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...study, led by nutritionist Ramona Robinson-O'Brien, an assistant professor at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota, found that while adolescent and young adult vegetarians were less likely than meat eaters to be overweight and more likely to eat a relatively healthful diet, they were also more likely to binge eat. Although most teens in Robinson-O'Brien's study claimed to embark on vegetarianism to be healthier or to save the environment and the world's animals, the research suggests they may be more interested in losing weight than protecting cattle...
...response to the encroaching reality of adult life, the class of 2009 will be letting loose tonight with a “When I Grow Up” party that promises to answer all the questions of the anxious senior heart -- or conjure up shattered dreams...
...Read about the boom in adult single mothers...
...second study, Kitahata's team looked at patients who chose to start ART when their CD4 count was 500 or above and compared them with patients who decided to defer treatment until their CD4 counts dropped below 500 cells. (In a normal, healthy adult, CD4 levels range from 600 to 1,200.) In both studies, the patients deferring treatment were more likely to have died by the 2005 end of the study than were their earlier-treated cohorts. HIV-positive patients beginning therapy at CD4 levels between 351 and 500 cells were 69% more likely to be alive...
...course, this is all in the (somewhat) distant, gloomy future. For the moment, parents’ and adult relatives’ forays into Facebook can seem merely awkward. When the friend request comes, what to do? If you accept, they can see everything. Pictures from parties, your relationship status (leading to fun games like, “You’re married to your female friend? That’s a joke right?”), drunk wall posts and status updates, and photos of red Solo cups are now fair game. If you reject, they will be crushed...