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Health and Sex Education: HealthCentral and 5min Video Partnership

By Dana Oshiro / October 27, 2009 9:01 PM / View Comments

5min_healthcentral_oct09.jpgSome conversations are best illustrated by educated strangers. Instead of listening to my mother drone on awkwardly about oral contraceptives, breast examinations and what she deemed "special lady time", I wish I could have saved us both the embarrassment and consulted a health-related video site. Instructional video platform 5min is teaming up with HealthCentral to create just that. HealthCentral's vast network of sites like Foodfit, MyBreastCancerNetwork.com and WellSphere will gain new video content via 5min's matching system.

New Illness: Facebook Depression?

By Sarah Perez / February 2, 2009 6:15 AM

This may sound like a joke, but it's not: researchers at Stony Brook University in New York have found that too much Facebook usage can leave you more prone to anxiety and depression...that is, if you're a teenage girl. In a study, a group of 13-year old girls were evaluated by psychology professor Dr. Joanne Davila and her colleague, Lisa Starr. A year later, the researchers followed up with the girls, testing them for depressive symptoms.

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