Recently, my colleagues David Ewalt and Michael Noer wrote about unusual hangover remedies and prevention methods.

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And physicians need to talk to their young patients about STIs, risk behaviors and effective prevention methods.

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Grades 6-12: Some lessons include information on HIV testing and address methods of prevention, including the correct and consistent use of condoms, which can greatly reduce the risk of infection from people who are sexually active.

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Substantially more lives could be saved if existing methods of cancer prevention and treatment were practiced more widely.

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The discussion focused on youth development, gender equality and social inclusion as methods of youth violence prevention.

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It is also important to increase access to female-controlled prevention methods, such as the female condom, and to develop effective microbicides and vaccines.

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Currently, the methods used to assess an infection by America's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention lag an outbreak by a week or two.

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