News tagged with 'Teen Pregnancy'

There are 19 million newly diagnosed cases of sexually transmitted diseases(STD)a year, almost half among 15 to 24 year old females, finds this federal report from the CDC. African-American females have 20 times the gonorrhea rates than Caucasians showing the prevention message is not being heard.

A new study released by the CDC shows birth rates among teens increased in 2006 and 2007 after a 14 year decline. The study found improving trends in teens’ and young adults’ sexual and reproductive health has stalled and/or in some cases worsened.

A newly released report by the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) suggests teen birth rates significantly increased in 26 of the 50 states in 2006. An estimated 435,000 of the nation's 4.3 million births in 2006 were to mother’s ages 15 through 19.

It's the most comprehensive assessment yet of what the last 30 years of media has delivered to our youth. "A wake-up call" to parents, the studies conclude in finding that overwhelmingly sexually-saturated content and hours of immobility are having an adverse health impact on children and teens.

A new study in the journal Pediatrics is the first to establish a link between teenagers' exposure to sexual content on TV and either pregnancies among girls or responsibility for pregnancies among boys.