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What We Really Want On Valentine’s Day: Sex Education In Schools

Eric Kutscher | Posted 04.16.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Sex Ed, Sex Education, HIV/AIDS, Sex Information, Sexual Health, Hiv, Safer Sex, Sex, Safe Sex, Stis, Real Education for Healthy Youth Act, Sexuality, Gay Voices News
Eric Kutscher

By passing the Real Education for Health Youth Act, we would ensure that Americans know their bodies, know their health and are empowered through comprehensive sexual education programs to make healthy and responsible decisions about sexual health.

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WRAP IT UP! Report Reveals Disturbing Info On State STD Rates

Hannah Bricker | Posted 02.07.2013 | San Francisco
Read More: Stds, Increased Syphilis in California, Video, California STD Rates, San Francisco STIs, San Francisco Syphilis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, SF Syphilis Prevention, San Francisco STD Rates, San Francisco Sexually Transmitted Diseases, San Francisco STDs, Stis, California Syphilis, San Francisco News

Despite state-wide efforts to combat the rise of sexually transmitted diseases, syphilis is on the rise in California. A new report from the Califo...

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Guess Who Has More STDs: Porn Stars Or Prostitutes

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 11.01.2012 | Los Angeles
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LA porn stars have significantly higher rates of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) than legal prostitutes in Nevada, according to a report publishe...

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Am I Covered? 13 Things To Know About The New No Co-Pay Rule

Posted 08.01.2012 | Women
Read More: Hpv, Obamacare, Kathleen Sebelius, Preventive Services, Breastfeeding, Contraception, Hiv, Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Slideexpand, Stis, Preventive Care for Women, Women News

In theory, your health comes before everything else, and and there are few things more worth your money than the costs to maintain it. In theory. Befo...

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Are You DDF?

Jayson Littman | Posted 08.26.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, Drugs, Grindr, HIV Testing, Scruff, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Stis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Ddf, Gay Voices News
Jayson Littman

As a community, we need to be more aware of STIs. We should each make sure to have at least one close friend to talk to about our health record, and I certainly hope each and every one of us has a doctor with whom we are comfortable talking about our sexual experiences.

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

Posted 02.14.2012 | New York
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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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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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No Regrets? The Case For Condoms

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 02.11.2012 | Women
Read More: Slidepollajax, HIV/AIDS, Condom, Sexual Health, Birth Control, Sex Ed, Durex Global Survey, Sex, Aids, Durex, Condoms, Stis, Sex Education, Women News
Jessica Pearce Rotondi

Recent sex survey results suggest it might be worth getting the creative minds behind these genius condom ads to do a PSA for condom use...

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: The Science of Sex Education

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.15.2012 | Home
Read More: Lgbt, Video, Parents-Teens, Sex Ed, Talk Nerdy to Me, Safe Sex, Teen Pregnancy, Science, Abstinence-Only Education, Abstinence Education, Stis, Title V, Sex Education, Rick Perry, Home News

What is the most effective way to educate young people about sex? What can we do to minimize unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)? Does abstinence-only education work? Some people think so.

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Why Planned Parenthood Matters for American Schools

Elizabeth Hampton | Posted 06.10.2011 | Home
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Elizabeth Hampton

On any given day, there are between one and three mothers in my classroom. Those young women, doe-eyed and green, are my students.

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E-Cards For STDs Now Wildly Popular

CNN | Madison Park | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stds, Sex, E-Cards, Email, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Stis, The Way We Live Now, Healthy Living News

Breaking up over e-mail is a social no-no. But sending an e-card telling someone to get tested for STDs may be a public health courtesy. A California...

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