fact sheets about eating disorders. From the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
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