TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps prevent genital warts and low-grade cervical growths. Full Story »
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New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Protects Against Genital Warts
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Rights group urge Cambodia to end sex worker abuse
AFP – Tue Jul 20, 3:38 am ETPHNOM PENH (AFP) - Sex workers in Cambodia are routinely unlawfully arrested and taken by police to government detention centres where they face beatings, rape and extortion, a rights group said Tuesday. Full Story »
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Cash payments reduce HIV risk: World Bank studies
AFP – Sun Jul 18, 3:43 pm ETWASHINGTON (AFP) - The World Bank released two studies Sunday linking cash payments to Malawian and Tanzanian youths with "significantly lower" rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Full Story »
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Helena school board gets earful on sex ed proposal
AP – Wed Jul 14, 6:40 pm ETHELENA, Mont. - A proposed sex education program that teaches fifth-graders the different ways people have intercourse and first-graders about gay love has infuriated parents and forced the school board to take a closer look at the issue. Full Story »
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Viagra-popping seniors lead the pack for STDs
Reuters – Wed Jul 7, 5:21 pm ETNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even if you're past your prime and have a hard time getting an erection, you might still need to worry about unprotected sex, according to U.S. doctors. Full Story »
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Bangladesh sex workers plump up on cow steroids
AFP – Wed Jul 7, 2:31 am ETFARIDPUR, Bangladesh (AFP) - Whenever Bangladeshi brothel owner Rokeya, 50, signs up a new sex worker she gives them a course of steroid drugs often used to fatten cattle. Full Story »
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Drugs Like Viagra Linked to Higher Rates of STDs
HealthDay – Tue Jul 6, 11:49 pm ETMONDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Middle-aged and older men who take erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra are more likely to have sexually transmitted diseases, a new study of more than 1.4 million men finds. Full Story »
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Men taking drugs for sex function risk sex diseases
Reuters – Mon Jul 5, 5:01 pm ETWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men who took erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra were more likely to become infected with sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. Full Story »
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Pakistan urchins swap streets for art
AFP – Sun Jul 4, 2:37 am ETKARACHI (AFP) - Tanvir Ahmed was 11 years old when he ran away from home and got drawn into life as a sex worker on the streets of Karachi. Now he takes art lessons and dreams of a better future. Full Story »
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Female Circumcision Rife in Iraqi Kurdistan, Says Report
Time.com – Wed Jun 30, 2:30 pm ETIn June, Human Rights Watch released a study about female genital mutilation, commonly referred to as FGM, in Iraqi Kurdistan that stresses the prevalence of the practice and its lasting effects on women in the region Full Story »
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