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In this study, an email was sent from a doctor to see to what effect this could have on the kind of information a MySpace user might reveal on their profile. The researchers chose 190 publicly available MySpace profiles from a specific zip code (self reported ages 18-20) and evaluated them for references to sex and drug use. Then, half the profiles were sent an email from Dr. Meg. After three months re-examined the profiles to look at how the profiles had been changed in terms of the number of drug or sex references and how many people had changed their profile from public to private.

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Ever had a great idea suddenly come to you while walking in a park? Or think of something you had to do while working out? Ever had these thoughts come when you don’t have a piece of paper or pen? Well, new technology has solved that problem. Reqall allows you to call a 1800 number and record a voice message.That voice message ;then gets typed out and emailed to you! Imagine the possibilities! Best of all, this service is free! (For how long, I do not know.)

Hope everyone had a great and safe New Years! This year's National Folic Acid Awareness Week is January 5 – 11, 2009. According to the National Council on Folic acid, Folic acid is a B-vitamin that is necessary for proper cell growth. If taken before and during early pregnancy from a multi-vitamin or fortified foods, folic acid can prevent from 50% up to 70% of some forms of birth defects called neural tube defects. Read more about Folic acid here.

Have you ever heard someone say "that's so gay?" LGTBQ teens experience these types of homophobic remarks throughout their lives, leaving them feeling disrespected. This website shows us through videos with celebs such as Hillary Duff why that phrase is not so cool to say and can be hurtful, providing ways to tell others it's not OK to say "that's so gay". There are also actual definitions of other words on this website such as fruit, fag, Lesbos, etc.

According to a study, teens who watch a lot of TV shows with sexual content are more than twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy. Two thousand adolescents nationwide ages 12 to 17, were surveyed about their television watching habits and sexual behavior. The researchers surveyed the same teens 3 years later.