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Former swim coach sentenced for child sex abuse
Kelley Currin recalled dancing with her longtime swimming coach, Rick Curl, as a teenage girl the night of his wedding some 30 years ago. She wore a pink dress, held on too long and whispered in his ear, "I hate you." She told Montgomery County Circuit...
Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Swimming, Judges, Punishment, Justice System
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An unhealthy fear of fatty foods
By now all of the Twinkies, Ho Hos and other Hostess baked goods have been stripped from grocery store shelves — and countless tributes paid via Tweets, blogs and Facebook posts. After more than 80 years in business, Hostess declared it was going...
Tags: Obesity, Hostess Brands, Inc., Health Treatments, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Diets and Dieting
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Lady Gaga talks body image
Lady Gaga was slammed on the internet this week after adding 25 pounds to her normally svelte figure and is fighting back by promoting people's right to a positive body self image. The popular singer started a "Body Revolution" campaign on her website...
Tags: Lady Gaga, Talk Shows (genre), Katie Couric, Music
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Dr. Drew makes light of his exercise bulimia
Celebrity psychologist Dr. Drew Pinsky recently admitted on CNN to exercising obsessively to stay slim, a condition not technically a mental disorder, but what some call exercise bulimia. He joked about his condition saying: “a little whiff of a...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Physical Conditions, Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Health
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Sun sends a harmful message to women
Great numbers of girls and women suffer from the impacts of a negative body image, including, for example, health concerns such as eating disorders. The National Institute of Mental Health, referring to the results of the National Comorbidity Study...Tags: Anorexia, 2010 Census
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Facebook users may develop poor body image
Facebook may be focusing users too much on their body weight and image, according to a new survey from the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt. The mental health institution took a look at the social media outlet and found 75 percent of...Tags: Sheppard Pratt Health System, Hospitals and Clinics, Facebook, Mental Health, Social Media
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Sheppard Pratt taps students' perspective on body image
"Like a Tree, My Body is…"
With those words, a poster campaign for eating disorders at Sheppard Pratt began six years ago and continues today, providing a creative and informative way to reach out to youth.
"It's unique because it is art-based,"...Tags: Sheppard Pratt Health System, Melanie Safka, Hospitals and Clinics, Artists, High Schools
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From coast to coast, local bike riders raise awareness for eating disorders
With an impending graduation and no job lined up, John Windsor sat in his apartment at St. Mary's College and listened to his old high school friend pitch him an idea of traveling across the country on a bike.'
Hours later that January night, Windsor and...Tags: Tire Change, Australia, Yorktown (York, Virginia), Trips and Vacations, Facebook
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Nor shortage of reasons for oral contraceptives
Rush Limbaugh is an attention-hogging, obnoxious and ignorant loud mouth ("Rush to judgment on birth control," March 7). His crudeness sicken me. The controversies about oral contraceptives are passe. Yes, insurance companies have to make them available...Tags: Hormones and Metabolism, Family Planning, Chemotherapy, Osteoporosis, Mouth
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Bike ride across America helps friends raise funds and awareness for eating disorders
Hesston, Ka., population 4,000, is just one small town among others on America's Midwestern plains.
But the town left an indelible impression on John Windsor and Jonathan Zorn after their short stay there during a recently completed 73-day...Tags: Towson, Trips and Vacations, Towson University, College Sports, Colleges and Universities
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Alumni report: Swimmer Botek finds her way through choppy waters
After wrapping up an illustrious high school swimming career at McDonogh in 2006, one that included All-America status 16 times and a handful of school records that still stand, Anne-Marie Botek is exactly where she wants to be four years later.
As the...Tags: Diets and Dieting, Heart Attack, 2016 Olympic Games, Colleges and Universities, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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'Biggest Loser' contestant says show gave her eating disorder
Reality CheckI read this story earlier today, and I just can't get it out of my head. Season 3 Kai Hibbard gave an interview in which she says she ended up with an eating disorder after being on the show.She says......Tags: The Biggest Loser (tv program)
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