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The seven members of the School Committee in Gloucester, Mass., on Wednesday voted unanimously to allow the distribution of contraceptives at the high school about four months after a reported "pregnancy pact" was made among several students, the Boston Globe reports.
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~ "Media, Obama Afraid of Abortion Issue," John Jakubczyk, ProLifeBlogs.com: Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) "does not want to talk about his radical abortion position" and has deliberately "stay[ed] far away from that very volatile issue" to avoid losing support from Christian voters, Jakubczyk writes in a blog entry.
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UroToday.com - Circulating antibodies against infectious agents and self-reported history of syphilis and gonorrhea represent an individual's cumulative lifetime exposure or past infections, and thus are particularly suited for risk evaluation of cancer with a long latent disease process.
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The rapidity of ejaculation in men is genetically determined. This is the result of research by Utrecht University. Neuropsychiatrist Dr Marcel Waldinger and Pharmacological Researcher Paddy Janssen studied 89 Dutch men with premature ejaculation and will publish the results this week in the renowned International scientific journal the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
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Although many "[s]ympathetic" politicians and commentators concur with Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's reference to her 17-year-old daughter Bristol's pregnancy as a "normal 'up and down' of family life," teen pregnancy is "far from inevitable" and a "result in part from our inability to talk honestly and wisely about teen sexuality," Amy Schalet, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, writes in a
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The recent announcement by the Bush administration that U.S.-financed contraceptive supplies no longer can be distributed by six African countries through the British aid organization Marie Stopes International is the "latest bout of reproductive health madness," according to
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Earlier this week, the pharmaceutical company Bayer agreed to stop airing commercials for the oral contraceptive YAZ in response to an Oct. 3 warning letter from FDA telling the company that the advertisements overstate the benefits of the drug. According to the FDA letter, the commercials "broaden the drug's indication, overstate the efficacy of YAZ and minimize serious risks associated with the use of the drug.
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Herpes simplex virus type I can cause bouts of cold sores, blindness and potentially lethal encephalitis when it reawakens from a quiescent state in the nerve cells it infects. To prevent these consequences, the stealthy virus is kept under constant guard by the immune system, say University of Pittsburgh scientists. Their research challenges the once common notion that latent HSV-1 in sensory neurons is invisible to the immune system.
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For the first time in Europe a study is being conducted among men to gain information about the fit and feel of condoms. The American Center for Sexual Health Promotion of Indiana University, urges men to participate in this survey and answer questions about their experiences using condoms. The study is supported by Condomerie, the world´s first specialized condom shop, in Amsterdam. On its website
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Despite research showing circumcision can reduce a man's risk of HIV during heterosexual intercourse, a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the procedure offers little protection against the virus for men who have sex with men, AFP/Yahoo! News reports.
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The number of teen health clinics in New York City offering same-day pick up of emergency contraception dropped by 13% from 2007 to 2008, according to a report released Monday by New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, the New York Daily News reports.
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An increasing number of men from tribes in Uganda and other parts of East Africa that traditionally do not practice circumcision have undergone the procedure, prompting the government to begin developing a plan to promote male circumcision as a method of curbing the spread of HIV, AFP/Mail & Guardian reports.
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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has launched a new online learning activity designed to support general practitioners and other members of the practice team in boosting their skills to fulfil the various contraceptive needs of women. The activity, reviewed by Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia, is now available through the RACGP's online education portal gplearning at
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Students and football fans were the first to be offered 'Something 4 the Weekend' by the NHS in Portsmouth. Portsmouth City teaching Primary Care Trust is running the sexual health campaign with Portsmouth-based events company Avantii to raise awareness of safe sex and find out more about the city's bedroom habits. The 'Something 4 the Weekend' team headed for the Freshers Fayre last week.
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The Gaya Dewata Foundation -- a group focused on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infection education, support and treatment in Bali -- recently called for increased STI testing among male sex workers who have sex with both men and women, the Jakarta Post/Asia News Network reports.
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Recent statistics from Fiji's Health Ministry on Sexually Transmitted Infections are a cause for concern, and the high rate of STIs among people ages 20 to 29 put them at an increased risk for contracting HIV/AIDS, Fiji's Director of Public Health Josaia Samuela said recently, the Fiji Times reports.
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"When it comes to sexuality and a myriad of other transitional health issues," it is "important" that "developing teens ... see their pediatrician as their personal doctor -- not their mother's or father's," Victoria McEvoy, chief of pediatrics of the Massachusetts General West Medical Group and assistant professor at
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The federal government's demand that California change the way it calculates the number of undocumented immigrants in its Medicaid-funded family planning program, called Family PACT, or lose federal funding is "wasteful," a Los Angeles Times editorial says.
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In a new analysis of previous research, investigators from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said they found insufficient evidence that circumcision reduced the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among gay and bisexual men (men who have sex with men). The study is published in the October 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA.
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The Bush administration on Sept. 3 issued a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) that said the state must change the system it uses to determine the number of undocumented immigrants in the state's Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment Program or risk losing federal funding for the program, the
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HIV/AIDS awareness messages targeted at the gold mining communities of Nyatike in Kenya's Migori district are having little impact, Tom Rakewa, Migori district's HIV/AIDS officer, said recently, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Many women and girls turn to commercial sex work to make money from miners, sometimes offering sex for as little as $1, according to IRIN/PlusNews.
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A group of women in Namibia recently called for efforts to improve their sexual rights in an effort to curb the spread of HIV in the country, the New Era reports.
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1. Doctors Urged to Counsel Patients at Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infections The CDC estimates that 19 million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur each year, almost half of which occur among persons 15 to 24 years of age. In an effort to decrease the spread of STIs, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends high-intensity behavioral counseling for all sexually active individuals at increased risk for STIs.
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Pope Benedict XVI on Friday reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's condemnation of contraception, a position that has led "millions" to abandon the church, AFP/Google.com reports. In a message to a seminar marking the 40th anniversary of Pope Paul VI's 1968
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Several liberal Catholic groups and Democrats this year are "waging a fight within" the Roman Catholic Church over the presidential election, and the "intrachurch election debate is increasingly spilling into public view," the New York Times reports.
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