Pacific Standard, Feb 28, 2015
According to a recent poll, 44 percent of Americans believe that sex education is part of the Common Core curriculum. It’s not.
But why doesn’t the Common Core have a sex ed component?
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Hi SASHA readers,
Some people have pointed out that the link in the previous post “Depo-Provera Linked to Increased HIV Risk in Africa” goes to a login page which locks them out. I found the article through google, and it turns out you can only access it in you go in that way, i.e. via google results. I was not aware of this when i posted it.
Cheers,
SASHA
Medscape, January 09, 2015
The injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera or DMPA) is associated with elevated risk for HIV infection among women in low-income or middle-income countries of sub-Saharan Africa, according to a study.
The mechanism behind a link between DMPA and HIV infection is not known.
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Hepatitis SA, April 2015
The Pharmaceutical Benefit Advisory Committee has recommended three new drugs for treatment of hepatitis C.
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The Conversation, 24 April 2015, 2.36pm AEST
A new pill could enable people living with HIV to conceive children through sex without risking the health of their HIV-negative partner.
HIV and pregnancy is not a topic we hear a lot about in Australia.
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MedicineNet, April 22, 2015
When Samantha was 3, she drew a picture of a family. She explained that she was the daddy. By age 5, she’d told her mother, “My mind tells me I’m a boy.”
Mom made a note to ask her pediatrician about it.
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