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Teen sexual behavior changed little in a decade
Strides made in the 90s to reduce risky sexual behavior among teens has largely plateaued, federal health data released today has found. The data from the Centers for Disease Control National Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that many teenagers are using...
Tags: Medical Research, Students, AIDS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Teaching and Learning
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Gay marriage supporters seized victory after tough start
The two Baptist pastors didn't know a soul at Gov. Martin O'Malley's big breakfast for supporters of his same-sex marriage bill back in January. Neither had ever been in a room with so many openly gay people. "It was a different moment," said the Rev....Tags: Family, Barack Obama, Judges, Gays and Lesbians, Labor Day
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Edgemere man faces rarely used HIV transmission charges
When police accused an Edgemere man of having sex with a 13-year-old boy, most of the charges were straightforward: soliciting a minor and a related sexual offense, which together could carry up to 30 years in prison. But Baltimore County prosecutors...
Tags: Barack Obama, Laws, Punishment, Prisons, AIDS
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Monday
WEATHER The National Weather Service is calling for Monday to be sunny in the Baltimore area, with a high near 78 and north winds 11 to 17 miles per hour. Monday night is expected to be clear, with a low around 60 and north winds 8 to 10 miles per hour....
Tags: National Football League, Labor Day, Fires, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Super Bowl
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Circumcision's benefits outweigh risks, doctors' group says
The American Academy of Pediatrics is modifying its stance on circumcision for the first time in more than a decade, acknowledging that the health benefits outweigh the risks of the procedure, which involves removing the foreskin of a baby boy's penis....Tags: Family, Medical Research, Parenting, Urinary System, Medical Specialization
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Decline in circumcisions costing health care system billions, study finds
A 20-year decline in male circumcision has cost the country $2 billion in medical costs that could have been prevented, Johns Hopkins researchers say in a study released Monday.
In what is believed to be the first look at the economic impact of male...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Medical Research, Gonorrhea , Europe, Urinary System
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Review -- And When She was Good
Laura Lippman's latest, "And When She was Good," is out this week, the latest from Baltimore's favorite mystery writer. Here's a review from Celeste Sollod, a book publishing veteran who writes about Baltimore literary life at BaltimoreBookTalk.com (You...
Tags: Book, Authors, David Simon, Thriller (genre), Baltimore Book Festival
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Medical community seeks to increase use of donor breast milk in Maryland
LaQuasha Singletary was having a normal pregnancy until the day her blood pressure shot up and her vision blurred.
The Pikesville woman was rushed to Sinai Hospital, where she delivered a 2-pound, 8-ounce baby boy named Caleb Lyles 10 weeks sooner than...Tags: Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Pikesville, Baltimore County, National Economic Council
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Dream Team vs. 2012 U.S. Olympic team: Who would win?
The Baltimore SunThe debate raging these days between those arguing whether this year’s U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team could compete with the Dream Team of 20 years ago is not answered simply by a generational divide. I for one, being of sound mind and...Tags: Michael Jordan, John Stockton, Serge Ibaka, Larry Bird, Dwyane Wade
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New HIV prevention drug may not be for everyone
Sexual promiscuity fueled by alcohol and drug use led one 47-year-old Towson man to contract HIV.
But when he heard about government approval of the drug Truvada to lower people's risk of getting the disease, he wasn't completely sold on it as a...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Food and Drug Administration, Chemical Industry, Mount Vernon, Epidemics and Plagues
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FDA approves drug to prevent HIV infection
The federal government has approved for the first time a drug that can prevent an HIV infection, a significant development for Baltimore where transmission rates for the virus remain high and growing.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Food and Drug Administration, Chemical Industry, Gilead Sciences Inc., Pharmaceuticals
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HIV test merits greater attention
Its incredible that with all of the articles on HIV and AIDS, the fact that the FDA has finally approved of a 15-minute over-the-counter test for HIV has barely been mentioned ("Rapid at-home HIV test gains federal approval," July 4). You talk about...Tags: AIDS
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