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Shocking stats about STDs

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/20/2008, 10:06 a.m.

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A recent national study says one of four adolescent women have an STD. Among Minnesota teens, health officials are most concerned about the troubling rise of chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease that can lead to infertility.

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  • Michele VanVranken: MD, physician and adolescent health specialist Children's Hospital Minnesota.AND
  • Peter Carr: director of the STD/ HIV section of the Minnesota Department of Health.

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