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Model Moss rapped for 'skinny feels good' motto

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

British supermodel Kate Moss was accused Thursday of giving the wrong message to anorexics and teenage girls when she gave her backing for a slogan encouraging them not to eat. Interviewed by fashion industry website WWD about her favourite mottos, Moss said: ...

Model Kate Moss criticized for "skinny" remark

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News 7 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Eating disorder campaigners criticized British model Kate Moss on Thursday for saying she backed the motto "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels," a slogan popular with pro-anorexia websites. Health experts said 35-year-old Moss, renowned for her waif-like appearance, ...

Kate Moss rapped for 'skinny feels good' motto

AFP European Edition 7 days ago

Supermodel Kate Moss was accused Thursday of giving the wrong message to anorexics and teenage girls when she gave her backing for a slogan encouraging them not to eat. Interviewed by fashion industry website WWD about her favourite mottos, Moss said: "There's ...

The depressed are more apt to get opioids for pain

Reuters US Online Report Health News 8 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer from depression are much more likely to be prescribed powerful opioid painkillers like morphine and codeine and to stay on the drugs long-term, new research shows. What's more, they are often prescribed these more ...

As suicides spike, US Army searches for answers

AFP American Edition 9 days ago

Suicides in the US Army are headed to a new record this year but it remains unclear if repeated combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq are causing more soldiers to take their lives, a top general has said. With 140 suspected cases ...

Soldier suicides to hit new record in 2009: US Army

AFP American Edition 9 days ago

Suicides in the US Army are headed to a new record this year but it remains unclear if repeated combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq are causing more soldiers to take their lives, a top general said on Tuesday. With 140 suspected ...

Heart disease a killer in psychotic individuals

Reuters US Online Report Health News 9 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders are more likely to die of heart disease than mentally healthy individuals, a study in US veterans indicates. While the fact that people with psychosis were more likely to smoke ...

In binge-tolerant Japan, alcoholism not seen as disease

Reuters Life! Online Report 11 days ago

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - When Japanese civil servant Yoshiyuki Takeuchi saw himself lagging behind his peers at work, alcohol was the only thing he felt he could turn to, becoming the latest victim of an addiction poorly understood in Japan. "People who ...

Army says morale is down in Afghanistan

AP News 13 days ago

Army survey: Morale is down among units in Afghanistan, but overall mental health unchanged Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much ...

Philly subway hammer attacker gets 4 to 10 years

AP News 13 days ago

Philadelphia man who attacked sleeping subway rider with hammer gets 4 to 10 years A man with schizophrenia who attacked a sleeping subway rider with a hammer was sentenced Friday to four to 10 years in prison for the attack, which a ...

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