01/06/2009
Grant to help town, schools combat teen pregnancy, STDs (The MetroWest Daily News)
The Board of Health and local schools will use a new health care grant to improve reproductive health education and resources to reduce the number of teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
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01/06/2009
Guilford survey: We smoke less, drink, weigh more (Greensboro News & Record)
We're fatter. We're drinking more. And we're giving each other more sexually transmitted diseases. Those are some of the uncomfortable truths presented in a sweeping look at the state of Guilford County's health released Monday. Not all the news is bad. Gluttony and vice are only part of the story. We're getting a little more active, and we're smoking less, too. Mortality rates for some ...
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01/05/2009
Teens Take Charge Of Their Health (KDKA Pittsburgh)
A group of teens are taking charge of their health. Saturday, hundreds of them were tested for sexually transmitted diseases – including HIV. Nineteen-year-old Allen Linton got an AIDS test this weekend. All it took was a quick swab on the inside of his check, an d it was done.
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01/05/2009
Free condoms dished out to curb teenage pregnancies (ic CheshireOnline)
MORE than 700 young people under the age of 19 attended free condom sessions across Shropshire last year. The system was introduced in a bid to cut down on the level of teenage pregnancies and the speed of sexually transmitted diseases.
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01/04/2009
Teens Take Charge of Their Health (CBS 2 Chicago)
A group of teens are taking charge of their health. Saturday, hundreds of them were tested for sexually transmitted diseases – including HIV, as CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
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01/09/2009
Employees facing layoff tout value (The Times of Trenton)
TRENTON -- As the Jan. 23 layoff date for 64 city employees approaches, affected workers and union leaders are stressing their value to the city and urging City Council members to prevent the cuts from going ahead.
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01/08/2009
Sexy over 60? Then the Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service has a workshop for you (The Palm Beach Post)
Could $10 improve your sex life?
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01/09/2009
Big, Old Mice Spread Deadly Hantavirus (Science Daily)
Researchers dusted wild deer mice with fluorescent pink, blue, green, yellow and orange talcum powders to show which rodents most often fought or mated with others and thus were most likely to spread deadly hantavirus. The study identified bigger, older mice as the culprits.
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01/08/2009
After Korean War, brothels and an alliance (International Herald Tribune)
Some former prostitutes in South Korea say that the government supported the sex trade near U.S. bases in the years after the Korean War.
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01/09/2009
English-Only Measure May Not Save Money (WSMV Nashville)
Supporters of a measure say if it is passed, it will save the city money, but that may not be true.
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