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Sex, Drugs More Common in Hyper-Texting Teens

by Associated Press, Posted Nov 9th 2010 10:49AM

Teens who text 120 times a day or more are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs. Credit: AP
ATLANTA (AP) - Teens who text 120 times a day or more - and there seems to be a lot of them - are more likely to have had sex or used ...The study's authors aren't suggesting that "hyper-texting" leads to sex, drinking or drugs, but say it's startling to see an apparent link between excessive messaging and that kind of risky behavior.
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Study Reveals Risky Sex Behavior Among NYC Teens

by Associated Press, Posted Oct 25th 2010 2:30PM

Sex and the city: Urban teens have higher rates of risky sexual behavior. Credit: Getty Images
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly one-tenth of sexually active New York City high school students say they have had at least one same-sex partner, and teens who ...Teens who have had sexual contact with both sexes report higher-than-average rates of dating violence.
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Teen Sex Ed Covers the Birds and the Bees, Minus the Birth Control

by Mary Beth Sammons, Posted Sep 27th 2010 12:00PM

About one third of teens aren't learning about contraception in schools. Credit: Getty Images
Here's the good news on the controversial teen sex front: It turns out nearly all U.S. teens are getting the lowdown about sex at school. Now, the bad ...Here's the good news on the controversial teen sex front: It turns out nearly all U.S. teens are getting the lowdown about sex at school. Now, the bad news: These conversations about sex and sexuality often skip contraceptives.
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Off-Duty Cop Puts Scare on Would-Be Romeo

by Tom Henderson, Posted Sep 24th 2010 8:00AM

PRODUCTION PLAYER! DO NOT DELETE. brightcove.createExperiences(); You catch some punk having sex with your teenage daughter, so you go over to his house and scare the you-know-what out of him. Wait. It gets better. You happen to be a ...You catch some punk having sex with your teenage daughter, so you go over to his house and scare the you-know-what out of him. Sound like a good idea? It apparently did to an off-duty cop.
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Food, Sex, and the American Teen

by Rachel Campos-Duffy, Posted May 12th 2009 4:00PM

My oldest daughter is nine years old and like so many other moms of nine year olds, I spend a lot of my time trying to protect her from a culture that beckons her to prematurely abandon her American Girl dolls for a preternatural sexiness. In my ...
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Parents having a hard time finding HPV vaccines

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 3rd 2006 2:00PM

Many parents who are hoping to get the much anticipated and newly approved vaccine that helps to prevent cervical cancer are experiencing frustration in either locating the drug or getting their insurance companies to pay for it. The vaccine, which ...
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