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Media Misinterpreted Study On Teen Virginity Pledges, WSJ Opinion Piece Says	The release of a Johns Hopkins University study on the sexual behavior of teenagers who take virginity pledges was followed by "a chain reaction" in the media, whose interpretation of the study "just isn't true,"
Obama Should Lead Movement To End Sex Trafficking, Opinion Piece Says	The victory of President-elect Barack Obama "marks a triumph over the legacy of slavery, so it would be particularly meaningful if he led a new abolitionist movement against 21st century slavery -- like the trafficking of girls into brothels," New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof writes in an opinion piece.
Blogs Comment On Future Of Abortion Rights Under Obama Administration, 'Virginity Pledge' Study, Other Topics	The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. Â�~ "True Common Ground for the 111th Congress," Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check: The increased number of abortion-rights supporters in the House and Senate of the 111th Congress is "encouraging to the pro-choice community," Steiger writes.
Cell Phone Soap Operas Promote Condom Use, HIV Awareness	A new campaign aims to provide women with messages about HIV awareness, safer sex and condom use through a series of 12 soap opera vignettes that can be viewed on a cell phone, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Rachel Jones, an educator at Rutgers University's
Contraceptive Pills Contribute To Environmental Pollution, Male Infertility, Catholic Medical Official Says	An official from the World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations said in a report in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano that contraceptive pills pollute the environment and contribute to male infertility, AFP/Google.com reports.
Social Networking Sites May Help Identify At-Risk Adolescents And Intervene	Sex, substance use, and other risky behaviors are referenced by approximately half of teens on their public online profiles on a social networking site, according to an article released on January 5, 2008 in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In the same issue, a short, informative e-mail from a physician may reduce references of sex on these social networking sites.
Majority Of Teens Discuss Risky Behaviors On MySpace, Studies Conclude	In a pair of related studies released by Seattle Children's Research Institute and published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, researchers found that 54 percent of adolescents frequently discuss high-risk activities including sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence using MySpace, the popular social networking Web site (SNS).
Editorials Respond To HHS Provider 'Conscience' Rule	Several newspapers published editorials in response to the recent HHS "conscience" rule. The rule, which will take effect Jan. 18, significantly expands the ability of health care professionals who receive federal grants to refuse to provide medical information and services they object to on moral or religious grounds. Summaries of the editorials appear below.~
Call Centers In India Provide Reproductive Health Information To Anonymous Callers	India's National Population Stabilization Fund has opened a call center to provide reliable information to anonymous callers about reproductive health, family planning or contraception, the Washington Post reports.
Abstinence-Only Sex Education Is 'Ideology In Search Of A Methodology,' Opinion Piece Says	Although the U.S.' "national investment" in abstinence-only sex education "may not be a scam on the scale of Bernie Madoff, ... this industry has had standards for truth as loose as some mortgage lenders," syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman writes in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette opinion piece. Goodman writes that a recent Johns Hopkins
Study Finds 'Virginity Pledges' Do Not Affect Likelihood Of Premarital Sex, Reduce Contraception Use	Teenagers who make "virginity pledges" to remain abstinent until marriage are just as likely as teens who do not make such pledges to have premarital sex and are less likely to use condoms and other birth control methods, according to a study published in the January issue of Pediatrics, the
Risky Behavior Prominent On Teen MySpace Profiles	More than half of adolescent MySpace users mention risky behaviors such as sex, violence or substance use on their personal Web profiles. That's according to the findings of Megan Moreno, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, and other researchers who analyzed 500 MySpace profiles in 46 states to determine how young people use the Internet as a means of presenting themselves to their peers.
Popular New Year's Resolutions Also Promote Urologic/Sexual Health	Already having a hard time sticking to your New Year's resolutions? The American Urological Association (AUA) can provide some much-needed motivation: many popular New Year's resolutions can actually improve your urologic or sexual health. Resolution #1: Lose Weight Losing weight may help resolve erectile dysfunction in obese men, according to research presented at the 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting of the AUA.
Virginity Pledge Teens Just As Sexually Active But Use Less Protection	American teenagers who take virginity pledges promising they will not have sex before marriage are just as likely to be sexually active as non-pledgers and moreover are less likely to protect themselves against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases said a scientist who recommended that all teenagers, especially pledgers, should receive birth control advice.
Contraception Doesn't Go Better With Coca-Cola	One of the reasons why Coca-cola is not an effective spermicide is because sperm are faster and may reach an egg in time to fertilise it, says an expert in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com today. The author, Deborah Anderson, a professor in obstetrics and gynaecology at Boston University and Harvard Medical School, writes that Coca-cola douches were allegedly used during the 1950s and 60s as a contraceptive when other methods were not easily available.
For Teens Who Take Few Health Risk And Those Who Take Many, Trends In Sexual Behaviors Similar	Adolescent health risk behaviors often occur together, suggesting that youth involvement with one risk behavior may inform understanding of other risk behaviors, but in a study to examine the association between involvement in non-sexual risk behaviors and trends among sexual behaviors, Mailman School of Public Health researchers found that sexual behaviors vary considerably between those youth engaged in no risk health behaviors and those engaged in multiple health risk behaviors.
Horseback Riding: Impact On Sexual Dysfunction And Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms In Men And Women	Does Persistent Perineal Impact Increase Likelihood of LUTS and Sexual Dysfunction? UroToday.com - Bicycle riding has been reported to be related to male sexual dysfunction. Dr. Shaheen Alanee and colleagues from Minneapolis hypothesized that similar force impacts might be seen in equestrian sports. They sought to evaluate the effect of horseback riding on urinary symptoms and sexual dysfunction in men and women. Swimmers were used as a control group.
Sneezing Induced By Sexual Thought	A paper in this month's issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine highlights an under-reported but possibly not uncommon phenomenon - sneezing in response to sexual excitement. When Dr Mahmood Bhutta, a specialist registrar in ENT at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, came across a patient who sneezed every time he had a sexual thought, his initial reaction was one of disbelief, but it interested him enough to undertake an internet search.
Does Persistent Perineal Impact Increase Likelihood Of LUTS And Sexual Dysfunction In Equestrians?	Bicycle riding has been reported to be related to male sexual dysfunction. Dr. Shaheen Alanee and colleagues from Minneapolis hypothesized that similar force impacts might be seen in equestrian sports. They sought to evaluate the effect of horseback riding on urinary symptoms and sexual dysfunction in men and women. Swimmers were used as a control group.
Editorial, Opinion Piece Criticize HHS Provider 'Conscience' Rule	An editorial and opinion piece on Tuesday responded to the new HHS "conscience" rule, which will take effect Jan. 18 and allow employees of entities that receive federal grants to refuse to provide medical information and services they object to on moral or religious grounds. Summaries appear below. ~
Blogs Comment On HHS Provider 'Conscience' Rule, 'Mexico City' Policy, Incoming Obama Administration	The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "HHS Publishes Provider Conscience Expansion Rule," Emily Douglas, Huffington Post blogs: The broad scope of the HHS "conscience"
Over The Counter Contraceptive Pill Will Not Reduce Unplanned Pregnancies, Says Expert	Making the contraceptive pill available without prescription will not reduce unwanted pregnancies, says an expert in an article published on bmj.com today. Sarah Jarvis from the Royal College of Physicians argues that it is a lack of daily compliance with taking oral contraceptives which is partly responsible for the high rates of unintended teenage pregnancies in the UK.
High HPV Vaccination Coverage Already Achieved In England	More than 70 per cent of 12-13 year old girls have already had their first HPV (human papillomavirus) jab since the vaccination campaign started in September, Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo announced today. This figure will rise as more results come in. The success of the campaign has prompted the Department of Health to announce that the catch up campaign to vaccinate girls aged 13-17 years will be brought forward to next year.
Conn. Attorney General Blumenthal Plans To Challenge HHS 'Conscience' Rule	Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) on Friday said that he plans to challenge the new HHS provider "conscience" rule, which he said could override a Connecticut law that requires hospitals to provide emergency contraception to women who have been raped, the

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