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<title><![CDATA[Also In Global Health News: U.S. Aid To Philippines, Swaziland, Guyana; Uganda Bills; Botswana HIV/AIDS]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S. To Give Philippines $10M In Food Aid, Ambassador Says               U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney said the U.S. will give the country an additional $10 million worth of food aid for people affect by the recent typhoons, the Manila Bulletin reports. This brings "the total amount of its disaster relief and recovery assistance to US$30 million" (Sabater, 12/3)...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HPV Vaccine: Continuous Protection Beyond Six Years]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet reports that the 'Cervarix' human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline offers continued protection beyond six years from infection against the types of HPV most commonly associated with cervical cancer (HPV-16 and HPV-18)...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Cervical Cancer Recommendations 'Odd' Considering High STI Rates, Opinion Piece Says]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Although the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recently recommended that women begin cervical cancer screening at age 21, "the advice seems odd" considering that one in four U.S. teenage girls has a sexually transmitted infection, columnist Cheryl Wetzstein writes in the Washington Times...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Unveils 5-Year PEPFAR Strategy]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=u-s-unveils-5-year-pepfar-strategy</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby on Tuesday "unveiled a five-year strategy for fighting AIDS worldwide, shifting the focus from emergency response to sustainable programs in countries worldwide," Agence France-Presse reports...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rep. Kennedy Avoids Discussing Dispute With Catholic Bishop In Health Reform Speech]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=rep-kennedy-avoids-discussing-dispute-with-catholic-bishop-in-health-reform-speech</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In his first speech since it was reported that Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop instructed him to refrain from Holy Communion because of his support for abortion rights, Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) on Monday declined to address the controversy, the Boston Globe reports...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving Female Reproductive Health And Empowerment Through Control Of Neglected Tropical Diseases]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=improving-female-reproductive-health-and-empowerment-through-control-of-neglected-tropical-diseases</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in developing countries     would help improve the reproductive health and rights of girls and women     in the      poorest countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean,     according to a new editorial published November 24 in the open-access     journal     PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Elsevier Announces The November 2009 Issue Of Reproductive Health Matters On Criminalization]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=elsevier-announces-the-november-2009-issue-of-reproductive-health-matters-on-criminalization</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Elsevier announced recently the publication of the November issue of Reproductive Health Matters. Articles in the issue look at criminalisation in relation to a range of global issues: rape and sexual violence; female genital mutilation; selling and buying sex; provision and use of modern contraception and induced abortion; homosexuality, and HIV transmission...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Demonization Of Pornography Refuted]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A UniversitÃ© de MontrÃ©al researcher, funded by the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Family Violence and Violence Against Women, has launched a new study to examine the effects of pornography on men. "We started our research seeking men in their twenties who had never consumed pornography...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Inclusion Of Abstinence-Only Funding In Senate Health Reform Bill Surprises Advocates On Both Sides]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=inclusion-of-abstinence-only-funding-in-senate-health-reform-bill-surprises-advocates-on-both-sides</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The inclusion of funding for abstinence-only sex education programs in the Senate health reform bill has "thrown advocates on both sides of the sex education debate for a loop," CQ Weekly reports. In September, Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad (N.D.) and Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) joined a coalition of 10 Republicans -- led by Sen...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Terrence Higgins Trust To Offer Sexual Health Training To Health Workers In Coventry And Warwickshire]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=terrence-higgins-trust-to-offer-sexual-health-training-to-health-workers-in-coventry-and-warwickshire</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[From December 9th until March 2010, Terrence Higgins Trust will be offering sexual health communication training for health care providers in Coventry and Warwickshire.  The training aims to help Health Practitioners, including GPs, Practice Nurses, School Nurses and pharmacy staff increase their capacity for providing sexual health services or screening for sexually transmitted infections...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Health Ventures Announces Preliminary Results Of Testing Of Its Male Sexual Enhancement Drug "X-Excite"]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Global Health Ventures Inc. (OTCBB:GHLV), or the "Company" a Specialty Pharma is pleased to announce today that it has tested the samples of the drug "X-Excite", Global's male sexual enhancement drug which was manufactured by Vida Pharma under contract. The goal of the study was to establish a suitable tablet size, color, good taste, and suitable tablet hardness...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ecological Speciation By Sexual Selection On Good Genes]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=ecological-speciation-by-sexual-selection-on-good-genes</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Darwin suggested that the action of natural selection can produce new species, but 150 years after the publication of his famous book, 'On the Origin of Species', debate still continues on the mechanisms of speciation...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Are Cold Sores? What Causes Cold Sores?]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=what-are-cold-sores-what-causes-cold-sores</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cold sores (a cold sore), also known as fever blisters, are small sores, or blister-like lesions on the face or inside the mouth. They usually cause pain, a burning sensation, or itching before they burst and crust over. Most commonly, cold sores appear on the lips, chin, cheeks, inside the nostrils, and less frequently on the gums or the palate (roof of the mouth)...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Long-Term Testicular Cancer Survivors At High Risk For Neurological Side Effects]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=long-term-testicular-cancer-survivors-at-high-risk-for-neurological-side-effects</link>
<comments>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=long-term-testicular-cancer-survivors-at-high-risk-for-neurological-side-effects</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy had more severe side effects, including neurological side effects and Raynaud-like phenomena, than men who were not treated with chemotherapy, according to a new study published online November 25 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Marianne BrydÃ¸y, M.D...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Baltimore City Council Approves Bill Requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers To Disclose Lack Of Abortion, Birth Control Services]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=baltimore-city-council-approves-bill-requiring-crisis-pregnancy-centers-to-disclose-lack-of-abortion-birth-control-services</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore City Council voted 12-3 to approve a bill requiring the city's crisis pregnancy centers to display signs in English and Spanish informing patients that the centers do not "provide or make referral for abortion or birth control services," the Baltimore Sun reports. Centers whose signs are not visible would have 10 days to post a notice or else incur a $150 daily fine...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Fund Approves 'In Principle' $47M Grant For Reducing Spread Of HIV Among MSM, Transgender In South Asia]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved, "in principle," a $47 million grant to reduce the spread of HIV among gay and other men who have sex with men in seven south Asian countries, IANS/Thaindian.com reports. According to a statement IANS/Thaindian...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNICEF Study Unmasks Child Sexual Abuse In Eastern Caribbean]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=unicef-study-unmasks-child-sexual-abuse-in-eastern-caribbean</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A comprehensive study on child sexual abuse in the Eastern Caribbean has concluded that the practice is a serious and extensive problem for societies in the sub region.  The study "Perceptions of, Attitudes to and Opinions on Child Sexual Abuse in the Eastern Caribbean"  was commissioned by the UNICEF Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean in a joint programming initiative with UNIFEM...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unacculturated Hispanics In US At Higher Risk For HIV]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=unacculturated-hispanics-in-us-at-higher-risk-for-hiv</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:33 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Researchers from UCLA's Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research surveyed 600 Hispanics recruited from Los Angeles County sexually transmitted disease clinics, community-based organizations and needle-exchange programs...<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Also In Global Health News: Home HIV Treatment; Voluntary Testing In Kenya; Women/HIV Scorecard; Global Fund Zimbabwe Grant; Contraceptives In Tanzani]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=also-in-global-health-news-home-hiv-treatment-voluntary-testing-in-kenya-womenhiv-scorecard-global-fund-zimbabwe-grant-contraceptives-in-tanzani</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Home Vs. Clinic Treatment of HIV In Uganda      The New York Times reports on a Lancet study that found treating Ugandan HIV patients at home is cheaper and just as effective as treating them in a clinic...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AIDS Research Reveals A Lack Of Family-Planning Programs In Uganda]]></title>
<link>http://www.hemene.com/story.php?title=aids-research-reveals-a-lack-of-family-planning-programs-in-uganda</link>
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<description><![CDATA[University of Alberta graduate student Jennifer Heys wants to make her message clear: there needs to be more education in Ugandan communities about contraception. Heys' research, on HIV-positive individuals and their desire to bear more children, was read by experts from all over the world who gathered last week at the International Conference on Family Planning in Kampala, Uganda...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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