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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 Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Politics, Lung Cancer, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Elections
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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: Medical Specialization, Psychiatry, Medical Research, Mental Health, Arts and Culture
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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: Justice System, Science and Technology, Standards, Food and Drug Administration, Plan B (drug)
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Plan B pill age change a big risk, official says
Alamogordo Daily News, N.M.The Director of the local Pregnancy Help Center spoke about the health and social risks she felt could be issues now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B One-Step over the counter to...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Food and Drug Administration, Women's Health, Plan B (drug), Walmart
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Condom vending machines coming to LC
The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.Condom vending machines will return to Lynchburg College in the fall. Although condoms always are available to students for free through the school's health center and resident advisors in the dorms, more than a decade has passed since the school has...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), University of New Hampshire, George Washington University, Sexual Health
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, Sexual Health, Family Planning, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Treatments
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Condoms for prisoners and porn stars debated by Legislature
Los Angeles Daily NewsTwo bills are pending in the state Legislature that promote and expand the use of condoms by two very different groups of people -- porn stars and prisoners -- each based on programs that are already in place in Los Angeles. One would require actors...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Celebrities, Cinema Industry, AIDS, Research
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Abortion in the classrooms
The Free Press, Kinston, N.C.A bill filed in February to include abortion education in students' health care studies advanced through the North Carolina Senate on Wednesday. Under Health Curriculum/Preterm Birth, North Carolina public schools health instructors will be required...Tags: Politics, Social Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Students
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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: Chlamydia , Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Specialization, Diamond, American Academy of Pediatrics
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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: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, High Blood Pressure, North Palm Beach, HIV
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Specialization, Nursing, Hospitals and Clinics, HIV
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Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis, HIV, AIDS?
Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla.Highlands County reported 31 HIV cases from 2009-11. That's 10.5 per 100,000. If there's good news in that report, it's that the Florida rate is 27.7. "Those are newly reported cases," said Barbara Moore, an RN with Highlands County Health Department....Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Broward County, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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