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by hernews
Posted: Thu., September 18, 2008, 11:55 am
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Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Girls who live in poor neighborhoods are more likely to have sexual intercourse in early adolescence and to have their first sexual experiences with older boys, a Canadian study says.
The study included 2,596 Canadian teens who were followed from ages 12 to 15.
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by Dr. Gwenn
Posted: Fri., September 5, 2008, 10:31 am
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Being a teen today is challenging. Add to that an unwanted pregnancy, it becomes a disaster. Pregnancy should be a happy and wanted situation but that isn't the situation for pregnant teens. If you look at the facts, they ring out loud and clear: abstinence does not work and teens today need not only information but access to birth control.
Lindsay Lohan blogged this week about Bristol Palin's pregnancy and made some fantastic points:
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by EmpowHer
Posted: Mon., March 24, 2008, 03:08 pm
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MONDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Comprehensive sex education may help reduce teen pregnancies without increasing levels of sexual intercourse or sexually transmitted diseases.
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by EmpowHer
Posted: Mon., March 3, 2008, 07:13 am
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By Serena Gordon
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- Parents may not want to hear this, but new research suggests it's not a good idea to just have that one big "sex talk" with your kids.
Instead, the study recommends that you encourage an ongoing dialogue about sex with your children -- even if it makes you uncomfortable -- so your kids are less likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors.
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