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Study explores HPV vaccine acceptability in sexual minorities
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Human papillomavirus HPV , which causes genital warts and can lead to several cancers, is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections. About 630 million people are infected worldwide, with 500,000 new infections added annually. Although an HPV vaccine has been available for boys and girls in the United States since 2006, HPV prevalence in heterosexual men is estimate ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 1
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Where Does Inspiration Come From?
Contributed by Christina Baker Kline
Psychology Today - Wed. Mar 1
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Three Myths About “Reading Levelsâ€
Psychologists love to measure things, and perhaps nothing has been measured as much by psychologists as reading--both texts and readers. Multiple different instruments measuring text readability have been devised and used over the past century, as have multiple standardized tests of readers abilities. Though their results are often first presented as numerical scores whose interpretation is diffic ...
Psychology Today - Wed. Mar 1
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How to Prove You Are Not a Jerk
Social networking sites are just behind the major search engines as the most visited sites on the internet. Ronn, 2007 . LinkedIn has emerged as THE site on the internet where you show your professional face. Indeed, for many social media-conscious professionals, their LinkedIn profiles have replaced traditional resumes. In November, 2013 nearly 85 million people had signed up on LinkedIn or 27 of ...
Psychology Today - Wed. Mar 1
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Type 2 diabetes diagnosis in youth leads to increased health complications
A new report published in the Feb. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association points to a significantly higher burden of diabetes-related complications in adolescents and young adults with type 2 diabetes compared to type 1 diabetes, with greater health complications in minority youth. The study, from researchers involved with the nationwide SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, loo ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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Nonsurgical treatment can correct congenital ear malformations in infants
February 28, 2017 - For infants with congenital malformations of the ear, a treatment system called EarWell can gently reshape the ear--avoiding the pain and cost of later surgery, reports a study in the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery reg , the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons ASPS . But treatment must begin early--preferably within the first ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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Medication improves obesity-associated gene expression in mice
Obesity often leads to insulin resistance, a hallmark of type 2 diabetes. The anti-diabetic drug rosiglitazone counters insulin resistance in diabetic patients by targeting PPAR 947 , a nuclear receptor that senses hormones and other molecules to help regulate the expression of genes. Rosiglitazone s ability to reverse insulin resistance is not fully understood, but prior work has implicated its e ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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Could community-based 'Change Clubs' improve heart health in black women?
BOSTON Feb. 27, 2017 --Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Black African American women in the US and more Black African American women die every year from heart disease compared to their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A pilot study, led by researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, aimed to ad ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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American Gastroenterological Association releases Obesity Practice Guide
Bethesda, MD Feb. 27, 2017 -- Patients with obesity need a multidisciplinary approach to achieve a healthy weight, and the American Gastroenterological Association AGA believes that gastroenterologists are in a unique position to lead the care team. To provide gastroenterologists with a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary process to guide and personalize innovative obesity care for safe and effectiv ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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Aggression disorder linked to greater risk of substance abuse
People with intermittent explosive disorder IED --a condition marked by frequent physical or verbal outbursts--are at five times greater risk for abusing substances such as alcohol, tobacco and marijuana than those who don t display frequent aggressive behavior, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago. In the study, published Feb. 28, 2017 in the Journal of Clinical ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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Transgender and gender-fluid teens left with few safe harbors
Transgender and gender-fluid teens, particularly those born male, face up to three times more mental and physical abuse at school and at home than their gender-conforming peers, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley. The study is one of the largest national surveys to date of sexual and gender minority adolescents who have suffered multiple forms of victimization, in ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 28
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Mark Stewart's Faith Is Room For Doubt
Somebody once told me that hope is a power. From Days Like These by The Pop Group Mark Stewart of the band The Pop Group told me, People for some reason say that my stuff is prescient. No argument here. The Pop Group s music was boundary breaking, and both predicted and influenced several generations of bands. In comparing The Pop Group band to their contemporaries, Rolling Stone wrote, Among thei ...
Psychology Today - Tue. Feb 28
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