Sexual Health

When will our high schools and middle schools receive comprehensive sexual health education? Imperial County has some of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy and STIs. Isn’t it about time to give ourselves to reality and educate our youth?...

As Illinois lawmakers prepare to vote on comprehensive sex education for Illinois' youth (House Bill 2675), they should consider the experience of a young woman who was victimized twice — once by a rapist and again by the inaccurate, ideologically...

Lights were off Thursday in the small student center at Hartford Public High School's Law and Government Academy. Over New Age music, there was soothing talk of resting poses and peace of mind. "Think about something that's bothering you in your life,...

Safe cycling This is in response to Tribune columnist John Kass' "I hate to say it, cyclists, but the other bike shoe has just dropped" (News, May 9). City-wide faded bike lanes are a concern for riders and motorists alike. If "Civilian Little Bike...

Opinions about the FDA's approval of the Plan B One-Step contraceptive pill for girls as young as 15 varied sharply among Connecticut groups based on political and social ideology. Planned Parenthood of Southern New England said it supported the...

Wendy Wolf (whose name has been changed to respect her privacy), 62, of Boca Raton, a slim, attractive blonde with green eyes and the ability to still turn heads, is vivacious, pretty and popular. Attracting men is never a problem. Men find her pretty,...

Ladies, I really don't like to hate on someone's good idea, that I fully support, due to the language of their press release and angle for marketing. But this week I got a press release that was so backwards, so out of touch, and offensive, that I just...

Doctors and patients alike are often uncomfortable talking about sexual health and sexually transmitted disease. But a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that this squeamishness costs society millions of dollars spent trying to...

Guthrie’s staff to visit Danville Congressman Brett Guthrie’s staff will gather at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Danville City Hall. Guthrie’s staff, along with Mayor Bernie Hunstad, will be available to answer questions from residents. The...

I am writing about a friend. By all appearances, he is straight. However, on more than one occasion, he has gotten drunk and tried to hook up with a transvestite or a person who could have been one. In one instance, he went to a club and was approached by...

Gordon Ramsay -- "Hell's Kitchen" star and the name behind Gordon Ramsay at The London in Los Angeles -- has designed the menu for the Elton John AIDS Foundation's Academy Awards Viewing Party Sunday at West Hollywood Park. Sir Elton John and partner...

As a woman listening to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, I was happy to hear news about the Violence Against Women Act and the Equal Pay Act. But the thought that women are still fighting for equal rights under the law (not to...