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What Is Female Genital Mutilation?
Female genital mutilation, also known as FGM refers to all procedures which partially or completely remove the external female genitalia. FGM also includes any other injury to a woman’s or girl’s genitalia for reasons other than medical ones. In most parts of the world, FGM is done by non-medical practitioners who also attend childbirths and carry out male circumcisions…
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No commentsTeen Victims Of Dating Violence Have Often Been Hurt By Others Too
Teen victims of dating violence are overwhelmingly more likely to have been victims of other forms of violence, such as sexual violence and child abuse, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Research Center…
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No commentsOrgasms Often Unafffected Following Nerve Sparing In Prostate Cancer Surgery
The vast majority of men who have a prostate cancer operation can retain their ability to orgasm if the surgery is carried out without removing the nerves that surround the prostate gland like a hammock, according to a study in the February issue of the urology journal BJUI…
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No commentsAlcohol Use Among Middle School Students Can Be Reduced By After-School Program
A voluntary substance prevention program held after school and presented by trained facilitators can help reduce alcohol use among young adolescents, according to a new RAND Corporation study…
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No commentsGonorrhea Drug Resistance Alarming
Over the last three years, gonorrhea has become increasingly harder to treat with antibiotics, making it now a reality that perhaps we may be facing a gonorrhea strain for which no current medications would be effective, researchers from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)…
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No commentsChild Sex Abuse Victims Blamed More By Parents If Perpetrator Is Another Youth
Parents are much more likely to blame and doubt their children when their child has been sexually abused by another adolescent instead of an adult, according to new research from the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire…
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No commentsNo Evidence To Support ‘Economy Class Syndrome’ In New DVT Guidelines
Oral contraceptives, sitting in a window seat, advanced age, and pregnancy increase DVT risk in long-distance travelers New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) address the many risk factors for developing a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or blood clot, as the result of long-distance travel…
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No commentsPainful Periods Eased By Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill
A large Scandinavian study, that has been running for 30 years, has finally provided convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill does, indeed, alleviate the symptoms of painful menstrual periods reports scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The research is published in Europe´s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction…
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No commentsAssociation Between Injectable Progesterone Contraceptives And Poor Periodontal Health
Injectable progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health, according to research in the Journal of Periodontology…
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No commentsHas Komen Shot Itself In The Foot?
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity which until recently had an enviable reputation as being totally impartial and focused purely on saving women’s lives, may have caused itself irreparable damage. By announcing a few days ago that it would stop awarding funds to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization; it found itself in the middle of an enormous public outcry…
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