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Roll-out of proven HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention with teens by community groups successful

An approach designed to reduce HIV/STDs previously used exclusively by academic researchers has successfully been implemented by community-based organizations (CBOs), an important component in national strategies to curtail ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Baby at the buzzer: Older couples race against their biological clocks to start families

Kim Harper started a career before starting a family. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1990, she traveled, earned a law degree and began working as an attorney. When Harper married in 2006, she and her husband, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Middle school youth as young as 12 engaging in risky sexual activity

Middle school youth are engaging in sexual intercourse as early as age 12, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Partner behavior better predicts STD risks

Risky behaviors such as not using condoms or having sex with multiple people put young adults at risk for contracting sexually transmitted diseases, but perhaps not as much as the characteristics of their sexual partners, ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1