Some Abstinence Programs Mislead Teens
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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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Viewpoint: The outcry over Portland, Maine's decision to provide the pill to young girls shows that adults still have trouble discussing sex with each other, much less with our kids
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The nation&#39;s most respected treatment programs for teen drug abusers may frequently fall short of what&#39;s necessary for effective treatment, a new study suggests.
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Fewer high school students are having sex these days, and more are using condoms. The teen birth rate has hit a record low.
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A congressional staff analysis finds "false, misleading, or distorted information" in the  materials of more than a dozen federally funded programs aimed at preventing teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.
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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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Brain researchers have a new argument against executing teenagers: they are not yet wired for adult decision making.
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Abstinence-only sex education programs,  a major plank in President Bush's education plan, have had no  impact on teenagers' behavior in his home state of Texas,  according to a new study.
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NEW YORK  - School-based health centers   that provide high school students with preventive health care   services and counseling on how to reduce high-risk behaviors,   such as unprotected sexual intercourse, may help decrease teen   pregnancy rates, according to the findings of a Colorado study.
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An important new study shows that teaching kids about contraception doesn't necessarily change their sexual habits
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WASHINGTON - American teenagers are waiting longer to engage in sexual intercourse and an overwhelming majority of those who are sexually active report using contraception, according to a comprehensive, well-respected government survey released Friday.
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Fewer teens in the US are engaging in sex, according to a study released by the US Department of Health and Human Services. Between 1995 and 2002 sexual activity among teenage girls and boys declined significantly and teen contraceptive use improved.
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LET ME SEE if I have this right. At one end of the sexual life cycle, we have pubescent teenagers so driven by biology that they can barely concentrate on physics.
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NEW YORK  - Getting teenagers more active   in school life may lower the odds that they will smoke, drink,   use drugs or have sex, a new study suggests.
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Fewer American teenagers are having sex, and those who do are using contraceptives more often, according to a new survey from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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Teen sex, it turns out, is an issue  at least as old as the dinosaurs.
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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).