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• Teen Birth Rates, Homicides on Increase, Report Shows

  July 11 (HealthDay News) -- The teen birth rate is up for the first time ...

• Workshop Helps Parents, Kids Talk About Sex

  July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Teach parents how to talk about sex with their teen, ...

• Diabetes Drug May Prevent Early Puberty in Young Girls

  June 17 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug metformin slows the onset of early puberty ...

• Sex Ed Can Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy

  March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Comprehensive sex education may help reduce teen pregnancies without increasing ...

• One in 4 Teen Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Disease

  March 11 (HealthDay News) -- More than 3 million teenaged girls have at least one ...

• Depression Raised Risk of Subsequent Pregnancies Among Black Teen Moms

  March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Black American teen mothers who have depression symptoms may be ...

• That 'Sex Talk' With Your Kids Should Be Ongoing

  March 3 (HealthDay News) -- Parents may not want to hear this, but new research ...

• Sex Ed Does Delay Teen Sex: CDC

  Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Sex education programs do work to help discourage many teens ...

• Teen Birth Rates Up for First Time in 14 Years, U.S. Reports

  Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time in 14 years, the number of ...

• Early Sexual Activity May Curb Teen Delinquency

  Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who start having sex at an early age may ...

• Oral Sex Implicated in Some Throat and Neck Cancers

  Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Human papillomavirus (HPV), which is believed to be responsible for ...

• Cervical Cancer Vaccines Won't Fight Existing HPV Infection

  August 15 (HealthDay News) -- Cervical cancer vaccines that prevent infection with the human papillomavirus ...

• Steroids Won't Help Common Respiratory Infection in Infants

  July 26 (HealthDay News) -- A commonly prescribed steroid called dexamethasone is no more effective ...

• Experts Debate Giving HPV Vaccine to Boys

  May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Amid the controversy around mandated vaccination of young girls against ...

• Friends Are Key to Teens' Views on Sex

  May 18 (HealthDay News) -- American teens' attitudes toward sex and other issues are strongly ...

• Studies Support Cervical Cancer Vaccine's Effectiveness in Young Girls

  May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Expanded findings from trials that led to U.S. approval of ...

• Emotions Play Major Role in Teen Condom Use

  April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Emotions play a large role in teen condom use, and ...

• U.S. Offers Free, Bilingual Health Checklists

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• Cervical Cancer Vaccine Continues to Spark Debate

  March 30 (HealthDay News) -- As 24 states consider laws that would require girls entering ...