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UPDATE: Ax-wielding man damages Planned Parenthood clinic
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Southern Indiana police arrested a man on suspicion of using an ax to smash windows and damage computers at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bloomington on Thursday. Benjamin D. Curell, 27, of Ellettsville, was arrested on...
Tags: Planned Parenthood, Family Planning, Abortion, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Human Rights
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Vaginal products popular, some linked to infections
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two thirds of women in a new U.S. study reported regularly using cleansers, lubricants or petroleum jelly intravaginally - and some of the products were linked to a higher chance of common vaginal infections. Those mundane...Tags: Obstetrics, Yeast Infection, Energy Resources, Chemical Industry, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Health Check Up: Assessing Your Risk For Breast & Ovarian Cancer
Many women today are unaware of their risk for breast and ovarian cancer. One out of every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer sometime during their lives. Almost 300,000 women each year are diagnosed with invasive and non-invasive breast...
Tags: Family, Menopause, Internists, American Cancer Society, Mammogram
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FDA approves Plan B for girls as young as 15
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would allow the Plan B One-Step contraceptive to be sold without a prescription to girls as young as 15 years of age. The announcement partially reverses a December 2011...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Plan B (drug), Justice System, Margaret Hamburg, Women's Health
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Supreme Court to review free speech of HIV/AIDS groups
Reuters(Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the government can require groups that receive federal funding for overseas HIV/AIDS programs to have explicit policies that oppose prostitution and sex trafficking. The case is one of six that the...Tags: Prostitution, AIDS, Same-Sex Marriage, Judges, Trials
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Suburbs try to fight heroin's grim hold
When 20-year-old Tim McCann died Jan. 31 of a suspected heroin overdose, his death became another grim reminder of the drug's deadly spread across the Chicago suburbs. A graduate of Libertyville High School, McCann started using the drug when he was 18,...
Tags: Chris Slade, Teaching and Learning, Addiction, Health and Safety at School, Roosevelt University
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Hi there. What's your sign? Have any STDs?
One key to launching a successful business is finding the right problem to solve. That's why so many entrepreneurs are inspired by problems they encounter themselves or that stymie their family and friends. The trick is not confusing an anecdote for a...
Tags: Gonorrhea , Human papillomavirus, Hepatitis C , Syphilis, Vaccines
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Porn producer sues to overturn L.A. County condom requirement for actors
L.A. NOWPornographic film producer Vivid Entertainment filed suit to overturn the newly-passed Los Angeles County ballot measure requiring porn performers to wear condoms during filming.... -
Lawmaker proposes requiring condoms for porn actors in California
Following the lead of Los Angeles County, a state lawmaker is proposing to require that all actors in pornographic films made in California be required to wear condoms to protect them from exposure to AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases....
Tags: Pornography, AIDS, Isadore Hall, III, Justice System, Jerry Brown
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Most women misunderstand IUD birth control
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new survey, most women had inaccurate perceptions about the safety and effectiveness of intrauterine devices (IUDs) in preventing pregnancy, say U.S. researchers, who urge doctors to talk more about the benefits of the...Tags: Family Planning, Obstetrics, Disease Prevention, University of Washington, Diseases and Illnesses
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News of the Weird: Jails Need Locks Too?
“Fulton Jail Will Get Working Cell Locks,” read the Dec. 19 Atlanta Journal-Constitution headline. The county commission serving Atlanta had finally voted to break a longstanding 3-3 tie that prevented buying new jailhouse locks -- even...
Tags: Theft, China, The Wall Street Journal, Obesity, Prisons
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Bell trial: Ex-councilman has 'mental issues,' attorney says
L.A. NOWFormer councilman Victor Bello, one of the defendants in the Bell corruption case, takes medicine for depression and suicidal tendencies and was an outcast in city government because of his angry tangles with the city manager. "He has a life......
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