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Anchor lead: Teenagers need to think about infection as well as pregnancy prevention, Elizabeth Tracey reports When given education and free access, most teenage women chose IUDs or implants for contraception, a recent study showed. But these methods don’t protect …
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Anchor lead: What birth control methods are most popular for teenagers? Elizabeth Tracey reports The Contraceptive Choice project, part of which was reported on recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, educated adolescent women about birth control, then provided …
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Anchor lead: Two common health problems together are more than double trouble, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you have diabetes you may think you have enough to manage, but you really need to keep your eye on your blood pressure, too. …
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Anchor lead: Four simple strategies can reduce your risk of heart attack, Elizabeth Tracey reports Not smoking, eating a healthy diet, keeping a healthy weight, and exercising are the keys to avoiding heart attack and stroke, yet another study has …
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Anchor lead: Why haven’t there been any new antibiotics in recent years? Elizabeth Tracey reports Antibiotic resistance is being tackled head on by the federal government with a new, comprehensive plan designed to address many aspects of the problem, from …
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Anchor lead: The federal government is now behind battling antibiotic resistant infections, Elizabeth Tracey reports Antibiotic resistant organisms are big business, costing taxpayers millions in healthcare costs and accounting for many deaths annually. Now the federal government has stepped in …
