Health Textbooks That Promote Abstinence-Only Education, Texas
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The Texas Board of Education on Friday approved four high school health textbooks that promote abstinence-only sex education and make only &quot;passing mention&quot; of contraception, &quot;which critics say violates state regulations and endangers the health of teens
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Robert B. Saper, MD, MPH ; Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH ; Janet Paquin, PhD ; Michael J. Burns, MD ; David M. Eisenberg, MD ; Roger B. Davis, ScD ; Russell S. Phillips, MD.
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Recommendations for schools from Action for Healthy Kids, a coalition of private and government agencies:
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NEW YORK  - Legislation recently passed in  Texas limits adolescents' ability to obtain confidential  reproductive health care services. Although the goal is to  curtail adolescent sexual activity, these laws are likely to  backfire, according to the authors of a new study.
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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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Gov. Rick Perry ordered Friday that schoolgirls in Texas must be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, making Texas the first state to require the shots.
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A new book is hoping to change the perception that having HIV is a death sentence.
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Schools should be more aggressive in teaching children about heart disease and the risks of bad diet and little exercise, the American Heart Association said Monday.    The call for bolder action in schools follows the Institute of Medicine's recommendations last month calling for a wide-ranging attack on childhood obesity by involving parents, schools, communities and the government...
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A small publisher of college textbooks plans to offer free electronic textbooks to students. The catch? Ads are inserted within the text.
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A State Board of Education member called on textbook publishers to change the wording in health books being considered for use in Texas schools to clearly state that marriage is between a man and a woman.
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A growing number of public universities are requiring that students have health insurance before they step into the classroom, a move aimed at saving the uninsured from huge bills and college hospitals from getting stuck with the cost.
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We know many of our youth are having sex and will have sex in the future. To teach abstinence without including education on the need for a condom and how to use a condom will lead to more HIV and STD infections.
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A controversial policy promoting   abstinence education to fight AIDS may be the best way to get   men to treat women better, which experts agree is key to   battling the AIDS epidemic, U.S. government AIDS officials said   on Wednesday.
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Florida's got the South Beach diet. Now Minnesota's got the "Northwoods Diet." That's what University of Minnesota professor David Bernlohr came up with as the solution when he noticed his waistline expanding. After all, he's an obesity researcher.
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- School and church social activities may help reduce smoking among disadvantaged children, a new study reports.
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Youngsters participating in  federally funded abstinence-only sex-education courses  frequently receive inaccurate or misleading information, the  Washington Post reported on Thursday.