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Trend of Using Contraception among Teenagers

A National Survey has found that more teenaged males use Condoms when they have Sex for 1st time and females are switching Contraceptive patches and Emergency Contraception.

Since 2002, there is an increase of 9% in males who use condoms for first time having sex. There was an increase of 6% points in males, who use Condom making love with their partners using a Hormonal Method of Birth control.

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Teenage girls show a little change in the use of their Contraceptive measures. 2% used Hormonal method of birth control and other use Birth Control Pills in year 2002.

Other methods of Contraception may include Contraceptive Patches, Injectable Devices and Emergency Contraceptives.

A decrease is seen in the trend of Sexual action among young people so; the rate of Teen birth is decreased.

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Longer Maternity Leaves Increases the Breast-Feeding Rates

On Monday, May 30, a new study shows that women who stay at home for longer time go for the Breast-Feeding for their babies.

The results of this study publish in the June Issue of Pediatrics. The researchers said that the mothers who stay at home for 3 or more months, they are more likely to Breast-Feed the babies beyond these 3 months.

Dr. Chinelo Ogbuanu, a Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist in the department of Public Health at the Georgia Community Health in Atlanta says that women should be helped like Government should extend the Family and Medical Leave Act, women should be given Job Security and the mothers who want to Breast-Feed, they should be helped.

She further says that women should be given paid Maternity available to every woman. This will help women to stay at home foe longer time. Some women do not take Maternity Leave because they are not paid for it.

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Tinted Glasses May Provide Relief from Migraine

A new research on May 27, 2011, suggested that wearing tinted lenses can reduce the Migraine Pain that is practiced by the Migraine patients. These lenses normalize the activity of the Brain.

The researcher Jie Huang, PhD, an Associate Professor of Radiology at the Michigan State University says that the patients of Migraine sufferers mostly get the pain due to the Visual Stimuli.

The further tells that these Visual Stimuli creates the discomfort and illusions that are disturbing.

The earlier studies of Jie found that vulnerability to these stimuli is due to the excess functioning of Visual Cortex in the Brain.

This excessive Brain activity can cause Migraine and the Tinted glasses can normalize the Brain’s activity.

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Eating Meat Can Increase the Colon Cancer Risk

On May 23, 2011, a new study says that eating Red Meat can increase the risk of Colon Cancer. The processed Meat also has the same bad effect it can also develop the risk of Colon Cancer.

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This report is given from the American Institute of the Cancer Research. It was funded by the World Cancer Research Fund.

The report says with the evidence that eating less Red Meat and the avoiding processed Meat can reduce the risk of Colon Cancer.

The report says, if this advice is acted up on along with some other diet changes like consuming less Alcohol, increasing Fiber intake, exercise and maintaining body weight etc. all these things can prevent the cases of Colon Cancer up to 45%.

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Spine Injury breach: Paralyzed Man Stands, Moves

On May 19, 2011, the Bob Summer could not walk but now he does something that other people with the Spine Injury never do. He can stand up from his wheel chair whenever he wants.

He said at the Teleconference that it was emotional and exciting to stand for the first time.

He does it with the help of a Pacemaker-like device that sends a light Electric current through the 16 Electrodes that are planted in the Spine of an injured person.

The Epideural Stimulation triggers the Neurons in his Spine that allow them to receive and respond to the Sensory Information from his legs.

The researcher Susan Harkema PhD of the University of Louisville and his colleagues said that this is a breakthrough and this will make an important impact on the Spine-Injury.

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