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'Tough love' keeps teens from binge drinking
Tue, 22 May 2012 18:08:10 -0700
The headlines state that one in ten teens are binge drinkers and graphic photos of them vomiting in the street paint an unflattering picture of a sub-culture out of control.
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Obesity major cause of children's health issues
Thu, 24 May 2012 17:22:14 -0700
Society has to change if Central New York is going to ward off the impacts of the growing number of obese children — early disease, early disability and early death, local doctors said.
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Clackamas County and Southwest Portland events roundup: plays, concerts, classes, lectures
Thu, 24 May 2012 06:03:02 -0700
Good morning Clackamas County. Here's my Thursday roundup of events in Happy Valley, Milwaukie, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, West Linn, Wilsonville, on Mount Hood, and in other locales in Clackamas County, as well as Southwest Portland.
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Grace Dent: Personally, I'd fire bullying teens from a cannon and relocate the 'feral' kids to Chipping Norton
Tue, 22 May 2012 22:08:04 -0700
Title: C. diff on Rise in Kids -- and Outside Hospital Category: Health News Created: 5/22/2012 11:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/22/2012 12:00:00 AM
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Broad inquest into deaths of seven native teens a step closer
Wed, 23 May 2012 20:13:41 -0700
In 10 years, seven native teens died in Thunder Bay while attending high school. An inquest into those deaths is a step closer to reality.
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Anna Kendrick: 'It's all about that fatal flaw'
Thu, 24 May 2012 23:36:01 -0700
From ruthless debate-team captain to corporate axe-wielder, Anna Kendrick tells how strident character choices allow her to live out a personal fantasy of assertiveness It's a shock to find Anna Kendrick curled up in a bathrobe when I enter her hotel suite. On closer inspection, though, the 26-year-old turns out to be beneath the robe, rather than inside it. "I do have clothes on under here ...
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LGBT students speak out in Eugene, seek ways to end school harassment
Fri, 25 May 2012 01:41:53 -0700
To be gay and out in a Louisiana middle school is to be frightened every day. Is this the day you get called names or get smacked around or hear — yet again — that somebody wants to kill you? Taylor Simpson, now a junior at North Eugene High School, …
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New Study Shows Rise in Teen Diabetes, Heart Disease Risk
Mon, 21 May 2012 20:15:56 -0700
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A new study shows alarming statistics about the health of many U.S. teenagers. Since 2000, the rate of kids with diabetes and pre-diabetes nearly tripled from 9% to 23%. One of four kids ages 12 to 19 have two or more risk factors for heart disease.
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on the Bully pulpit
Thu, 24 May 2012 21:10:07 -0700
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