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• Adolescent Girls Bear Highest Burden of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, According to CDC

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 742
  An annual report on sexually transmitted diseases released today by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that in 2008 adolescent girls 15–19 years of age had the largest recorded number ofchlamydia and gonorrhea cases (409,531) when compared to any other agegroup. Women ages 20-24 were the next most ...
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• No More Bottom Of The Class Thanks To THTs New Bum Boy Campaign, UK

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a new campaign called Bum Boy (http://www.bumboy.org.uk), teaching gay men in London just how HIV is passed on during unprotected anal sex. With little or no sex education relevant to young gay men in schools, this new campaign gives a valuable biology lesson to fill these ...
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• Sexually Transmitted Infections Common In Teen Girls; Many Infected Soon After Sexual Debut

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  In a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, scientists found roughly one in four girls ages 14 to 19 had one of five common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and many were infected soon after their first sexual experience. The study, "Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Female ...
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• Point-of-Care Testing Becomes Crucial As STD Cases Among Younger Set Continue To Rise

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, officials at the Centers for Disease Control recently reported. The CDC estimates that approximately 19 million new STD infections occur each year. Approximately half of them occur in young people between 15 to ...
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• Deciphering The Metabolism Of Sexual Assault Drug

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  Its a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate (4-HB). Taken by mouth, it can be abused or used as a date-rape drug. Now, a team of Ohio and Michigan scientists have determined new routes by which 4-HB is metabolized by the body. "This is new and important information," said K.
  2 days ago

• Family Planning, No-Cost Condom Distribution Could Reduce Global Warming, UNFPA Says

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  Slowing global population growth through no-cost condom distribution and wider access to family planning services would help aid the fight against climate change, the United Nations Population Fund said in a report released Wednesday, the AP/Yahoo! News reports.
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• George Carlin on The Environment (HQ)

  
  Better World Movement — Authority: 144
  Jammin in New York: April 24th, 1992 The Planet is Fine, The People are Fucked Earth: 4500000000 years People: 200000 years The Earth Has Been Around 22500 TIMES Longer Than UsGeorge Carlin on The Environment (HQ) is a post from: Better World Movement George Carlin on The Environment (HQ) is a post from: Better ...
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• For mild dysplasia and cervical cancer, you can blame HPV

  
  Booster Shots — Authority: 690
  Mild cellular changes detected by Pap smears dont necessarily lead to cancer, a fact that played a role in the new pullback on cervical cancer screening, but both cell changes and cervical cancer can be traced to human papillomavirus. As todays story noted: "Human papillomavirus, or HPV, which causes cervical ...
  4 days ago

• Planned parenthood saved my best friend’s life-and not in the way you think.

  
  Feminists For Choice — Authority: 549
  I have been hearing more and more stories about people who are protesting Planned Parenthood and how there are still people out there who would like the place closed down. So, I have decided to share a story for everyone to know why Planned Parenthood is needed. There is a girl, a year older than me. She is my best ...
  4 days ago

• Confronting the Staggering Toll of STDs in the African American Community

  
  Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — Authority: 156
  Filed under: Sexual Health African-Americans continue to bear a greater burden of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) than any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. A CDC report released this week shows that, just as is the case for the HIV epidemic, African-Americans are disproportionately ...
  4 days ago

• S-E-X: Now that Ive Got Your Attention, This Really Is About S-T-Ds

  
  Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — Authority: 156
  Filed under: Sexual Health There are two things human beings do very well, run their mouths and, ahem...procreate. Trust me, right now someone in this world, actually probably many people, are getting their collective freaks on, in famliar and unfamiliar ways. There are people who should be having sex as well ...
  4 days ago

• AMA Urges Safety And Common Sense In Schoolies Week, Australia

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  AMA Vice President, Dr Steve Hambleton, said today that Schoolies Week is a traditional celebration for students after a tough year, but it is also a time of high health risk for young people. Dr Hambleton, a Brisbane GP, said the focus has been on preventing the risks of alcohol and binge drinking but students ...
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• Family Planning Drive Launched During Conference In Uganda

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  Agence France-Presse examines a new U.S.-backed "12 million dollar family planning drive launched" Wednesday during a three-day conference on family planning in Kampala, Uganda.
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• UNFPA Report Highlights Relationship Between Family Planning, Womens Health And Climate Change

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  "Providing access to contraception for 215 million women, mainly in developing countries, would help to stabilize population growth and significantly reduce the effects of climate change," according to a report released Wednesday by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Nature News reports (Gilbert, 11/18).
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• Student Sex, Teachers, and Sex Ed

  
  Gene's Blog — Authority: 477
  We’ve all heard and/or read about secondary school teachers who are exemplars of the ancient Roman poet, Catullus.  His most notable poem, “Odi et Amo” or, “I Hate and I Love,” expresses his ardent feelings toward his mistress, Lesbia, conflicted emotions due to the fact she dumped him. Many, too ...
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• Ha-Ha Headline Of The Day [Dangerous Liaisons]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 815
  Science Now reports: "Herpes Never Sleeps." But under the funny heading comes some bad news - herpes may be much easier to transmit that previously believed. [ ScienceNow ]
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• is she serious?

  
  StickyDrama — Authority: 148
  meet ashlea who like amor hilton thinks its pronounced differently than it is spelled. when i first saw her default i thought she was cute so i decided to look through the rest of her pics. this is what i found: can you say tranny meth head??? is she serious?
  6 days ago

• Going Green with Condoms??

  
  Sex and the Windy City — Authority: 127
  Yesterday the U.N. population fund suggested that giving away condoms and promoting other methods of birth control is one way we can make a global effort to be more green, reports Huffington Post on Wednesday. Undoubtedly the growing population on our planet is effecting climate change, but are free condoms really ...
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• The Epidemic of STDs Is Getting Worse

  
  Vital Signs — Authority: 147
  Politics isnt the only disease rampant in Washington, D.C. It also has the dishonor of having higher rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis than any of the 50 states! The Districts chlamydia rate of 1,177 cases per 100,000 people was almost three times the rate of its neighbors, Virginia and Maryland. For ...
  6 days ago

• Marie Stopes Discusses Birth Control With Islamic Leaders In Afghanistan

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  Marie Stopes International is leading seminars in Afghanistan that explain the benefits of birth control to Islamic religious leaders known as mullahs, the New York Times reports. Afghanistan has a fertility rate of six children per woman, the highest in Asia. The country is second only to Sierra Leone in maternal ...
  1 week ago

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