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...FACT OF THE DAY: ....... .. Teen girls ages 15-19have high rates of both gonorrhea and chlamydia. Although teenage boys also have high rates of infection, girls may be more susceptible to transmission of these STI's. Some researchers think the immaturity of adolescent girls' vaginal mucosa may increase their susceptibility to STI.

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WELCOME TEENS!

(and anyone curious about sex and health and life)

What you'll find here is a local resource for youths about sex education, health education, love and relationship, and just being teens.

More importantly, what you'll find here is a resource for EVERYONE who has questions about their sexuality, their physical well-being, and their mental-state of mind.

Are you curious about your bodies? We hope so!

You'll find that we have places for you to submit your questions about anything if the information provided here isn't enough for you. You can also sign up for our message board, for peer-to-peer interaction if you want opinions from other teens your age.

There's also a chatroom available for you to use, but you have to be a member in order to use these features. And sign up is FREE and OPEN for teens.

Get the facts straight! The standard of beauty today is outrageous and according to history, totally bogus! In fact this trend of starving ourselves in order to be perfect has only become popular in the past few decades. "Waist of Time" give us a look at what history considered to be strong, beautiful females.

IMPORTANT NEWS! Please Help Haiti Now!

An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude decimated the country of Haiti, with an estimated death count of 150,000 and more than 3 million people left homeless. Please donate some of your time and efforts into these organizations for direct relief.

These charitable organizations are providing direct assistance to people in Haiti, and most are accepting donations:

American Red Cross (www.redcross.org)
Doctors Without Borders (doctorswithoutborders.org)
International Rescue Committee (www.theirc.org)
Mercy Corps (www.mercycorps.org)

Labiaplasty! It's the new 'It' procedure from Hollywood. Plastic surgeons are seeing an increase in requests for modifying a female's labia to make it "prettier." Read about this new cultural standard that is yet again imposing beauty standards on girls and women everywhere.