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  2. The Children (1980 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Children (also known as The Children of Ravensback) is a 1980 American horror film, directed by Max Kalmanowicz, and starring Martin Shakar, Gil Rogers, and Gale Garnett. It follows a group of five children in a small New England town when they are transformed into zombies who, after being exposed to waste from a nuclear plant, microwave ...

  3. Gail Devers - Wikipedia

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    During her career, Devers was notable for having exceptionally long, heavily decorated fingernails. One of the fastest starters in the world, Devers even had to alter her starting position to accommodate her long nails. [7] Her long nails came as the result of a contest her father devised to get her to stop biting her nails as a child. [8]

  4. Self-harm - Wikipedia

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    The most distinctive characteristic of the rare genetic condition Lesch–Nyhan syndrome is uncontrollable self-harm and self-mutilation, and may include biting (particularly of the skin, nails, and lips) [76] and head-banging. [77]

  5. Body-focused repetitive behavior - Wikipedia

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    Individual behavioral therapy has been shown as a "probably effective" evidence-based therapy to help with thumb sucking, and possibly nail biting. [7] Cognitive behavioral therapy was cited as experimental evidence based therapy to treat trichotillomania and nail biting; [ 7 ] a systematic review found best evidence for habit reversal training ...

  6. Pagophagia - Wikipedia

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    In children, pica is usually short term and will disappear spontaneously. [22] In terms of studies regarding a specific type of pica, a cross-sectional study of American children receiving chronic hemodialysis therapy found that 34.5% of the children studied engaged in pagophagy compared to 12.6% of children who engaged in other forms of pica. [30]

  7. Herpetic whitlow - Wikipedia

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    In children the primary source of infection is the orofacial area, and it is commonly inferred that the virus (in this case commonly HSV-1) is transferred by the cutting, chewing or sucking of fingernail or thumbnail. [citation needed]

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