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Page6________________________________________ II!« ^ o rtla n h (Obserurr__________________ October 17, 2012 R etirement L iving Fighting Sexually Transmitted Diseases Study looks at best practices for prevention Westmoreland’s Union Manor 6404 SE 23rd Avenue ♦ Portland 97202 503*233*5671 Marshall Union Manor 2020 NW Northrup Street ♦ Portland 97209 503*225*0677 Kirkland Union Manors 3530 SE 84th Avenue ♦ Portland 97266 503«777«8101 & Kirkland Union Plaza 1414 Kauffman Avenue ♦ Vancouver 98660 360«694«4314 & • Studio & One-Bedroom Apartments with Kitchens • Affordable Rents, No Buy-In or Application Fees • Federal Rent Subsidies Available for those that qualify • Garden Areas, Planned Activities, Easy Access to Public Transportation and Shopping TDD 503*771*0912 <SS3«rù!nv WWW.TIIEUNIONMANORS.ORG Black urban teenagers from low- income families face a rate of sexu ally transmitted disease up to 10 times higher than their white coun terparts, but recent studies at Or egon State University have identi fied approaches to prevention pro grams that might reduce this prob lem The research, based on inter views of black adolescents ages 15- 17 in San Francisco and Chicago, found that information from par ents, teachers and other caring adults is actually listened to, more than the adults might think. If teenagers get a wide range of medical, social, educational and personal support and information from multiple sources, they are fairly adept at separating the good sense from the nonsense, scientists said. Unfortunately, that broad range of information and communication of ten doesn’t exist. And somewhat surprisingly, the research found that few youth use or trust the Internet for information on sexual health. “The level of sexual activity at a young age and incidence of STDs, including HIV and AIDS, in low- income, urban black teenagers is high,” said Margaret Dolcini, an associate professor in the OSU School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences. “We have made strides in prevention, but need to continue to deepen our understand ing of the factors that contribute to unsafe sexual activity." The OSU studies were published in Research in Human Development, a scientific journal, with support from the National Institutes of Health. They explored the influences and pressures this group of teenag ers faced, including choices to have sex, where people get information, and how that affects behavior. “We found that young black kids who got information from varied sources tended to do pretty well in making smart choices,” Dolcini said. The most important progress, the OSU researchers found, could be made if various educational, reli gious and social support organiza tions would make a more concerted effort to address issues collectively, within the constraints of their roles and belief systems. “We need more collaboration between family, schools, medical clinics, churches, and other entities that traditionally may not have worked together,” Dolcini said. “This is possible, and we should encourage more of it,” she said. “We wouldn’t necessarily expect a church to offer condom demonstra tions, but a community clinic or school sex education program might do exactly that. And there’s a place for both.” Dr. Billy R. Flowers (above center) and his skilled s ta ff are ready to help those in need. THE SPINACOLUMN An ongoing series erf questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession Part 23. Chiropractic And Knees: Knees neet to know how Chiropractic helps too. : My right knee hurts ter showed him graphs of the nervous healthier than it had been in years. ribly all of the time. It has system and how it affects the knee. His headaches disappeared. In been swollen several times to He the decided to become a Chiroprac short, he got that healthy happy point of needing to be drained. Can tic patient and has had no problem feeling of Chiropractic. If you have Chiropractic help? with his knee since. Within days the knee pain or if you have any ques A : Your case sounds famil- swelling was out of his knee. Like so tion concerning your health at all, / " V iar. It reminds me of one case many patients, he had an added call us today, Isn’t it time you in particular. A man once came to bonus. His back was stronger and stepped up to Chiropractic? my office for consultation. He wanted to show me his knee but his slacks were so tight from swell 2124N.E Hancock Street, Portland Oregon97212 ing in his knee that he could not pull his pant leg up to show me. I talked to him about his knee and Q Flowers' Chiropractic Office Phene: (503) 287*5504 Vials o f the steroid distributed by New England Compounding Center implicated in a meningitis outbreak. More Meningitis Cases Confirmed Nine more people have been di agnosed with fungal m eningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday, bringing the total num ber o f cases to 212. The CDC said there were two additional cases of infection in joints after a steroid injection but these were not confirmed as meningitis. The death toll from the unprec edented outbreak was unchanged at 15, the CDC said. Pennsylvania was the latest state to report an initial case of meningi tis, bringing to 15 the number of states with cases. The outbreak has turned into a major health scandal after a com pany b ased in M assac h u se tts shipped vials that may have been tainted to 23 states and 76 medical facilities. The scare has prompted multiple investigations and the com pany, New England Compounding Center, has recalled the product and suspended operations.
