Bring Issue Of Sexual Health Into The Open

THE RECENT alarming events at Gloucester High School should be a wake-up call about the precarious sexual health of our nation’s youth. Despite our country’s wealth and educational resources, the United States leads all industrialized Western nations in rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
This epidemic is fueled by inaccurate sexual information, lack of [...]

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A Home For A Drug Pillar Orphan

Pitfield held that the possession and trafficking sections of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) are unjustifiable infringements of Insite users’ rights under s. 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees “the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in [...]

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Why are girls better at language than boys

“Language areas of the brain are more active in girls,” said Doug Burman, a neuroscientist in the lab. “But even more surprisingly, boys and girls rely on different areas of the brain for processing language accurately.”Burman, James R. Booth, and Tali Bitan, now of the University of Haifa, reported their results in the March online [...]

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No free health without preventative health care

The ruling JLP seems committed to keeping a number of promises that were made on the campaign trail. Significantly, they have already held faith in removing the fees for tuition to students at the secondary level of education. The greatest test is yet to come now that the government has decided to go ahead with [...]

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Is TV to blame for fat epidemic

OTTAWA–Junk-food hawkers manipulate the minds of young children to get to their mouths. There was little disagreement about that at a conference here this week sponsored by the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada.In hot dispute, however, was just how much the intensive marketing of fast foods and soft drinks was contributing to the obesity [...]

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The truth about lying

The headlines this week were not kind about Heather Mills. %26ldquo;Lady liar was
one. They followed publication of Mr Justice Bennett’s damning 58-page
judgment in the McCartney divorce case. The judgment said that her case was
%26ldquo;devoid of reality and the phrase %26ldquo;serial fantasist was a recurrent theme
in the media coverage.
Human beings are born to lie, with lying [...]

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Whitewater and river rafting 101

I immediately sensed that this glorious day was ending as the cold water enveloped my body.I had envisioned a fun day of rafting on the river, not swimming under it! This is July, for crying out loud; how can the river be this darned cold? Now where did that life jacket go? Hopefully Flo, [...]

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Heather Mills goes on the attack again

She has posted a sign outside her mansion threatening the press with legal action for trespassing, reports say.
The 40-year-old former model placed a sign outside her Peans Wood Mansion in Robertsbridge, East Sussex that read Private - legal action maybe taken against unauthorised persons found on this property., Britains Telegraph reported.
Mills had already called the [...]

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Sex advice stranger than friction

Q My new girlfriend has disconcerting sexual practices such as rubbing
her clitoris during sex and not allowing me to caress her breasts. Is it me
or her?
DR THOMAS STUTTAFORDA Sexual practices vary from one couple to another and it is not up to
the rest of the world to pass judgment. Provided that both of you are
comfortable [...]

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My child wants to watch me give birth

My relatively mature, thoughtful five-year-old would like to witness the
birth of her baby brother or sister, and wants to be in the delivery room
with me. I don’t like the idea - I had a very frightening time during my
first birth, with blood transfusions and panic all around - and I am worried
about her coping with [...]

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