More than 2 million people in the U.S. are infected with chlamydia and 250,000 have gonorrhea, according to a government prevalence estimate for the two sexually transmitted diseases.
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Koalas are facing a chlamydia epidemic.
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President Bush said he would veto a bill to extend health insurance to an additional 3.3 million low-income children by increasing cigarette taxes.
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Fewer high school students are having sex and more are using condoms, the teenage birthrate hit a record low, more young people are finishing high school, and more tots are being read to.
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Scientists concluded that alcohol does not kill brain cells, and that drinking four glasses a wine a night is probably good for you.
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Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional panel Tuesday that top Bush administration officials would not allow him to speak or issue reports about stem cells, emergency contraception, sex education, or prison, mental and global health issues. He was also ordered to mention President Bush three times on every page of his speeches.
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Teenagers and young adults who use anti-depressants face a lower risk of suicide attempt than depressed patients who are not undergoing drug treatment, said a study released on Friday.
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New Mexico is set to become the first U.S. state to set up a cultivation and distribution system for medical marijuana, setting the stage for a possible showdown with federal drug enforcement authorities.
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“Studies showing the dark side of soy date back 100 years,” says clinical nutritionist Kaayla Daniel, author of The Whole Soy Story (New Trends, 2005). “The 1999 FDA-approved health claim pleased big business, despite massive evidence showing risks associated with soy, and against the protest of the FDA’s own top scientists. Soy is a $4 billion [U.S.] industry that’s taken these health claims to the bank.”
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New York City banned trans fat in restaurants.
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Scientists figured out how to erase bad memories.
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Hospital and doctor visits in the United States have surged by 20 percent in the past five years, and the most commonly prescribed medications are antidepressants, according to statistics published on Friday.
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A study revealed that cars are more likely to hit you if you wear a helmet.
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Americans spent $15 billion dollars on bottled water last year.
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Scientists are studying African prostitutes that don’t have AIDS.
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Psychiatrists earn more money from drug makers than doctors in any other specialty.
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The Food and Drug Administration rejected calls for a review of the sweetener aspartame despite a new study suggesting links to cancer.
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Scientists decided they didn’t actually know how HIV works.
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Egypt’s state-appointed Grand Mufti said on Sunday that female genital cutting was forbidden by Islam after an 11-year-old girl died while undergoing the procedure at a private medical clinic in southern Egypt.
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Scientists found that circumcision routinely removes the five areas of the penis most receptive to fine-touch.
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