The United States formally apologised last Friday for research carried out between 1946 and 1948 in which people in Guatemala were deliberately infected with sexually transmitted diseases. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called the research "reprehensible". Their joint statement added: "We deeply regret that it happened, and we apologise to […]
Read moreThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new type of contraceptive pill that contains folic acid, one of the B vitamins. Folic acid is known to help form new cells, and it is given to pregnant women to prevent serious birth defects of the nervous system, such as a neural tube that […]
Read moreI think the time has come to change our priorities and look at this subject the right way. Sex is what keeps life going: every one of us came from a sexual relationship between our parents. Just imagine how ashamed each of us felt on finding out that fact; many even accused their parents of […]
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