Gonorrhea Epidemic Warns Kansas Health Officials
Kansas faces a gonorrhea epidemic with nearly 10 000 cases reported last year and many likely unreported. Women often have no symptoms, risking silent transmission and serious complications. Health experts urge routine testing for ages 15 to 29 and quick office tests for prompt results.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Lockhart
Gonorrhea Drug Resistance Raises Treatment Concerns
Dr. Lockhart warns that gonorrhea is increasingly resistant to penicillin and other antibiotics. A dose 15 times larger than 25 years ago is now needed, with reports of penicillin resistant strains in Kansas. Repeated testing is advised until two negative cultures are obtained and condoms remain a key barrier to transmission.
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Lockhart
Kansas
New Citizens Born to Local Families in January
Jeremy Joseph Matlock was born January 5 to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Matlock at 1017 South Washington. Jennifer Renee Cleaver was born January 6 to Wayne and Marsha Cleaver at 1321 South Plummer.
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Jeremy Joseph
Jerry Matlock
S. Washington
Jennifer Renee
Wayne
Marsha Cleaver
S. Plummer
Parents urged to curb TV violence at home hearings
Judy Frank, Iowa PTA leader, says television acts as an electronic babysitter and urges parents to become informed about violence on screen. Jerry Wyckoff describes a home program using poker chip penalties to deter his son from violent shows, while researchers debate links between TV violence and real-world aggression.
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UPI
Judy Frank
Iowa
National Parent-Teacher Association
Frank
Citizens For Better TV
Des Moines
PTA
Jerry L. Wyckoff
Shawnee Mission
Vidiot
Wyckoff
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