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Many Teen Girls Mistakenly Think HPV Vaccines Cut Risk for All STDs (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one in four girls who gets the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine mistakenly thinks that her risk of getting other sexually transmitted diseases is lowered, a new study indicates.

Potential Herpes Vaccine Disappoints Researchers (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A potential vaccine for genital herpes has shown only limited effectiveness in thwarting one type of the sexually transmitted virus and no ability to stop a second type from spreading, a new study shows.

Potential Herpes Vaccine Disappoints Researchers (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A potential vaccine for genital herpes has shown only limited effectiveness in thwarting one type of the sexually transmitted virus and no ability to stop a second type from spreading, a new study shows.

Women's Sexual Satisfaction Often Rises With Age: Study (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Sexual satisfaction increases with age among sexually active older women, according to a new study, while those who don't have sex are satisfied with their sex lives.

Women's Sexual Satisfaction Often Rises With Age: Study (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Sexual satisfaction increases with age among sexually active older women, according to a new study, while those who don't have sex are satisfied with their sex lives.

Some girls overestimate HPV vaccine protection (Reuters)

Reuters - Some adolescent girls who get the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer wrongly think they no longer need to practice safe sex, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Some girls overestimate HPV vaccine protection (Reuters)

Reuters - Some adolescent girls who get the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer wrongly think they no longer need to practice safe sex, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Tough choice looms on 9/11 health lawsuits (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of dust and smoke at ground zero in New York. More than 1,600 people suing over their exposure to World Trade Center dust must decide by Jan. 2 whether to keep fighting in court, or drop their lawsuits and apply for benefits from a government fund. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool, File)AP - More than 1,600 people who filed lawsuits claiming that their health was ruined by dust and smoke from the collapsed World Trade Center must decide by Jan. 2 whether to keep fighting in court, or drop the litigation and apply for benefits from a government compensation fund.


SC Army veteran, 96, always eager to give blood (AP)

In this undated photo released by The Blood Connection, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, Joe Johnson is shown. Ninety-six-year-old Johnson is first in line when the bloodmobile arrives at his South Carolina retirement home, eager to save lives and keep up the habit he started during his Army career. (AP Photo/The Blood Connection)AP - At age 96, Joe Johnson is still first in line when the bloodmobile arrives at his South Carolina retirement home. He's always eager to save lives and keep up the habit he started during his Army career.


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