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Walking in Heels that Don’t Fit!

Posted in Women's Empowerment, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

What woman can’t appreciate a gorgeous pair of brand new heels! **sigh**  I know I certainly can! But what happens when you try on those beautiful shoes and they just don’t seem to fit quite right. No matter how much you squeeze, stretch or inch your foot, they just don’t fit. And of course as fate would [...]

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UK health booklet’s message: Teen sex can be fun

Posted in Adolescence & SeXuality, Advocacy, Education & Outreach, SeXual Health Awareness, Women's Sexuality Education, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The UK Health Booklet: Pleaures provides an innovative way to approach teaching sexuality education.  The booklet focuses on normalizing sexuality by teaching teens that sexual relationships are a normal healthy part of life instead of simply explaining the mechanics of sex and warning about diseases. In addition the booklet teaches life skills that aim to [...]

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Anal Sex, Cancer & HPV Link

Posted in SeXual Health Awareness, Women's Sexuality Education, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_he_me/us_med  fawcett_anal_cancer
The unfortunate death of Farah Fawcett has drawn attention to a rare but fatal form of anal cancer that is associated with anal sex.  Although the exact cause of anal cancer is unknown, most anal cancers seem to be linked to infection with HPV (human papilloma virus).   HPV has been linked to roughly 70 [...]

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Pregnancy, STDs on the Rise Again Among U.S. Teens

Posted in Adolescence & SeXuality, Education & Outreach, SeXual Health Awareness, Women's Sexuality Education, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

WOW!!! Yet another reported release by the CDC indicating the sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy are on the rise among teenage girls.  View new article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090717/hl_hsn/ pregnancystdsontheriseagainamongusteens.
View previously released article here: http://www.cdc.gov/stdconference/2008/media/release-11march2008.htm
This is absolutely insane! Our girls are becoming infected at alarming rates and what are we doing about it?  Why do we continue [...]

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Use of Vibrators Common, surveys show

Posted in Adult Novelty, SeXual Health Awareness, Women's Sexuality Education, sex toys, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two Indiana University surveys suggest that vibrator use during sexual encounters is common among American men and women and is linked to better sexual health.
Dr. Debra Herbenick and colleagues surveyed 2,056 women between 18 and 60 years old and found that more than half of the women (52.5%) had used [...]

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Women’s SeXual Health Issues are Becoming More of a Concern!

Posted in Women's Empowerment, Women's Sexuality Education, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Women’s Sexual Health Issues Hit Home
THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) — A new survey finds that 70 percent of American women have experienced a sexual health issue, and 22 percent felt very or extremely concerned about it.
The survey defined a sexual health issue as any one of the following conditions: lack of desire for sexual [...]

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