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on the Bully pulpit
Thu, 24 May 2012 21:10:07 -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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Local family fitness programs aim to combat rise in teen diabetes, prediabetes
Tue, 22 May 2012 06:53:22 -0700
A new study shows alarming statistics about the health of many American teenagers. Since 2000, the rate of teens with diabetes and prediabetes nearly tripled, from 9 percent to 23 percent. In addition, one of four kids ages 12 to 19 have two or more risk factors for heart disease. These numbers mirror data just [...]
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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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