An ob-gyn's honest lessons about your sexual health

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Dr. Shaun Biggers of Weill Cornell Medical Center is an Ob-Gyn. She wishes that patients came in with?five questions about their reproductive health and sexuality, not none and not twenty questions. She adds that pap smears and a doctor's breast exam are important detection tools and that different varieties of the birth control pill or patch are available to fit patients' needs.

Women's health, Patient care, Gynecology, Gynecologists, Physical diagnosis, Medical examination, Periodic health examinations

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The night I didn't say no. A harrowing sexual experience at age 15 could have turned Kathy Dobie away from men. Instead, she was healed by intimacy and love

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Kathy Dobie is the author of the book The Only Girl in the Car. The book describes what she went through when as a 14-year-old girl she was gang raped by her boyfriend and some of his friends. Writing the book and meeting a supportive man ten years later has helped her heal.???

Acquaintance rape, Youth violence, Gang rape

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The sexual disease up to 75% of young women will get

Article Abstract:

Human papillomavirus (HPV), leads 99.7 percent of its cases to cervical cancer, is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States. The facts about HPV and easy precautions that are to be taken are explained.

Sexual behavior, Health aspects, Care and treatment, Analysis, Prevention, Cervical cancer, Young women, Papillomavirus infections

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