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	<title>Kristie McNealy, MD &#187; Birth Control</title>
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		<title>IUDs, Not Just for Birth Control Anymore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 05:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According a presentation at the American College  of Obstetricians and Gynecologists&#8217; (ACOG) 56th Annual Clinical Meeting, the IUD is an underutilized form of birth control in the US, which has benefits beyond contraception.  IUDs can provide protection against endometrial cancer, as well as treating endometriosis and endometrial hyperplasia.  Despite the advice given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex Ed Study Shows More Pregnancy in Abstinence Only Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first national comparison of comprehensive versus abstinence-only sex education programs performed by researchers at the University of Washington, found that heterosexual teens (aged 15-19) who received comprehensive sex education were 50% less likely to report pregnancy than those receiving abstinence-only sex ed.  They were also 60% less likely to report pregnancies than teens who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huckabee Backs Colorado Bill Defining Embryos as People</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, February 25th, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee announced his backing of the Colorado Human Life Amendment, which would define a fertilized egg as a person in the state of Colorado.  This proposed amendment to the Colorado constitution would extend rights to embryos, and is intended to send a message about the sanctity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pill Reduces Ovarian Cancer Risk for 30 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ovarian cancer is a frightening disease.  Difficult to detect on typical gynecologic exams, and often asymptomatic until the advanced stages, ovarian cancer is frequently detected too late.  It has long been known that oral contraceptive (&#8221;the pill&#8221;) use reduces the risk of ovarian cancer.  What we didn&#8217;t know is what happened after [...]]]></description>
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