We have added some email responses we have had from some Pro-Anna girls.
Very Frightening reading, make sure you check them out Wasting
Away on The Web.
Keeping Abreast of Cancer -
Could you and your bloke be at risk?
by Sarah Dobbs
What on earth could Melinda Messenger and Gloria Hunniford possibly have in common?
Answer: They both supported Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October). Here’s why you and your man should also get ‘breast aware’.
1) 1 in 15000 women in the UK under 25 will get breast cancer every year
2) 200-250 men are also diagnosed with the illness and 100 die of it every year
PlanetGrrl Babe - Keeping Abreast of Cancer - Could you and your bloke be at risk?
Wasting Away on the Web
Shocking Internet sites are encouraging Anorexia as a "lifestyle"
By Natalie Barrett
It has been revealed that the number of pro-anorexia web sites is on the increase. On Yahoo! alone there are a staggering eighty-seven pro-anorexia sites for anyone to click on to. These sites have names like Dying to be Thin, Skinny as a Rail, Stick Figures and Starving for Perfection. The sites are mostly set up by groups of American teenagers but they are encouraging girls in Britain and around the world to follow suit.
PlanetGrrl Babe - Wasting Away on the Web
Contraception
By 2004 AIDS will be the leading cause of death in the world.
There were 15,000 new cases of HIV and AIDS world-wide, reported each
day in 1999.
Safe Sex
According to a survey by Durex, young Brits have more sex than any other
nation. Safe Sex - HIV
The Public Health
Laboratory Service (PHLS) estimate that there are over 30,000 people with
HIV in the UK, up to one third of whom are unaware of their status.
Not a slimming disease - a killer disease
Bulimia
'Alison
Webster': it's a potentially serious infection in real life! - by Sam
If you
watch Coronation Street you might know what I mean. For those who
do not watch it (tsktsk, what's wrong with you?) or for those of
you who have wiped the heart-rending scenes from your memory to save
yourself, here is a summary:
Mental Health
If you're not feeling the
sparkling darling fantabulous person you should be and things
are really getting you down ....
