Drive to curb teen pregnancy rate
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Young people are to be offered a much broader range of contraception in a bid to cut the high teenage pregnancy rate.
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Advances in medical science should lead to improvements in birth control methods -- but current debates remain hung up on teenagers' sex lives. Adult women and men looking for better options shouldn't be left out in the cold. Commentary by Gina Lynn.
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Efforts are to be "redoubled" to tackle teenage pregnancy rates after it was revealed targets are to be missed.
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The Continent's plummeting fertility rate is a time bomb, threatening economic growth and social welfare. But what can governments do about it? How states are trying to get people to have more kids
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Director of National Drug Control Policy John Walters is launching a new campaign urging teens to âsteer clear of pot.â. illegal drug can impair drivers just as much as drinking alcohol.
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President Bush believes that just saying no is the best way to combat pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases among American teens.
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LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - British teenagers will  be able to get text messages about contraception and safe sex  as part of a campaign to reduce the high number of unwanted  pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, a charity  announced.
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Laws that set numerous strict conditions before teenagers can get a license can reduce fatal crashes involving 16-year-old drivers by up to 21 percent, public health researchers say.
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Young drivers are to be given funding towards the cost of advanced driver training to help cut road deaths.
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RICHMOND, Feb. 21 -- The Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Wednesday that would prohibit teenagers from using their cellphones while driving, which safety advocates say would reduce accidents.
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Fertility experts say teenage boys and young men should consider limiting the time that they use laptop computers positioned on their laps, as long-term use may affect their fertility.
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NEW YORK  - Nearly 30 percent of women in their late teens suffer recurrent infection with Chlamydia, a rate higher than previously recognized in this population, new research shows.
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The abortion bill most likely to become federal law this year would affect a relatively small number of pregnant teens, yet its impact on them could be dramatic &#151; sharply reducing the options for girls in many states who dread telling their parents of their plight.
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The surest way to get teenagers to do something is to tell them not to.
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PLEASANTON, Calif. - The perils of parenting apparently can be discovered through a classroom project.  A startled 17-year-old girl swerved her car into a freeway guardrail and slammed into a pickup truck after the realistic-sounding baby doll in her care suddenly began to cry.
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Policy to be implemented this month aims to protect children from violence and sexual content
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Most presidential candidates are trying to get people to say "yes." Republican Sen. John McCain will be encouraging South Carolina students to say "no." The Arizona lawmaker is scheduled to speak Sunday night to about 1,500 middle and high school students about abstaining from premarital sex. Abstinence and abortion loom large as issues in this first-in-the-South primary state in the heart of the Bible Belt.