Wake-Up Call, 26% Of Female Teens Have STD

Mar 13, 2008

Wake-Up Call, 26% Of Female Teens Have STD

Categories: Health, News

Written By: Rodel

Wake-Up Call, 26% Of Female Teens Have STD. “I think it’s a wake-up call for parents and for the medical system,” said Alina Salganicoff, vice president for women’s health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Menlo Park. “Clearly, this is a really important part of adolescent health that we need to be paying attention to.”

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A first-of-its-kind federal study showing 26 percent of American female teens have at least one sexually transmitted disease brought mixed reaction from health care professionals Tuesday, with some saying the findings were disturbing - but not necessarily surprising. You can read more of the story at MercuryNews.

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