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'Dead End Gene Pool': Hilarious Dysfunction At The End Of The Vanderbilt Line

The Huffington Post | Wendy Burden | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Misogyny, Richard Hunt, Acne, Std, Richest in the World, Richest Man in America, Corporate Greed, Vanderbilt, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Gilded Age, Inbreeding, Dysfunctional Family, Books News

From "Dead End Gene Pool" by Wendy Burden Prologue It's a testament to his libido, if not his character, that Cornelius Vanderbilt died of syphilis ...

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Condoms In Porn: California Considers New Safety Requirement

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Condoms, Porn, California, Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, Aids, Pornography, Porn Industry, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Hiv, Std, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — California's worker safety board voted Thursday to further study a proposal that would require porn actors to wear condoms during ...

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Sexually Transmitted Infections Plague Kansas

The University Daily Kansan | Anna Archibald | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Safe Sex, The Midwest, University of Kansas, University of Kansas-Lawrence, Chlamydia, Kansas STD Rates, The University Daily Kansan, STD College Students, Kansas STI Rates, Sti, STI College Students, Sexual Health, Std, Birth Control, Herpes, Gonorrhea, College News

Alyssa sat nervously with her boyfriend in the waiting room. She had waited six months to get tested, and she was finally in the Lawrence Memorial Hos...

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STUDY: Sex-Ed Classes With Abstinence Focus Can Delay Sex In Teens

Washington Post | Rob Stein | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Abortion, Public Schools, Stds, Condom Use, Abstinence, Sexual Activity, Funding, Teenagers, Federal Funding, Education, Contraceptives, Std, Sex-Ed, Sex, Reproductive Health, Safe Sex, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Only, Teen Sex, University of Pennsylvania, Public Education, Condoms, Penn, Healthy Living News

Sex education classes that focus on encouraging children to remain abstinent can convince a significant proportion to delay sexual activity, researche...

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"My Vagina Fell Out": Woman Shares Health Horror

Sphere | Buck Wolf | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Birth, Vulva, Prolapse, Uterus, Pregnancy, Plastic Surgery, Hematoma, Cystocele, Child Birth, Health, Urethra, Reproductive Health, Women's Health, Rectum, Vaginal Prolapse, Stds, Std, Vagina, Placenta, Rectocele, Bladder, Labia Reduction, Healthy Living News

Allison Henry isn't the first to suffer from a horrifying medical condition that few women talk about. But her case was particularly bad, and she's ju...

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Fatalistic Teens Increase Risk of HIV Infection

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Youth, High Risk, Hiv Infections, Ankitha Bharadwaj, Hiv, Youthradio, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, AIDS Project, Virus, Oakland, Bay Area, Aids, Youth Radio, Std, Fatalistic, Kevin Bynes, Dr. Iris Borowsky, California, Aids Project East Bay, University of Minnesota, Healthy Living News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

A study this summer reports 1 in 7 teenagers in the U.S. thinks he or she only has a 50-50 shot of making it past 35. What stands out are the consequences of low life-expectancy.

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Let's Talk About Jobs, Baby

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, HIV Prevention, Std, African American Health, Gay Men, AIDS Prevention, Sex Education, Cook County Health, Obama Stimulus Plan, Family Planning Stimulus Plan, Stimulus Package, AIDS Infections, Chicago News
Johnathon Briggs

Congress should approve the $400 million in prevention funding so that we can stop talking about sex and start improving the health of all Americans-- not just the ones we morally agree with.

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Best Friends: No Way Out?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Women, Living News, Relationships, Female Friend, Mean Girl, Insecure, Reader Q & A, No Way Out, Female Friendship, Manipulative, High School, Std, Controlling, Toxic Friend, Abusive, Counselor, Promiscuity, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Dear Irene: I wish I had an escape but I'm still in high school and I live a street away from her and she knows almost everything about me, even that I may have an STD.

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