Menstuff® has compiled the following anonymous answers to your
questions about emergency contraception, birth control, pregnancy,
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include: Family
Planning, Sexual
health care for men and women,
Pregnancy-options and
prenatal care, Rape-sexual
abuse-harassment, Sexuality,
HIV-AIDS,
Sexually transmitted
infections, Reasons
for young people to say no, and
Personal
growth. Some topics (in blue) are linked to information on
this web site.
How to Use the Facts of Life Line
Family Planning
115 515 Abstinence
(Virginity
Pledge)
116 516 Birth
control - How
well does it really work?
117 517 Birth
control - Which
method is best for me? (What's
new)
118 518
Myths about birth control
119 519
Is there a safe time of the month?
120 520 Birth
control information for men
121 521 Condoms
and safer
sex
122 522 The
female condom
123 523
Foam, suppositories, creams, film &
jellies (Spermicides)
124 524 Condoms,
contraception
form, and suppositories
125 525 Fertility
awareness/NFP
126 526 Depo
Proversa
127 527 The
patch
128 528 The
ring
129 529 Cervical
Cap
130 530 Diaphragm
131 531 IUD
132 532 Health
risks with the IUD
133 533 The
pill
134 534
How to take your birth control pills
135 535 Problems
with the pill
136 536 Emergency
contraception
137 537 Female
sterilization
138 538 Vasectomy
139 539
Starting a family: Things to
consider
Sexual Health Care for Men and
Women
140 Bacterial vaginosis (BV)
141 541
Bladder infections in women
142 542
Breast cancer Male
Women
143 543
Breast cancer risk
144 544 Breast
self-examination
145 545
DES information for men
146 546
DES information for women
147 547
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
148 548
Dietary management of PMS
149 549
Douching: Is it really necessary
150 550
Endometriosis
151 551
Fibroid tumors
152 552
Menstruation: A new beginning
153 553
Menstruation: Information for adult
women
154 554
Menopause
155 555
Pelvic inflammatory disease or PID
156 556 Testicular
cancer and self
exam: English
Spanish
157 557
The pelvic exam
158 558
What is a Pap Smear? (Teens)
159 559
What is an abnormal Pap Smear?
160 560
What is a colposcopy?
161 561 Vaginitis
(Vaginal discharge and infection)
Pregnancy Options and Prenatal
Care
165 565
Genetic counseling
166 566 Infertility
167 567
Symptoms of pregnancy
168 568
Changes during pregnancy
169 569
Pregnancy danger signs
170 570 Pregnancy
and your options (Teens)
171 571 Adoption
172 572
Early abortion
173 573
Men and abortion
174 574
The abortion pill (Mifepristione)
175 575
Drinking while pregnant
176 576
Pregnancy: Drugs and your baby
177
Pregnancy and HIV
178 578
Good nutrition and pregnancy
179 579
Teenage pregnancy and nutrition
180 580
Prenatal care
181 581 Teenage
pregnancy /Parents too soon
182 582
Teen pregnancy and options
Rape - Sexual Abuse -
Harassment
184 584 Are
you afraid of your partner?
185 584
Rape: What
is it?
186 584
Rape: The survivor
187 584
Acquaintance rape
188 584 Date
rape
189 584 Child
abuse: Sexual
190 584 Incest
information for teens/young adults
191 584 Men
who batter their partners
(Women
who batter their partners)
192 584
Women who are battered (Men
who are battered)
193 584 Sexual
harassment: What is it?
194 584 Abusive
relationships
Sexuality
195 595
Boys ask: What is normal?
(Parents
ask)
196 596
Girls ask: What is normal?
197 597 Homosexuality
198 598 How
to talk to your child about sex
199 599
Teenage sexual concerns
200 600
Wrong reasons to have sex
201 601
Masturbation
202 602
Saying "NO" to sex
203 603
Sex
education and family
values
204 604
Common sexual problems/concerns
205 605
Sex and the disabled
206 606
Bisexuality
207 607
Sexual orientation
208 608
Am I ready to have sex?
HIV - AIDS
210 610
What is
AIDS? (For youth)
(For elders)
(By gender)
211 611
AIDS and sexuality
212 612
AIDS: Answers for teens
213 613 Am
I at risk for AIDS?
214 614
What are the symptoms of AIDS?
215 615 How
don't you get AIDS?
216 616
Living with HIV
217 617
HIV positive? Choosing a doctor
218 618
HIV and pregnancy
219 619
HIV: Talking with your teen
Sexuality Transmitted
Infections
225 625 What
is a sexually transmitted infection?
(Facts)
226 626
STI's: How
to protect yourself (Basics)
227 627
The "Other" STI's
228 628 STI information
for men
229 629
Alcohol and STI's
230 630 Chlamydia
231 631 Genital
warts (HPV)
232 632 Gonorrhea
233 633 Syphilis
234 634 Trichomoniasis
235 635 Hepatitis
B
236 636 Herpes
237 637
Public Lice (Crabs)
Reasons for Young People to Say
No
290 690
Good reasons for saying "No"
291 691
Saying "No" to drugs is the adult thing to
do
292 692
Three steps to say "No"
293 693
Ways for a young adult to say "No"
294
When it's hard to say "No"
Personal Growth
435 835
Achievement: Words of wisdom
436 836
Are you tired of being a teenager?
437 837
Assertiveness
438 838
Being a role model
439 839
Belonging to the community
440 840
Building self
esteem
441 841
But not everyone's doing it
442 842
Conflict: What is it?
443 843
Conflict: How to resolve it
444 844
Cooperating
445 845
Decision making
446 846
Friends: People I'm proud of
447 847
Gangs or groups: The decision is
yours
448 Gangs: Facts
vs. fiction
449 849
Goal setting
450 850
Leadership: We all have it
451 851
Needs and wants
Most adults develop amnesia for their own traumatic teen years. Parents have to try hard to think back. - Morris Sklansky
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