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The safety and effectiveness of the HPV vaccine Gardasil as a preventive cervical cancer treatment for girls are questioned in a report.
By Linda Marsa, Special to The Times
August 11, 2008
For the rest of the article, follow the link:
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/newsletter/la-he-gardasil11-2008aug11,0,2635375,full.story

The LA Tmes recently reported that concerns are still growing about the Gardasil vaccine, the supposed “first ever cancer vaccination.”  While reading this story, I came across this quote.  “The crux of it is that we know how to prevent cervical cancer,” Dr. Karen Smith-McCune says.  She then goes on to say that it’s with [...]

I just finished reading Wendy Shalit’s “Girls Gone Mild” and while it took me almost a month and a half, only getting to read a chapter every couple of days, the impact of this book was in no way lessened. This book made me think. In fact, a chapter at a time was really all that I [...]

A recent review of over 100 contraceptive sex education programs found only two that increased consistent condom use by teens for a period of 12 months.  And rates of condom user error are high, even with adult populations.: error rates ranged from 21.7% to 50% across 4 studies.  Also, condoms do not prevent any of [...]

A new, probably fraudulent, study showed that twins who had sex earlier had lower levels of delinquency and antisocial behavior a few years later, not more.  The article mentions that policymakers and psychologists hold that early sex, say at 14, makes a teenager more likely to have academic problems, commit crimes, drink, smoke and suffer [...]

Once upon a time men and women dated as a prelude to marriage which was a prelude to sex.  Today, teens are “hooking-up.”  As one teen explains, “First you give a guy oral sex and then you decide if you like him.”  What a tragedy for our society.  There are more than two-dozen sexually transmitted [...]

In 1999 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fast tracked a new drug on its way to the market. Produced by pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., it was a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug popularly known as Vioxx. Within five years, the drug was withdrawn from the market. Vioxx’s short life was due to several unfortunate [...]

A new ad from Allstate insurance states, “Even bright, mature teenagers sometimes to things that are stupid.  But when that happens, it’s not really thier fault.  It’s because their brain hasn’t finished developing.  The underdeveloped area is called the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex.  It plays a critical part role in decision making, problem solving and [...]

The Catholic League serves a purpose, but sometimes it doesn’t quite get it. In a July 24 news release the organization describes what it calls Jay Leno’s “obsession.” Apparently the Tonight Show host has ridiculed Catholic priests six times in the past five weeks. The jokes, as reported by the Catholic League, were:
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Associated Press via CNN.com reports a troubling new study:
Four percent of American youths online have been asked to send a sexually explicit photo of themselves over the Internet, researchers say in a study.
Of the 65 youths in the study who reported receiving a request, only one actually complied. But researchers say that’s still a troubling [...]