Newspapers Publish Opinion Pieces, Editorials On Sex Education
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Health News
The following summarizes recent opinion pieces and editorials regarding sex education…
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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Health News
Discovery Of Chemical Reaction Process Could Lead To New Malaria, TB Treatments Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign say that a recent finding could help develop new treatments to fight diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis, KWMU reports (LaCapra, 2/15)…
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State Legislatures, Ballot Measures Address Abortion-Related Issues
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Health News
The following summarizes recent actions related to abortion-rights issues in several states. ~ Colorado: Personhood Colorado volunteers say they have gathered nearly 80,000 signatures, more than the amount needed to qualify their ballot proposal that seeks to define fertilized eggs as people, the AP/Aurora Sentinel reports. A similar ballot measure failed n 2008…
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NICE Consults On Draft Recommendations On Weight Management In Pregnancy And After Childbirth
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Health News
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is currently developing new public health guidance on dietary and physical activity interventions for weight management in pregnancy and after childbirth. Draft recommendations have been published on the NICE website today (18 February) for public consultation…
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Latest Abstinence Study Does Little To Quell Sex Education Debate
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Health News
A recent study showing that an experimental abstinence-only sex education program was effective in delaying sexual activity among teenagers is far from the last word in the debate over sex education, the Boston Globe reports. According to the Globe, the study’s results come at a “pivotal point” in the debate, as the latest data show [...]
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Bill To Expand Insurance Coverage Of Contraception For Teens Fuels Debate In West Va.
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Health News
The antiabortion-rights group Family Policy Council of West Virginia issued a statement Wednesday calling on state lawmakers to support abstinence-only sex education and oppose legislation that would expand insurance coverage of contraception for teens, the Charleston Gazette reports…
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Washington Times Column Discusses Role Of Condoms In Reducing Spread Of Chlamydia
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Health News
Washington Times columnist Cheryl Wetzstein writes that a recent Indiana University School of Medicine chlamydia study “hints at serious flaws in the condom approach” to reducing the spread of sexually transmitted infections…
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AP Examines Male Circumcision Efforts In Africa, Including Adult Circumcision Devices
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Health News
The Associated Press examines efforts to prevent the spread of HIV by circumcising “about 50 million men across Africa - where 70 percent of the world’s HIV-infected population lives…
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Travellers Beware: UQ Research Shows Canecutter’s Disease On The Rise
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Health News
A team led by PhD researcher Dr Colleen Lau from the School of Population Health http://www.sph.uq.edu.au/, has discovered the disease, known medically as leptospirosis, was traditionally a concern for males working in the agricultural and livestock industries, as it is contracted from contact with the urine of host animals…
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What Is Male Breast Cancer? What Causes Male Breast Cancer?
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Health News
Male breast cancer is a rare type of cancer that forms in the breast tissue of men. Breast cancer is often thought of as a condition that only affects women, but men can also develop the condition. Yet, male breast cancer is much less common than female breast cancer. Male breast cancer can occur at [...]
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