Sex Education Equals Declining Teen Pregnancy
Comprehensive sex education that does not rely solely on abstinence works, at least in terms of reducing teen pregnancies, according to a newly published study that looked at birth rates in 55 U.S. counties before and after a federally funded teen pregnancy reduction program.
Researchers found that in the first year of the program, local teen pregnancy rates declined 1.5%, and 7% by year five, for an overall decline of 3%.
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Your lungs aren't so much like balloons as big buckets of blood through which bubbles of air pass. In fact, your lungs contain as much blood as the entire rest of your body, which is why your center of gravity is above the waist.
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Adult smoking rates have fallen from 22% in 2003 to 14% in 2019. High school smoking rates have dropped from 23% in 2002 to 5% in 2020, according to a new American Lung Association report. But more than 2 million high school and middle school students said they used e-cigarettes in 2021.
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Orthopnoea: breathlessness while lying down
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Clinomania: an excessive desire to stay in bed
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