Health Rewind: Parents Support HPV Vaccine in Boys

HPV for boys, diabetes treatment for children and more.

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Black Parents Support HPV Vaccine in Boys - A new report from Boston University School of Medicine suggests that African-American parents and low-income parents show support for giving their sons a Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine. This is good news given that Black men and teens are more likely to have HPV and suffer from complications such as anal and oral cancers.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Type 2 Diabetes Guidelines Handed Down For Children - For the first time, the American Academy of Pediatrics has handed down treatment recommendations for kids with diabetes, reported CNN.com. If docs are unsure if a child has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, children should be given insulin until they have a proper diagnosis. (Photo: GettyImages)

Wear Red to Raise Awareness for Heart Disease - When you see lots of stylishly dressed women (and men) in red on Friday, know that they are doing their part to raise awareness of heart disease as part of the Go Red For Women "initiative designed to empower women to take charge of their heart health as well as band together and collectively wipe out heart disease." For more on the campaign, click here. (Photo: Go Red For Women/Facebook)

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Wear Red to Raise Awareness for Heart Disease - When you see lots of stylishly dressed women (and men) in red on Friday, know that they are doing their part to raise awareness of heart disease as part of the Go Red For Women "initiative designed to empower women to take charge of their heart health as well as band together and collectively wipe out heart disease." For more on the campaign, click here. (Photo: Go Red For Women/Facebook)

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Gatorade Won’t Have Vegetable Oil in It Anymore - PepsiCo won’t put brominated vegetable oil in Gatorade any more, reported the New York Times. The company claims that a recent Change.org petition that shed light to the possible side effects of this kind of the oil—neurological disorders and thyroid issues—was not a factor in their decision. (Photo: Tim Boyle/Newsmakers)

Grim Reality - In 2009, the most recent statistics available, the CDC reported Black men accounted for 70 percent of the estimated new HIV infections among all Blacks. Black men who have sex with men represented an estimated 73 percent of new infections among all Black men, and 37 percent among all men who have sex with men. The rate of new HIV infections for Black men was more than six and a half times higher than white men and two and a half times higher than Latino men or Black women. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Gay Black Men Have Challenges Coming Out - While “coming out” has its health benefits, researchers from Howard University have found that for Black, gay and bisexual men, that task is not that easy. Researchers claim that Black men who have sex with men face unique challenges such as “intersecting oppressions – racism, homophobia and sexism,” reported Science Daily.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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The Link Between Abuse, Fibroids and Black Women - Researchers from Boston University’s School of Public Health found that Black women who have experienced childhood abuse had a 16 percent higher risk of developing fibroids — noncancerous tumors in the womb. Past experience of sexual abuse raised the risk a whopping 32 percent, reported Science Blog. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

Obama Wants Doctors to Talk About Gun Violence - President Obama’s new gun control prevention legislation encourages doctors across the U.S. to talk to their patients about the dangers of gun violence. The president also reassures physicians that talking about the guns as a means to prevent deaths does not violate the Affordable Care Act, says the American Medical News.(Photos from left: Detroit Free Press/MCT /Landov, KEYSTONE /Landov)

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Obama Wants Doctors to Talk About Gun Violence - President Obama’s new gun control prevention legislation encourages doctors across the U.S. to talk to their patients about the dangers of gun violence. The president also reassures physicians that talking about the guns as a means to prevent deaths does not violate the Affordable Care Act, says the American Medical News.(Photos from left: Detroit Free Press/MCT /Landov, KEYSTONE /Landov)

On Yoga and Satan - “The purpose of such meditation is to empty oneself. … [Satan] is happy to invade the empty vacuum of your soul and possess it."(Photo: JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images)

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Yoga Can Ease Severe Mental Illness Symptoms - We know that yoga can help with mild depression and relieving stress, but a new study has found that getting your “om” on can help ease symptoms of severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and ADHD, wrote Time.com.(Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

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Do TV Liquor Ads Encourage Kids to Drink? - A new study suggests that being bombarded with beer and liquor ads — and enjoying them — can drive kids to start drinking as young as seventh grade. Researchers from Claremont Graduate University in California also found that these ads can lead to drinking problems, especially in boys, by 10th grade, reported HealthDay News. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

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Do TV Liquor Ads Encourage Kids to Drink? - A new study suggests that being bombarded with beer and liquor ads — and enjoying them — can drive kids to start drinking as young as seventh grade. Researchers from Claremont Graduate University in California also found that these ads can lead to drinking problems, especially in boys, by 10th grade, reported HealthDay News. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)

My Man Isn’t on the Low, So We Don’t Need Condoms - Study after study has shown that down-low men are not fueling the AIDS epidemic among Black women. So why do we still believe it? Think: If heterosexual sex is how we are being infected, that means straight Black men have this disease, too. So rap it up, regardless of who you’re with.(Photo: Touchlife Images/Getty Images)

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Study: Condoms Do Feel Good! - Contrary to popular belief, sex with condoms is satisfying and pleasurable, says a new survey of more than 1,600 adults. Researchers from Indiana University School of Public Health also found that women were less likely than men to know what type of condom was being used or if the condom was lubricated, says CBS.com.  (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)