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HPV Vaccine: Are Black Girls Missing Out?

The Huffington Post | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 03.23.2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Hpv, HPV Vaccine, Stds, Video, Gardasil, Gardasil Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Poll, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Black Voices News

Despite its reputation as a "strong weapon in prevention," the HPV vaccine may not be benefiting adolescent females equally, a new study has found. ...

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What's Ailing 13 Million American Vaginas?

Cristen Conger | Posted 05.22.2012 | Healthy Living

Although the medical community is directing more attention and research funding to understanding and spotting the chronic condition, a knowledge gap still clearly exists.

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Sexual Liberation is Not the Same Thing as Sexual Equality

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 05.20.2012 | Women

Read More: Sexual Risk, Sexual Health, Sexual Liberation, Stds, Sexual Equality, Unwanted Pregnancy, Sex, Gloria Steinem, Women News

If we are truly going to feel empowered sexually as women -- and, might I add, put a bit of romance back into the equation -- it will require a recognition that our needs differ from men's.

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Requiring Condoms for Porn Actors Is Bad Policy

Steve Hirsch | Posted 05.08.2012 | Los Angeles

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, Porn Stars, Porn Actors, Mandatory Condoms in Porn, Condom Use, Porn Condom Measure, Los Angeles News

Vivid's entire business depends on the health and safety of our performers, and our methods have proven effective. This makes it puzzling why the L.A. City Council let itself be stampeded into passing an ordinance that has questionable value.

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Condoms in Porn Are Important

Michael Weinstein | Posted 05.08.2012 | Los Angeles

Read More: Safe Sex, Pornography, Porn Industry, Condom Use Porn, Porn, Condoms Porn, Safe Sex Porn, Stds, STD Prevention, Condoms in Porn, Los Angeles News

Porn performers are real people. They are the sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, aunts, uncles and cousins of people who live in our community. They deserve better as does the public health at large.

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What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You: 5 Shocking STD Stats

| Posted 02.16.2012 | Home

Read More: Hpv, Stds, Teens Stds, Video, Std Facts, Teen Stds, Teen Girls Stds, Stds Cancer, Teenage Girls Stds, Std Statistics, Std Testing, Home News

STDs are one of those topics no one likes to talk about. It might feel awkward to bring STDs up to a doctor or embarrassing to mention getting tested ...

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Need A Free Condom In NYC? There's An App For That

Posted 02.14.2012 | New York

Read More: Iphone, HIV/AIDS, Stds, Apps, Android, National Condom Awareness Day, Ny News, NYC Condom Finder, Valentines Day, New York News, Stis, Condoms, New York City Department of Health, New York News

It's not just Valentine's Day, New York. it's also National Condom Awareness Day (maybe we'll see the Condom Cupid today?) and the city's "Condom Find...

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WATCH: Student Loan STDs

Posted 02.14.2012 | Comedy

Read More: Stds, Video, Collegehumor, Parodies, Parody Videos, Student Loan Stds, Funny Videos, College Humor, Student Loans, Comedy News

Student loans can be tough things to pay off -- following you around well into your 20s and 30s. They're a pain, too. Popping up to remind you how muc...

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How I Live With An STD

Posted 02.09.2012 | Women

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Stds, Living With an Std, Cervical Cancer, Std, Women Hpv, Cervical Cancer Screening, Women News

Anonymous | The Daily Muse From the time I received the first call notifying me of my abnormal Pap smear results until the day the doctor confir...

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The Most Important Sex Advice For Post 50s

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.03.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Middle Age Sex, Sex in Midlife, Stds After 50, Stds, Stis After 50, Stds Midlife, Stis Midlife, Sex After 50, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Post50, Stis, Love Post50, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Fifty News

Yet another warning this week that post 50s are in denial about the need to practice safe sex. According to British researchers writing in the medical...

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"You Are Worth Keeping Safe": Condoms, Teenagers and the Media

B.J. Epstein | Posted 04.01.2012 | Books

Read More: Lgbtq Literature, Stds, Porn, Stds Teenage Girls, HIV/AIDS, Children's Literature, Stds Teenage Boys, Condoms in Porn, Safe Sex, Sexual Education, Condoms, Young Adult Fiction, Books News

Young adult literature -- which is where adolescents might get some of their ideas about sex -- is not quite there in terms of safe sex.

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Boy Sues School Paper For Using His Photo In STD Story

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.27.2012 | Home

Read More: Stds, Newspapers, Video, Std, School Paper, STD Lawsuits, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Newspaper Lawsuits, School Papers, Home News

Kenneth Clements, a former student at Ronald Reagan High School in Miami, Fl., claims the school paper, the Reagan Advocate, used his photo without hi...

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Teenage Girls Mistakenly Think HPV Vaccine Reduces Risk For All STDs

Posted 01.06.2012 | Home

Read More: Hpv, HPV Vaccine, Stds, Video, Hpv Vaccination, Hpv Vaccine Teenage Girls, Safe Sex, Teenage Girls, HPV Vaccine Teens, High School News, Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Home News

Although the Human Papillomavirus vaccine may be lowering teens' risk of contracting HPV, as many as one in four teenage girls falsely believes that t...

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Group Sex Popular Among Teen Girls? Say It Isn't So

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 02.20.2012 | Parents

Read More: Pornography, Stds, Parenting, Relationships, Health, Sex Education, Sex, Teens, Parents News

Stressed about the holidays? Well, here is yet one more or shall I say multiple issues to be concerned about. Alarming study results published in th...

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Sentence For Mother Who Lied To School, Said Daughter's Rival Had Sex Disease

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.29.2011 | Home

Read More: Prestigious Schools, Stds, New Zealand Schools, School Admissions, New Zealand, Phone Hoax, Student Rivalry, New Zealand News, Mom Lies to School About STDs, New Zealand Phone Hoax, Video, Home News

A mother from Queenstown, New Zealand has been slammed with 300 hours of community work, a $500 fine for emotional harm reparation and two years under...

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Research Finds That Fewer Teens Are Having Sex

NYTimes.com | Nicholas Bakalar | Posted 11.18.2011 | Home

Read More: Safe Sex, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Stds, Teen Sex, Parents-Teens, Sex Education, Home News

About 43 percent of unmarried teenage girls and 42 percent of unmarried teenage boys have had sexual intercourse at least once, according to new resea...

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'Free Love' Comes With A Price

Posted 01.08.2012 | Fifty

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, Safe Sex, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Unsafe Sex, Condoms, Love Post50, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Seniors STDs, Fifty News

Last month, we addressed the most common sex myths about baby boomers, debunking the false assumption that as people age, they lose their desire to ha...

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Group To CVS: Unlock Prince George's Condoms

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.20.2011 | DC

Read More: Stds, Video, Sexual Health, Prince George's County, Aids, Hiv, Pharmacy, Condoms, Condom Access, Maryland, Cvs, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A group is criticizing the CVS pharmacy chain of keeping condoms locked up in stores located in areas with high rates of HIV, especially...

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Mother Lies To School, Says Daughter's Rival Has Sex Disease

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.18.2011 | Home

Forget spending days on an application essays and laboring over character references. One mother from Queenstown, New Zealand has admitted to taking d...

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STD Rates Spike In Greenwich Village Women

| Andrea Swalec | Posted 12.12.2011 | New York

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, New York City Health Department, Chlamydia, Ny News, Hiv, Greenwich Village, New York News, Gonorrhea, New York News

MANHATTAN — Sexually transmitted disease diagnosis rates have risen among Greenwich Village women in recent years, according to analysis of the late...

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Report: Aborigines Suffer From High STD Rates

AP | By ROD McGUIRK | Posted 11.27.2011 | World

Read More: Stds, Australia, Aborigines Std, Aborigines Stds, Australia Stds, Aborigines, Australia Aborigines, Aborigines Sexually Transmitted Disease, World News

CANBERRA, Australia -- Aborigines suffer far higher rates of sexually transmitted disease than other Australians despite being targeted by safe sex in...

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WATCH: Bachmann Chooses STDs?

Posted 11.16.2011 | Comedy

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Stds, Video, Michele Bachmann, Parodies, Vaccination, Political Parodies, Cervical Cancer, Funny or Die, Bachmann, Vaccines, Comedy News

American scientist and noted public intellectual Michele Bachmann stirred up quite a controversy after speaking out in opposition of Texas governor Ri...

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Sex Education Tips

Kerry Cohen | Posted 10.15.2011 | New York

Read More: Teen Pregnancy Rate, Stds, Education, Parenting Teenagers, The New York Times, Promiscuity, Sex Education, Sexuality, Teenagers, New York News

Somehow, regardless of everything we know about sex education, regardless of everything we know about how little abstinence education works, we still shudder at the thought of our teenagers learning about sex.

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School-Mandated Sex-Ed: It's About Time!

Ilana Garon | Posted 10.12.2011 | Home

Read More: Public Schools, Stds, Nutbusters, Alcohol, Teen Pregnancy, Birth Control, Teachers, Teaching, Sex Education, Home News

My experience as a teacher in the New York City public school system has only furthered my belief that a comprehensive sex education policy would be a life-saving measure.

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Sexygenerians: Why the Taboo Against Candor, Safety With Senior Sex?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 09.24.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Stds, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Elderly Sex, Sexygenerians, Senior Sex, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Desire, Condoms, Los Angeles News

Even if your parents never got around to having "the talk" with you, you may need to consider having it with them, especially if they are divorced or widowed.

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