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In a move sure to stir controversy, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended on Monday that a more aggressive approach to treating high cholesterol in children should be implemented, even if it means prescribing …

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Can Your Contraceptive Today Cause Heart Disease Later?
May 14, 2008 – 7:16 am | 2 Comments

One popular form of contraceptive has been found to decrease specific arterial function that is vital to good cardiovascular health.  The study raises the question of the safety in using the contraceptive today at the …

Menopause and Your Sex Drive
May 14, 2008 – 1:40 am | 4 Comments

Has the “free love” generation lost its mojo?
If you talk to baby boomer gals, it seems the answer is yes. Indeed, as millions of women enter perimenopause and then transgress to menopause and beyond, many …

Satisfactory Sex Can Be Achieved In A Matter Of Minutes
April 4, 2008 – 8:24 pm | 3 Comments

Survey findings released this week dispel the commonly held fantasy that satisfactory sex requires a significant time commitment. The survey, conducted at Penn State by the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, revealed that satisfactory …

Sex, Pot, Cancer is Ugly New Trend
March 12, 2008 – 6:23 pm | 5 Comments

Patient demographics has led researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center to identify two types of cancer associated with the head and neck and the types of people more likely to get one form …

1 in 4 Teen Girls Has STD
March 11, 2008 – 6:20 pm | 35 Comments

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just issued the alarming findings of its first ever survey of teen health which included sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In the study, the National Health …

Women Given GARDASIL Have Fewer Abnormal Pap Smears
March 10, 2008 – 5:15 pm | 3 Comments

A new study shows that the HPV vaccine, GARDASIL, reduced abnormal Pap test results by 43 percent compared to women not given the vaccine. GARDASIL is FDA approved against the human papilloma virus (HPV) strains …