The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added GARDASIL 9 to its list of recommended HPV vaccines, the nine-valent HPV vaccine's maker Merck said on Thursday. The recommendations call for females between the ages of 9 and 26 and males between the ages of 9 and 21 receive the vaccine. The CDC committee especially recommends the vaccine for people who have not yet received any HPV vaccine or finished the 3 doses.

Vaccine News Daily, March 6, 2015

More teens who are killing themselves are choosing suffocation and strangling, government researchers reported Thursday. And more young women are committing suicide. It's a troubling trend and it's not clear what's driving it, the team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

NBC, March 6, 2015

The Economist, March 5, 2015

Just How Big Is a Normal Penis?

Researchers size up thousands to arrive at averages

Many males worry about their penis size, even when there's no cause for concern. But until now, there has been no formal review of research into penis size and no attempt to develop a system to show the range of sizes of flaccid or erect penises, the researchers said.The British investigators reviewed 17 published studies that included more than 15,500 men whose penises were measured by health professionals using a standard procedure. The average length of a flaccid penis was 3.6 inches, the average length of a flaccid stretched penis was 5.3 inches, and the average length of an erect penis was 5.2 inches. Looking at things another way, the average circumference of a flaccid penis was 3.7 inches, and the average circumference of an erect penis was 4.6 inches.The study was published online March 3 in the journal BJU International.

Medline Plus, March 3, 2015

Most Doctors Give In to Requests by Parents to Alter Vaccine Schedules

A wide majority of pediatricians and family physicians acquiesce to parents who wish to delay vaccinating their children, even though the doctors feel these decisions put children at risk for measles, whooping cough and other ailments, a new survey has found.

New York Times, March 2, 2015

A significant rise in the number of boys and young men suffering from eating disorders has contributed to a worrying 30pc jump in reports of the illness in Ireland, new figures obtained by the Sunday Independent reveal.

The Independent, February 22, 2015

A report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday indicated that  the suicide rate for young women and teenage girls continues to increase, at a pace much faster than the suicide rate among teenage boys and young men. According to the study, the rate of suicide for young women in 2013 was alarmingly 3.4 per 100,000. The rate was 2.2 per 100,000 people in 2007. The suicide rate for boys and young men also spiked from 10.7 to 11.9 for per 100,000 since 2007. It still remains almost three times higher than suicide rate among females, for ages 10 through 24, the study found out.
Press TV, March 6, 2015

Taking Pill Before, After Sex Cuts HIV Infection for Gay Men: Study

Research suggests that Truvada doesn't need to be taken daily, but more study still needed

There's new evidence that gay men not infected with HIV can stay that way if they take a pill called Truvada in the days before and after a sexual encounter with an infected partner.

Medline Plus, February 25, 2015

Boys who show aggressive tendencies develop greater physical strength as teenagers than boys who are not aggressive, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Health Canal, February 27, 2015

Washington: A new study has examined that young adult men with lower IQ are likelier to drink more. The study also suggested that although their poor performance on the IQ-test may also be linked to other disadvantages.

Zee News, February 22, 2015