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Civility Efforts Seek Better Behavior On Campus
Associated PressJewish students in the University of California system labeled terrorists for their support of Israel. Black high school students pelted by bananas on a Tennessee campus tour. A hostile student in Maryland challenging his professor to a fight after the...Tags: Racism, Elections, African-American History Month, North Carolina State University, Barack Obama
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Man accused of infecting baby with STD tests negative
The Ohio man accused of giving a Muncie baby genital warts tested negative for that sexually transmitted disease, according to the man’s attorney. The attorney for 24-year-old Bryan Michael Stickler said test results indicate he does not suffer...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Abusive Behavior, Justice System, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Condom Requirement for Porn Approved by L.A. Voters
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- Voters told public health officials to begin monitoring the filming of sex scenes in pornographic movies. On Wednesday, the county was trying to figure out how. The new law requires porn actors to wear condoms and establishes a...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Politics, Justice System
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L.A. porn stars show higher rates of STDs than Nevada prostitutes
L.A. NOWAdult film stars in Los Angeles County have significantly higher rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia than legal prostitutes in Nevada, according to a report published this week.... -
Men's Health Week: Preventable health problems, early detection and treatment
This week will be celebrated across the nation as Men’s Health Week. The purpose of Men’s Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. This...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Obesity, Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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No on Measure B
Performers in adult films risk their health and their very lives to do their controversial work. Despite advances in the treatment of HIV, there is not yet a cure for the virus, which causes AIDS. New, more virulent and in some cases reportedly...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Injuries and Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses, Gonorrhea , AIDS
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Alcohol companies target African-American youth
It is no secret that for decades, tobacco companies have filled disadvantaged communities with advertising and marketing attracting generations of young people of color to the products they peddle. A new report from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Radio, Health and Safety at School, Heart Disease, Health
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TX school debates appropriate age for contraceptive lesson
One-third of American high school students are sexually active, and that statistic is prompting a Texas school to make some changes to its sex education program. Sex-ed is part of the eighth grade curriculum in the Round Rock School District, but the...
Tags: Birth Control, Family Planning, Health Treatments
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Newton: Porn, safe sex and Measure B
At first glance, the county's Measure B, which would require the use of condoms in adult films shot in Los Angeles, seems fairly hard to rebut: Other than a few self-interested pornographers, who could be against mandating safe-sex practices? And yet,...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Jim Newton, Diseases and Illnesses, Celebrities, Vin Diesel
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Girls may not have riskier sex after HPV vaccination
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls who had been vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) weren't more likely to get other sexually transmitted infections or to become pregnant, in a new study from Georgia. That goes against worries on the part of...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Safety at School
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Study: HPV vaccine doesn't encourage sexual activity
There's been a lot of controversy over the HPV vaccine. Because Gardasil is designed to protect young people against human papillomavirus, a common sexually transmitted disease, some people believe the inoculation gives teens the go-ahead to have sex....
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Birth Control, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Chemical Industry
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The HPV vaccine and teen sex
If you could vaccinate your kids against cancer, wouldn't you do it? The answer may sound obvious. But we can vaccinate our kids against some vicious types of cancer -- and many parents are deliberately choosing not to. Why? Because the cancers...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, HPV Vaccine, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine
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