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View Post: STD Cases Up Among Mississippi Teens
14 Nov 2009
With parental consent, nurses in Jackson and Hinds counties can perform wellness exams, including blood screening. Lack of STD awareness, not using condoms, STD stigma, multiple partners, and socioeconomic factors all contribute to ...
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View Post: In Singapore, More Teens Get Porn Via Mobile Phones
20 Sep 2009 by guest  
A Sunday Time check with 15 teens who surf on their phones showed at least seven have visited porn sites, and two have watched or tried accessing content. Mr Poh Yeang Cherng, manager of Touch Cyber Wellness and Sports, estimated that the ... Most teens surveyed use their phones to log on to social network site Facebook and video-sharing platform YouTube, as well as to check e-mail and movie screening times. Those with porn had either downloaded videos onto their PCs for ...
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View Post: New Pap Test Guidelines: Start Later, Have Fewer
20 Nov 2009
For the second time in a week, medical experts are revising the advice given women on cancer screenings.Now women are being told that they should get their first screening for cervical cancer -- including a Pap test -- at age 21. ... The starting age was moved to 21, Waxman said, to avoid unnecessary treatment of teens. The rate of infection with human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer, is high in teens who are sexually active, he said, ...
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View Post: Judge drops case against family of Sleepy Eye teen after cancer ...
17 Nov 2009 by AP  
... constanthealth Cancer Support Community: Gilda's Club and The Wellness Support ... http://bit.ly/1lK5rU; reachgivers Susan G Komen for theCure: Join the global fight against breast cancer http://reachgivers.org/getreaches/r?i=6 ... eyuzwa RT @Minervity: RT @Alyssa_Milano: Important ladiesLIVESTRONG Responds to New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening http://bit.ly/5qYMD; kamla @PailiRoy It appears that the new US recommendation for breast cancer is in line with the ...
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View Post: The Benefits of Vitamin D in Diabetes Management: Vitamin D ...
12 Nov 2009
... and for future problems with osteoporosis, heart disease and diabetes. Guidelines on vitamin D intake recently doubled for children, increasing the recommended daily allowance to 400 IU per day in vitamin D supplements for children and teens. ... Screening for low vitamin D levels is available and can identify a deficiency. For most patients, taking a vitamin D supplement makes sense. Vitamin D is necessary for the long-term health and well-being of the human body. ...
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View Post: THE OLMSTEAD DECISION: Oregon's Plan for Community Integration ...
15 Oct 2009 by admin2  
The Oregon study concludes that premature mortality among this population is a health care crisis and recommends AMH (via a Wellness Task Force) work with community agencies to implement changes in care coordination, wellness screening ...
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View Post: The Health Care Blog: Prevention is Not Only Good Health Policy ...
24 Nov 2009 by Matthew  
Prevention today involves a lot more than flu shots, cancer screening, and annual checkups. It is a pro-active strategy of disease avoidance and mitigation that should be embraced throughout and beyond the health system. .... Employers could potentially save approximately $5000 over 5 years for each employee by introducing proven health promotion programs into employee wellness programs.” Mitigating the impact of the financial crises is only one beneficial side effect of ...
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View Post: Ypulse Youth Website Profile: NYC Teen Mindspace
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29 Jul 2009 by meredith   ...
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View Post: art_of_arts: THANK YOU, CONGRESS !!!!!
9 Nov 2009 by Arthur Kalmeyer  
Healthy Teen Initiative grant program regarding teen pregnancy. Grant program for interdisciplinary training, education, and services for individuals with autism. University centers for excellence in developmental disabilities education ... Native American Health and Wellness Foundation Committee for the Establishment of the Native American Health and Wellness Foundation Grant program for mental health and substance abuse screening. Centers for Disease Control Office of ...
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View Post: The North Dakota Suicide Prevention Project
29 Sep 2009 by admin  
Standing Rock Suicide Prevention; Valley City region – Wellness in the Valley; Spirit Lake Suicide Prevention; Grand Forks – T.E.A.R.S.; Turtle Mountain Suicide Prevention; Three Affiliated Tribes – Boys and Girls Club, schools, .... A screening toolkit packet with a variety of screening devices have been regularly distributed. Partnership with Colombia Teen Screen and DISC-R – Prairie Screening Project; Addressing significant stigma issues around screening with ...
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