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...vaccines was the first to show protection against HIV infection. The results of the trial, which involved more than 16,000 volunteers, suggested that the vaccine was 31% effective at preventing infection among those who were inoculated. It was a modest outcome, given that behavior-based prevention methods, like condom use, can be equally if not more effective. The volunteers were also largely heterosexual and monogamous, putting them at low-to-moderate risk for HIV infection - rather than high-risk, like intravenous drug users - and prompting questions about how impressive the results of the study really were. But given that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2009 | 12/8/2009 | See Source »

...Forty-two percent of girls reported that they had not discussed the effectiveness of birth control and 40% admitted they had not talked with their parents about how to refuse sex before engaging in genital touching. Nearly 70% of boys said they had not discussed how to use a condom or other birth-control methods with their parents before having intercourse. Yet only half of the boys' parents, by contrast, said they had not discussed condom use or birth control with their sons. (See pictures of the evolution of the college dorm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parents' Sex Talk with Kids: Too Little, Too Late | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...what gets taught in other Western European nations, the material in the Extremadura program hardly seems radical. In the Netherlands, for instance, teachers at public schools lead discussions in which they ask girls ages 12 to 15 what they would do if their boyfriends refused to wear a condom. In Finland, basic sex education begins in kindergarten, and the curriculum for ninth-graders includes lessons on abortion and masturbation. In Germany, where sex education is mandatory, public school teachers have been known to discuss oral sex and different sexual positions. And in Britain, the National Health Service responded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spanish Outraged by Teen Masturbation Workshops | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

Trojan commissioned the survey—which collected data in 13 categories, ranging from student opinion about the campus health center to condom and contraceptive cost—“to initiate dialogue and provide a benchmark for student health center across the country,” according to Sperling...

Author: By Nadia L. Farjood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Slides Down Sex Rankings | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

Difficulty Level: Middle School Physical Activity Level: Sweaty Palms Drunk Factor: Drunk enough to go from kiss to condom...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill and Julia M. Spiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Drinky Drink | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

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