Kentucky Coalition Calls For Rejection Of Federal Abstinence-Only Funding A coalition of six organizations say abstinence-only education is not the right approach for sex education and is calling for Kentucky's
health department to reject $820,000 in federal money for the programs, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. The funding comes with the stipulation that programs using it must only teach abstinence.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMinimally Invasive Surgery Cures Pain Caused By Hip Impingement The pain due to injury caused by an impingement within the hip joint can be alleviated by means of two surgical techniques in a minimally invasive manner.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEditorial Questions Proposals To Limit Health Services To Undocumented Immigrants The "lack of a clear national policy to more effectively deal with the 12 million to 14 million [undocumented] immigrants now in the country is glaring," a Raleigh News & Observer editorial states. "But the situation is not improved when individual localities adopt harsh and varied measures to try to address the problem within their borders," the editorial adds.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSave The Children Warns Of Potential Health, Hygiene Issues In Texas Shelters Save the Children is issuing a new appeal for public support to expand its assistance to thousands of Texas families forced from their homes by Hurricane Ike, one of the most destructive storms to hit the Texas coast in decades.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comParental Subfecundity And Risk Of Decreased Semen Quality In The Male Offspring: A Follow-up Study UroToday.com - This study assessed the impact of parental subfertility, which did not require intervention, on the semen parameters of the male offspring utilizing a population-based, Danish follow-up study conducted in 2005-2006. The authors examined whether sons of subfertile couples who had not received fertility treatment had poorer semen quality than sons of fertile couples.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comScientific Abstracts On Cystinosis Research Are Published In October Issue Of Pediatric Nephrology Twenty-six scientific abstracts by international researchers studying the cause and treatments for cystinosis, a rare and fatal metabolic disease that afflicts mostly children, have been published in the October 2008 issue of Pediatric Nephrology. The abstracts also can be reviewed at: http://www.natalieswish.
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