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Birth control in sex ed classes passes Illinois Senate
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Illinois public schools that teach sex education will be required to provide information about birth control under a measure the Senate sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday. The legislation is a change from current policy, where...Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Birth Control, Education, Health Treatments, Illinois Governor
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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Caņada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Health and Safety at Work, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ronald Reagan
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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
Tags: University of New Mexico, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Medical Research, Culture, Adultery
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A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Plan B (drug), Birth Control
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Getting to responsible sexual health education
As Illinois lawmakers prepare to vote on comprehensive sex education for Illinois' youth (House Bill 2675), they should consider the experience of a young woman who was victimized twice — once by a rapist and again by the inaccurate, ideologically...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Birth Control, Health Treatments, Education, Family Planning
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Chastity the only answer for STDs
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends Plan B for all sexually active adolescents, giving tacit approval to promiscuous lifestyles. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that there are 700,000 new cases of gonorrhea in the U.S. annually, with...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections, Gonorrhea , American Academy of Pediatrics, Diamond
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Genesis Community Health Center expands into Delray Beach
After four years treating and serving patients in Boynton Beach, Genesis Community Health Center, a nonprofit agency providing health care to the under served and uninsured in Palm Beach County, will add a new satellite location in Delray Beach, within...Tags: HIV, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, North Palm Beach, Boynton Beach
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Area's first human-milk depot opens Tuesday at Florida Hospital
For some babies, the liquid is life saving. Now more will be able to receive human breast milk when the area's first milk depot — a place where nursing moms can drop off donated breast milk for other women's infants — opens Tuesday at...
Tags: HIV, Hospitals and Clinics, Winter Park, Nursing, Hepatitis
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Lehigh County 9th in U.S. in newborn deaths
When the international child welfare organization Save The Children began crunching the data for its latest report on mortality rates of newborn babies, it came up with a locally stunning finding: Of the largest counties in the United States, Lehigh...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Premature Birth, Health Organizations, Allentown, Lehigh County
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Plan B can be sold to 15-year-olds without prescription, FDA says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has approved the sale of the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B One-Step, without a prescription for females ages 15 and older. The action comes roughly three weeks after a federal...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System, Birth Control, Plan B (drug)
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Illinois looking at revamp of sex education
— For decades, some public schools in Illinois have taught only abstinence in sex education classes. Now a proposal one step from the governor's desk would require that birth control information be included by schools that choose to teach about...
Tags: Don Harmon, Family Planning, Tom Cross, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Rabies prevention The Department of Health offers information on how to prevent the spread of rabies and what to do in the event of exposure. Rabies is most often seen in raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks. Information: 410-222-7168 or visit aahealth.org....Tags: Health Insurance Cost, American Cancer Society, Physical Conditions, Prostate Cancer, High Blood Pressure
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