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August 16, 2015
Carly Fiorina Is Against Vaccine Mandates But She's For Them But Also Against Them

Nobody is going around vaccinating children at gunpoint. So that would actually mean that Fiorina is for strengthening vaccine laws, but is cleverly making it seem as if she is against doing so. But then Fiorina apparently went a step further, saying that while some vaccines, like those for measles or mumps, should be mandated, those for other diseases should not. She seems to be speaking specifically about vaccines from the human papilloma virus, or HPV. Those vaccines are  Merck  's Gardasil and GlaxoSmithKline  's Cervarix.
Forbes, August 14, 2015
Alabama boys dramatically fall behind national average for receiving HPV vaccine

"There's a tendency for parents to deny that they`re kids are ever going to be put at risk or do things they would not approve of," explained Robey. "You see this with birth control, because their child 'won't get pregnant', the same thing happens with HPV because they think 'my child will never need that'."
WHNT, August 13, 2015
How Workout Supplements Might Mask Male Eating and Body Image Disorders

"These products have become an almost ubiquitous fixture in the pantries of young men across the country and can seemingly be purchased anywhere and everywhere - from grocery stores to college book stores,"  researcher Richard Achiro is quoted as saying in a statement . "The marketing efforts, which are tailored to addressing underlying insecurities associated with masculinity, position these products perfectly as a 'solution' by which to fill a void felt by so many men in our culture."
Care 2, August 11, 2015
Kids, teens win when mental health providers team with pediatricians, family doctors

Now, a team of UCLA researchers has studied a wide range of published research on the approach and found that children and adolescents who receive integrated mental health and medical treatment are 66 percent more likely to have a good outcome than those who receive more traditional primary care.
Medical Express, August 10, 2015

When a diagnosis does occur, it often takes place much later for males than females. ANAD reported "a study of 135 males hospitalized with an eating disorder," in which males with bulimia shared a sense of shame over the eating disorder. The study's authors concluded that shame "might explain their delay in seeking treatment." Another study found, "Anorexic males entered treatment an average of 2.1 years after onset, which is a shorter treatment delay than has been reported for women." Separating healthy weight loss in adolescent men participating in sports from true anorexia can also be difficult, as early symptoms may often appear similar.
Elite Daily, August 10, 2015
The Weekly News Roundup is produced by The Partnership for Male Youth and is released every Monday. 
For more information contact Dennis J. Barbour, JD. News Roundup editor and Executive Director of the Partnership, at dbarbour@partnershipformaleyouth.org.

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