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Dialogue on mental illness needed to remove stigma: psychiatrist

Dialogue on mental illness needed to remove stigma: psychiatrist Society misunderstands mental illness and neglects people affected by it, says a ... Ladha said the statistics surrounding mental illness — a broad category than  ...

Salman, Shah Rukh Khan lead B-Town celebs taking a stand ...

Salman, Shah Rukh Khan lead B-Town celebs taking a stand ... Bullies have now entered the virtual world and are continuing their reign of terror online by cyber bullying helpless victims. Even celebrities fall prey to it that  ...

NoBullying.com releases today an article on Bullying Facts, The ...

NoBullying.com releases today an article on Bullying Facts, The ... It also states that only 1 in 10 victims of cyber bullying tell a parent. Fewer than 1 in 5 cyber- bullying incidents are reported to the police because it is believed  ...

Anti-homophobic bullying policies linked to drop in teen binge drinking

Anti-homophobic bullying policies linked to drop in teen binge drinking LGBTQ and straight students who attend high schools with specific anti-homophobic bullying policies and gay-straight alliances (GSAs) are significantly less  ...

Food allergy bullying

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Food allergy bullying We take a look at the emerging issue of food allergy bullying in schools and how, as a community, we can work together to prevent all bullying and to educate  ...

Puerto Rico To Consider Same-Sex Adoption Rights, LGBT ...

Puerto Rico To Consider Same-Sex Adoption Rights, LGBT ... These two bills come on the heels of two other LGBT rights bills that were passed earlier this year, one that banned LGBT discrimination and another that added  ...

How to be a Hater: New book spotlights retribution against bullies

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How to be a Hater: New book spotlights retribution against bullies “That's the group we're most concerned about, because the kids that engage in both behaviours are the kids who are at the highest risk of mental health   ...

On-campus mental health services grow slowly but steadily

On-campus mental health services grow slowly but steadily Gwen Danson first started displaying symptoms of bipolar disorder in 2006 during her first year in university and had a hard time getting proper treatment.

Mental disorder affects hip fracture outcome

Mental disorder affects hip fracture outcome Hip fracture is a common cause of illness and death in older adults. Doctors from Leeds University have revealed that mental disorders increase the mortality  ...

Brazil Tests New HIV Vaccine on Rhesus Monkeys | Las Vegas ...

Brazil Tests New HIV Vaccine on Rhesus Monkeys | Las Vegas ... Scientists from Brazil have declared that later this year, they will be performing tests on rhesus monkeys with HIVBr18, a new vaccination for HIV , according to a  ...

Genetic Threat of Cancer Cells Poses a Challenge to Scientists

Genetic Threat of Cancer Cells Poses a Challenge to Scientists Just like HIV virus, cancer genes and cells manipulate the genetic line of normal cells. This makes it very difficult to cure completely. Even the most aggressive  ...

Rita Moreno Hopes to See More Latino Actors in Starring Roles

Rita Moreno Hopes to See More Latino Actors in Starring Roles Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno said on her native island that she expects Hollywood moviemakers to offer more starring roles to Hispanic actors, just as it  ...

Spanish-language pic 'Instructions Not Included' posts strong debut

Spanish-language pic 'Instructions Not Included' posts strong debut It's no secret that Latinos are some of the most loyal moviegoers in the U.S. Last year, they accounted for 25% of all film tickets sold, according to the Nielsen Co.

Fluid Term Limits in Latin America

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Fluid Term Limits in Latin America Reelection is a familiar topic for Latin -Americans, especially in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, where the laws allow  ...

Latin America Most Dangerous Place For Environmentalists

Latin America Most Dangerous Place For Environmentalists 25 years after the shooting of Amazon conservationist Chico Mendes sparked international outrage, environmentalists risk their lives for activism in Latin   ...

Latin America's Behind on Women's Reproductive Rights

Latin America's Behind on Women's Reproductive Rights While other parts of the world were witnessing the growth of feminist movements, many South American countries were fighting dictatorships. For this reason  ...

Gardasil: Study Shows African American Women Refuse ...

Gardasil: Study Shows African American Women Refuse ... The CBCD has learned that many African American women have a negative attitude toward Gardasil and Cervarix, the two HPV vaccines, according to a new  ...

African-American vote divided in NYC mayor's race

African - American vote divided in NYC mayor's race New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson arrives for the Democratic primary debate in New York. Thompson, who nearly overtook Mayor Bloomberg four  ...

Book addresses young African-American women

Book addresses young African - American women Victoria Green, a teacher in the Dougherty County School System, says she wrote her latest book to benefit young African - American women. 

African-American leaders stress the wrong things

African - American leaders stress the wrong things Our view: King's successors should stress education as the path to success rather than events that breed racial discord. Last week America observed the 50th  ...

How the Civil Rights Movement Launched the Fight for LGBT ...

How the Civil Rights Movement Launched the Fight for LGBT ... The civil rights movement didn't just promote equality for African - Americans . ... To explore how the movement impacted the fight for LGBT and women's rights,  ...

$1 Syphilis Test To Make Diagnosis Readily Available Throughout ...

$1 Syphilis Test To Make Diagnosis Readily Available Throughout ... Syphilis has become a serious health issue (again) in Latin American countries , with 3 million cases. Every year 330,000 pregnant women with syphilis receive  ...

Booming Mexican market supports growing Latin American capacity

Booming Mexican market supports growing Latin American capacity Grant concludes: “While LCC penetration is significant in Brazil and Mexico, there is undoubtedly more scope for LCCs to enter other countries in Latin America.

Haitians to say thanks for solar ovens

Haitians to say thanks for solar ovens The Haiti Solar Oven Project was started in Brookings in 1999 and has been in Moffit ... about solar-powered ovens utilized in the poverty -stricken nation of Haiti ,  ...

Keep a child in poverty, or let her go to a chance of hope?

Keep a child in poverty , or let her go to a chance of hope? 16 at the Free Library of Philadelphia, lays out the terrible choice many in Haiti have faced: keep a child in deepest poverty or offer the child to someone with  ...