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Shippensburg students can get 'morning-after' pill from vending machine
Associated PressStudents at Shippensburg University can get the “morning-after” pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine installed at the request of the student government. The Etter Health Center at Shippensburg, a public school of 8,300 students in...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Politics, Plan B (drug), Students, Health
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Obama: Shift on birth-control policy meets everyone's needs
AP White House CorrespondentPresident Barack Obama, grappling with a political firestorm that threatened to consume his administration, unveiled a birth control compromise Friday that he said would both protect religious liberties and ensure that women have access to free...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Politics, Mitt Romney, Crime, Law and Justice, Family Planning
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'Girls Night In' aims to help teens
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comAbout 25 local girls turned out Friday for the first ever “Girls Night In,” a free event hosted by a new mentoring program in Hagerstown to help teenage girls make the right choices. “The Girls Night In is a celebration of girls...Tags: Health Treatments, Family Planning, Health
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FDA ties birth control drugs to blood clot risk
Federal health regulators say several new birth control drugs, including the Bayer pill Yaz, appear to increase the risk of dangerous blood clots more than older medications.
A new study released by the Food and Drug Administration reviewed the medical...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Merck & Company Incorporated, Health Treatments, Family Planning, Drugs and Medicines
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 27
Give bicyclists a break To the editor: The laws, if followed correctly, promote courtesy to all on the road. Most drivers today drive as if they are alone on the road. If a bicycle is climbing a hill and you pass that bicycle and a vehicle pops over...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health Organizations, Physical Conditions, Health, Mayo Clinic
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Teen coalition exercise has broad aim to reduce pregnancy rate
tiffanya@herald-mail.comOrganizers of the Teen IDEA Challenge are challenging teens to think before they have sex. And they plan to give away movie tickets and an iPad to sweeten the deal. Teens Have Choices — the nonprofit formerly known as Washington County Teen...Tags: Washington County (Maryland), FBI, Politics, Sexual Health, Family Planning
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NCJW disappointed by 'pill' restrictions
Not since "the pill" became widely available in the 60s, has there been such a battle over birth control than the one currently being waged over "Plan B" emergency contraception and its restrictions. Moreover, following the Food and Drug Administration...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Politics, Plan B (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Instrument Engineering
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Community notes Monday, May 20, 2013
Births A son, Alexander James Goldsmith, was born to Jayson and Sara Goldsmith of Boyne City at 4:41 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Alexander weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long at birth. His...
Tags: Sexual Assault, Plan B (drug), Health, Assault, Entertainment Events
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A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Plan B (drug), Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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LETTER: Plan B Puts No One at Risk
Regarding "Plan B Decision Praised, Criticized [May 2, CTNow]: Peter Wolfgang's views presented within are misguided and misleading. As a nursing student and contraception advocate, I want to offer some background Mr. Wolfgang left out. Plan B is a...Tags: Diabetes, Plan B (drug), Health Treatments, Family Planning, Drugs and Medicines
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Parent questions birth control query
Dear Amy: My daughter, who is almost 12 years old, visited a hospital a couple of months ago, and a nurse asked her if she uses birth control. Is this is an appropriate question to ask a not-quite 12-year-old girl? I feel that it is the kind of question...
Tags: Health Treatments, Social Media, Family Planning, Media Industry, Drugs and Medicines
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Getting to responsible sexual health education
As Illinois lawmakers prepare to vote on comprehensive sex education for Illinois' youth (House Bill 2675), they should consider the experience of a young woman who was victimized twice — once by a rapist and again by the inaccurate, ideologically...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sexual Health, Education, Health Treatments
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