Study Faults Abstinence Courses
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Some federally financed sex education programs that teach an abstinence-only approach have factual errors and are ineffective, a Congressional report says.
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More older people are risking sexually transmitted infections because they are not using condoms, research suggests.
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Many American youngsters participating in federally funded abstinence-only programs have been taught over the past three years that abortion can lead to sterility and suicide, that half the
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Easy access to a "morning after pill" for contraception does not influence the degree to which women have unprotected sex, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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A California congressman&#39;s report criticizing teaching kids to be abstain from sex is hardly a surprise to family advocates. A new government report claims abstinence
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BITTER PILL: Federal officials say research was flawed in two major studies showing oral contraceptives cut the risk of heart disease and carried no increased risk of breast cancer &#151; results contrary to many previous findings.
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Millions of American schoolchildren are offered religiously-inspired &quot;sex education&quot; courses that are riddled with falsehoods, a congressional staff report has found.
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Many people mistakenly believe that oral sex is safe, unaware that they can readily catch or pass on syphilis in this manner, according to a report put out by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The US National Institutes of Health said a study suggesting that the use of oral contraceptives lowered women&#39;s risk for heart disease was flawed and that there is no evidence to support that claim.
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Teenagers who have had formal sex education are far more likely to put off having sex, contradicting earlier studies on the effectiveness of such programs, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Sex education programs do work to help discourage many teens from becoming sexually active before age 15, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Federal officials say there&#39;s no evidence birth control pills cut the risk of heart disease, and that two major studies showing such a benefit were flawed.
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NEW YORK  - Delinquent and at-risk teens who complete a brief computer-based program designed to reduce risky sexual behaviors are less likely to have sex and more likely to have sex with fewer partners, after completing the program, a new study shows.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- A new study of people who visited a Colorado sexually transmitted disease clinic found that about half of those who regularly used condoms reported mishaps ranging from breakage to slippage.
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NEW YORK  - The dramatic declines in teenage pregnancy rates noted in the United States between 1995 and 2002 were largely due to improved contraceptive use, not to abstinence, a new study shows.
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SINGAPORE : A worrying trend has emerged: a local study has shown Singaporean men are practising safe sex at home but are less likely to do so abroad.
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BITTER PILL: Federal officials say research was flawed in two major studies showing oral contraceptives cut the risk of heart disease and carried no increased risk of breast cancer - results contrary to many previous findings.