Recent studies show that teens with ADHD are more likely to drop out of high school.  The disorder affects the person’s capability of doing basic classroom tasks and may lead to other long term issues. Do you think that if schools had more ways to deal with students with ADHD, the dropout rate would start to decline? Do you think that these are kids that are just acting out and ADHD really has nothing to do with it?? Check out this article for more info!

With the number of people living with HIV in Washington D.C. being so high, the city has been distributing free female condoms and educating people on correct use of them.  It’s one of the easiest ways for a female to ensure safe sex.  The only downside is that is cost about $3 for a female condom. Do you know what a female condom looks like? Would you use one? Do you think that giving free condoms out like that will help more people engage in safe sex? check this article out for more information.

The number of cases of whooping cough or pertussis is on the rise.  Many doctors and experts believe this might be caused by a reduction in the number of people getting the vaccine for pertussis due to fear of complications.  Keep a close eye on your kids and get the vaccine, especially if you are around young kids! to find out more info, read this.

For many women, the $20-50 a month spent on birth control is really expensive.  Often times they are faced with choosing between buying birth control or paying for something else in their lives.  With the new health care reform, health insurance companies will be required to cover all preventative health care at no cost. Many think that should include birth control pills. What do you think??? For more information, read this article.

Recent studies show that prisons seem to be the hot spot for HIV.  Many prisoners engage in unprotected sex or drug use.  What do you think about having prisoners undergo a health screening and having clean needles and condoms available to them? Do you think this will help prisoners and the community that they will eventually come back to after serving their sentence.  To find out more information, read this.

HPV is a sexually transmitted virus that has been linked to cervical, penile, and anal cancers.  Now individuals are coming up with oral cancer and throat cancer caused by the same virus.  This shows that the virus is spread through vaginal, anal, and oral sex. Currently, young ladies can do something to protect themselves against HPV by getting the vaccine, but the question is will new occurrences of oral and throat cancer lead to the FDA approving the vaccine for males too?  Read this article to find out more about throat cancer due to HPV and give us your opinion regarding whether or not males should be allowed or encouraged to get the vaccine too.

Recent studies show that young adults who are overweight or obese are more prone to developing psoriasis arthritis.  To find out more about this condition read this.

HIV treatment is not only beneficial to the infected person, but it is beneficial to society as a whole.  This is because those who receive treatment and education are less likely to spread the virus.  This theory has been proven in a study conducted in Canada.  To find out more read this article.  Get tested and get treated if necessary. It will do you and society a great deal of good!

I am pretty sure many of you out there have heard of people saying that if they take birth control, especially the depo shot, they will gain weight.  Actually, that is not always the case. But there is a link between birth control and weight.  Recent studies have shown that if the person on birth control is overweight or obese, the birth control is less effective.  More work is being done on this to find out why this might be the case.  This gives girls another reason to exercise and maintain a healthy weight! To find out more information, read this.

Recent research has identified a list of 20 possible causes of cancer.  Cancer is the number 2 killer of Americans, after heart disease.  To find out more information, read this.