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Nearly a third of children diagnosed with food allergies who participated in a recent study are bullied, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. 
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At a time when politicians in Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec are drafting anti-bullying legislation, teachers and principals are taking matters into their own hands and implementing school-based approaches like Preston High’s. Articles about BULLYING: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=bullying
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In the wake of several tragedies that have made bullying a high-profile issue, it’s becoming clear that harassment by one’s peers is something more than just a rite of passage. Bullied kids are more likely to be depressed, anxious, and suicidal. They struggle in school — when they decide to show up at all. They are more likely to carry weapons, get in fights, and use drugs. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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Late on a Saturday night in September, a 14-year old boy named Jamey Rodemeyer, who had been the target of bullying from fellow students at Williamsville ...
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When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse. So she's setting up a text-only crisis line, and the results might be even more important than she expected. Articles about TEDTalks: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=TEDTalks
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Researchers at Oklahoma State University and the University of Arkansas studied 1,139 first-graders in 29 rural schools where obesity risk is especially high.
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Children involved in bullying -- as both a victim and a bully -- are three times more likely to have suicidal thoughts by the time they reach 11 years old, according to research from the University of Warwick.
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A class of wandering stars called OB Runaways may have been thrown from home by competing binary star systems that got too close. John Matson reports.
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It's always disheartening when I see stories about children being bullied because of their food allergies - it's a big part of why allergyAble was created. If you know of anyone being bullied because of their food allergies we'd love to hear your story and try to help.