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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Yahoo! News: Health News - Health News Less Than Half of Young Women Screened for Chlamydia (HealthDay) April 16, 2009 at 11:49 pm HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- A nationwide assessment of screening data finds that while rates of testing for sexually transmitted chlamydia have risen since 2000, more than 50 percent of young, sexually active U.S. women still do not get screened. Writing About Values Boosts Grades for Middle Schoolers (HealthDay) April 16, 2009 at 11:49 pm HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- When children write about their values, these self-affirmation exercises can help boost grades, new research suggests. Clinical Trials Update: April 16, 2009 (HealthDay) April 16, 2009 at 11:49 pm HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: Clinical Trials Update: April 16, 2009 (HealthDay) April 16, 2009 at 4:03 pm HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: Less Than Half of Young Women Screened for Chlamydia (HealthDay) April 16, 2009 at 4:03 pm HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- A nationwide assessment of screening data finds that while rates of testing for sexually transmitted chlamydia have risen since 2000, more than 50 percent of young, sexually active U.S. women still do not get screened. Writing About Values Boosts Grades for Middle Schoolers (HealthDay) April 16, 2009 at 4:02 pm HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) -- When children write about their values, these self-affirmation exercises can help boost grades, new research suggests. Health advocates tout new model of female condom (AP) April 16, 2009 at 3:34 pm AP - Advocates of the female condom are promoting a less costly, more user-friendly version that they hope will vastly expand its role in the global fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. An early version of the female condom was introduced in 1993, and it remains the only available woman-initiated form of protection against both STDs and unintended pregnancy. Obese young adults risk disability later (Reuters) April 16, 2009 at 1:16 pm Reuters - People who are overweight or obese in young adulthood and middle-age are at elevated risk of being disabled in their later years, a new study suggests. Twin Reno girls treated for rare disease (AP) April 16, 2009 at 11:02 am AP - Twin 5-year-old girls living with a rare disease are among the first in the country being treated for their condition at a Reno hospital after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted special permission to use an experimental drug. Antidepressants underused in the elderly: study (Reuters) April 16, 2009 at 10:31 am Reuters - The results of a postmortem toxicology study indicate that elderly people who commit suicide usually do not have antidepressant medications in their systems at the time of death. Epilepsy drug in pregnancy may lower child's IQ (AP) April 16, 2009 at 7:43 am AP - Toddlers of moms who took the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy had lower IQs than the children of women who used other anti-seizure medicines, according to a new study. New Technology Allows Better Monitoring of Cancer Cells (HealthDay) April 15, 2009 at 11:48 pm HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new imaging technology could help improve the tracking of changes in cancer cells, according to researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine.   This email was sent to createrofheaven.healthnewsupdates@blogger.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.