Abstinence pledges show no STD rate advantage
A study of 12,000 adolescents finds virginity pledges do not reduce STD rates compared with nonpledgers, though pledgers delay sex and have fewer partners. Data from diverse groups show similar overall STD rates, with higher nonuse of condoms among pledgers. Bearman and Bruckner note risk arises from hidden and unsafe sex.
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Peter Bearman
Columbia University
Department of Sociology
Hannah Bruckner
Yale
National Longitudinal Study of
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Mice findings challenge idea of finite female egg supply
Scientists report stem cells in mouse ovaries appear to create new eggs into adulthood, potentially upending a century of mammal fertility theory. If similar human cells exist, fertility and menopause research could transform women's health, though applicability to humans remains unproven and years of work lie ahead.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Nature
Tilly
Roger Gosden
Jones Institute For Reproductive Medicine
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Norfolk
EPA studies chemicals in microwave popcorn linked to lung disease
The EPA investigates air emissions from popped microwave popcorn and links eyeing diacetyl to a rare lung illness in workers across Missouri Illinois Iowa and Nebraska. Officials say home microwave use is not dangerous while research continues to assess health effects and consumer risk.
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Bush presents Saint Luke's Hospital with quality award
President George W. Bush presented Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award at a Washington ceremony. Hospital CEO G Richard Hastings accepted the honor, with about 50 representatives present. Saint Luke's is the first Kansas City based organization to win the Baldrige Award.
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Kansas City
George W. Bush
Saint Luke's Hospital of
Malcolm Baldrige
Washington, D.C
Saint Luke’s Hospital
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Saint Luke's Hospital
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Donald Evans
Hastings
Saint Luke
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