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Mexican girl, 9, gives birth, authorities seek father
A nine-year-old Mexican girl has given birth and authorities are looking for the presumed father, who is 17, officials said Wednesday.
Feb 6, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Abuse during childhood linked to uterine fibroids in African-American women
According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported sexual or physical abuse before age 11 had a greater risk of uterine fibroids in adulthood compared ...
Jan 24, 2013
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Global collaborative efforts help delineate pediatric traumatic brain injury causes, characteristics and trends in China
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) among children in China are a growing public health concern. Two new studies by researchers of the International Program at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at ...
Dec 14, 2012
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Child abuse in U.S. declines for 5th straight year
(HealthDay)—The number of child abuse and neglect cases reported in the United States in 2011 fell for the fifth consecutive year, according to a new federal government report.
Dec 13, 2012
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Child maltreatment linked to mental and physical health disorders in later life
(Medical Xpress)—Child physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect is linked to mental health disorders, drug use, suicide attempts, sexually transmitted infections and risky sexual behaviour in adulthood, according to ...
Nov 28, 2012
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Pediatrics
Home visiting programme can dramatically reduce child abuse in the longer term, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Latest research from the University of Otago, Christchurch (UOC) shows the Early Start home visiting programme halved rates of physical abuse against children and lowered non-accidental hospital visits ...
Nov 13, 2012
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The perpetrator in one-quarter of child sexual abuse cases is a stranger
Child sexual abuse is committed by strangers more than one-quarter of the time. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden reviewed the records of 196 men who had been convicted of child sexual abuse ...
Oct 22, 2012
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Marriage, education can help improve well-being of adults abused as children
Researchers investigating the long-term consequences of child abuse have identified some protective factors that can improve the health of victims during their adulthood.
Oct 16, 2012
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Furore in Belgium over psychiatrist's TV sex confession
A Belgian pyschiatrist specialising in eating disorders triggered a national furore Wednesday after confessing on a TV show to "inappropriate" sex with several patients.
Oct 10, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Official guidance puts child abuse victims at serious risk of having their evidence contested, credibility questioned
In a new article published in the Scots Law Times, researchers at the University of Abertay Dundee point out that aspects of the newly published guidance on how best to interview victims of child abuse will make it harder ...
Oct 3, 2012
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