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  • Teens and doctors avoid talking about sexual activity

    01/05/2014 4:00:57 PM PST · by usalady · 32 replies
    Examiner ^ | Jan. 5, 2013 | Martha
    At a time when sexually transmitted diseases are infecting millions of teenagers it has been reported that doctors don’t bother asking them about their sex life. If a doctor does not bring it up during a physical examination neither does the teenager.
  • British backpackers 'spreading sexually transmitted diseases across Australia'

    10/23/2009 5:49:50 PM PDT · by george76 · 11 replies · 1,259+ views
    Telegraph ^ | 21 Oct 2009
    British backpackers holidaying in Australia are returning home with much more than a suntan, as a result of having unprotected sexual intercourse with multiple partners and helping to spread sexually transmitted diseases around the country. A survey of 1,008 backpackers at hostels in Sydney and the Queensland city Cairns found that British backpackers often had triple the number of sexual partners they would have normally at home, even if they were not single on arrival.
  • Gays faced with new STD strains

    07/05/2005 3:15:25 PM PDT · by Dane · 85 replies · 3,213+ views
    Miami Hearld ^ | 7/05/05 | Jacob Goldstein
    Gays faced with new STD strains By JACOB GOLDSTEIN jgoldstein@herald.com In the past five years, without much fanfare, a syphilis epidemic has emerged among gay men in South Florida and around the country. Nationwide, rates of drug-resistant gonorrhea have risen rapidly in gay men. And a rare form of chlamydia has spread among gay men in Europe, moved to Canada and New England, and may have made its way to South Florida. Syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia are all curable, but they can be painful and, if not treated promptly, can cause long-term damage. And having a sexually transmitted disease makes...
  • Adolescent Sexual Health in Europe and the U.S.—Why the Difference?

    11/17/2004 11:14:54 PM PST · by Lorianne · 17 replies · 1,306+ views
    Advocates for Youth ^ | 17 November 2004
    Each summer since in 1998, Advocates for Youth and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte sponsor annual study tours to France, Germany, and the Netherlands to explore why adolescent sexual health outcomes are so much more positive in the three European countries than in the U.S. Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® The study tour participants—policy makers, researchers, youth-serving professionals, foundation officers, and youth—have found that this trilogy of values underpins a social philosophy regarding adolescent sexual health in these countries. Each of these nations has an unwritten social contract with young people: "We'll respect your right to act responsibly, giving you...
  • Out of wedlock Sex has a price...and it is one of the things destroying our youth and our nation.

    02/29/2004 7:08:07 PM PST · by Jeff Head · 178 replies · 3,324+ views
    Sex has a price tag ^ | February 29, 2004 | Jeff Head
    Today during our church services we held a combined meeting of all of the adult men and women who were not involved teaching our primary aged (2-11) and youth aged (12-18) children. I wanted to report to FR about the meeting and the content and its impact. The meeting had been planned for some time to view the video" "Sex has a price tag" A lot of thought and prayer went into presenting this video and its content. We wanted the adult thoughts on this before we hold a meeting for all of the youth in our congregation. The video...