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That uncertainty could be changing. In the past few years, pharmaceutical companies have developed highly sensitive urine tests for chlamydia that work equally well for boys and girls. (The previous test required more invasive sampling of the cervix or urethra.) Such tests should permit more extensive screening campaigns. Already, a pilot program in the Pacific Northwest has achieved a dramatic decline, from 9% to 3%, in chlamydia rates among women in family-planning clinics. But the goal should be getting to zero, which means that both men and women need to be tested and treated. Otherwise, they'll just...
...fessed up to that heady, behind-the-wheel spin from rows A to N. It's possible things would have been worse if an independent counsel had forced the truth out of me. But for copping to that escapade willingly, I wasn't allowed to get my learner's permit until...
...Carlton Conley, Johnson's sometime boyfriend and possibly Rebecca's biological father, was convicted of assault and battery in April. Johnson said Conley had shoved her, rammed her car with his truck and in January threatened to shoot her. (Small wonder, then, that last year Johnson obtained a state permit to carry a concealed firearm...
ANABOLIC STEROIDS The best-known performance boosters, these hormones (testosterone is one) signal the body to pump out more amino acids. Like creatine, they permit muscles to recover faster from tough workouts. But the side effects include elevated cholesterol, uncontrollable outbursts of anger, possibly liver disease and cancer. Men can develop low sperm counts. Women may grow hair on their faces, lose hair from their scalps, get acne, stop menstruating and see their breasts shrink. (See related story in PERSONAL TIME...
Corporate America is starting to help employees balance work and family, but don't expect the boss to tell you. A new study by the Families and Work Institute found that although two-thirds of employers permit flex-time job arrangements, nearly 40% don't bother to inform workers of the work/family assistance programs available. Then again, only 10% provide on-site child care, so can you blame them for keeping their mouth shut...