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...example, rates of pregnancy among Hispanic teens have been slower to drop than among other population groups. This week, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy released a survey showing just how much at risk that population remains: While 90 percent of Hispanics feel teen pregnancy is a problem in their community, only 48 percent of Hispanic parents said they had ever had in-depth talks with their children about sex. This information gap needs desperately to be filled - most likely by the public schools. If honest information isn't made available, we risk the future of an entire generation...
...genes in the virus, E6 and E7, attach to proteins that regulate cell division and deactivate them. HPV causes the cells to grow wildly and also destroys the mechanisms that would normally fix the problem...
...problem, however, is that Pap tests are not always accurate. The results can be skewed due to human error in spreading the samples on slides and in reading the results. Since each of the hundreds of thousands of cells needs to be examined, abnormal cells are often missed. It is estimated that 20 to 40 percent of lesions are missed...
After an extensive two-year long citywide effort in preparation for computer-related glitches that may arise when the year 2000 begins, city leaders say they are prepared to handle any complications that may arise with the much-hyped "Y2K problem...
Until a greater level of equality between men and women in the sciences is reached, we need programs to help remedy the current discrepancy. To devote special attention to a long-disregarded group is not reverse discrimination, but a correction of a pre-existing problem. The Science Alliance has tremendously improved the life of women in the sciences at Harvard, but it has only just begun to solve the problems. It must be allowed to continue, Radcliffe...