Sexual health

What’s in health care proposals for 5 Americans
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AP – As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What’s in it for me?

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Obama says ‘unprecedented’ deal reached on climate
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AP – President Barack Obama said the United States, China and several other countries reached an “unprecedented breakthrough” Friday to curb greenhouse gas emissions — including a mechanism to verify compliance — after a frenzied day of diplomacy at the U.N. climate talks.

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WHO to send swine flu vaccine to poor countries
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AP – The World Health Organization plans to start shipping swine flu vaccine to Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Mongolia in the next few weeks, flu chief Keiji Fukuda said Thursday.

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Kids’ Swine flu shots recalled; not strong enough
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AP – Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday.

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Study: Decade drop in teen pot use stalls
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AP – A decade-long decline in teens’ use of pot has stalled and some teen attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday.

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Study: Decade drop in teen pot use stalls
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AP – A decade-long decline in teens’ use of pot has stalled and some teen attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday.

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Study: Decade drop in teen pot use stalls
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AP – A decade-long decline in teens’ use of pot has stalled and some teen attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday.

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Lieberman resists Medicare buy-in plan
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AP – Risking the wrath of Democrats, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., threatened Sunday to join Republicans in opposing health care legislation if it permits uninsured individuals as young to 55 to purchase Medicare coverage.

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Novel drug combo improves breast cancer survival
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AP – Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported Friday.

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Health care loophole would allow coverage limits
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AP – A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurers place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer, prompting a rebuke from patient advocates.

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