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work to improve mom’s acceptance of the vaccination for younger daughters, say researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center who conducted the study. “Because HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection (see background information below) and often acquired soon after the...
The World Bank is experimenting on a test program that provides money to people in Tanzania who do not contract sexually transmitted diseases. Will it work? Is it ethical? is testing an idea (a possibly controversial one) to see if it works: Can an organization pay people to avoid unsafe sex, and...
NARAL'S CHOICE: Is Anyone Surprised About Out-of-the-Mainstream NARAL's Choice of Barack Obama for President? The following was released by the Republican National Committee: Today, NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorsed Obama: "NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC Is Excited To Announce That It Endorses Sen....
Adults lie constantly to kids. So by studying the ways adults lie to kids, we may be able to clear our heads of lies we were told. All adults know what their culture lies to kids about: they're the questions you answer "Ask your parents." Schools are careful what they say about controversial...
Stories of cellphones helping people in developing countries abound - some of them highlighted by the industry, in an effort to polish its image, and others by users themselves. Could cellphones help young people in the inner cities of San Francisco, Chicago, New York or London deal with fears...
Alphonce Shiundu Nairobi Many children have sex by the time they reach age 15, a new report says. Children's Rights and Sexuality in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Africa, was released on Tuesday at a Nairobi hotel by Save the Children-Sweden. Mr Etsub Berhanesillasie, a programmes officer with Save...
Experts have called for greater capacity building and educational empowerment, as ideal ways to check any increase in sexually transmitted diseases including Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and unwanted pregnancies in the Niger Delta region.
By JULIA ZAPPEI Associated Press Writer KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Authorities in the conservative, Muslim-majority nation are considering teaching sex education to teenagers when they undergo national service after leaving school, Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil, director general of the National...
Philip Pollner writes:Delaware's Health Care Quality: Speculation vs. FactWe are often told that Delaware's quality of health is considered average and improving compared to the rest of the nation. If we accept that as the literal truth, how can we reconcile studies by the CDC and other credible...
WORCESTER - Those favoring the proposed move of the Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts clinic from Lincoln Street to a new building on Pleasant Street said at a state need determination hearing yesterday the new facility would provide safer, better service to the expected 10,000-plus clients, as...
