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Just Out!!! Gardasil, the vaccine that protects girls and women from genital warts and cervical cancer has been approved for boys and men. Genital warts, cervical cancer, and some cancers of the penis, scrotum, anus, and throat are caused by certain types of human papilloma virus (HPV). While the vaccine may not protect boys and men against all HPV types that can cause these cancers, it does protect them against the two HPV types (types 6 and 11) that cause 90 percent of genital warts in the U.S.

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It's great that we have a chance to touch base again about sex and maintaining health. A young woman I talked with recently wanted to know if people can get chlamydia from a toilet seat. Her boyfriend said that's the only way he could've gotten it.

Look, chlamydia is not passed through casual contact. You're not going to get it by shaking hands, hugging, kissing, sitting on a toilet seat, or using someone's fork or knife.

This week we heard from actor Gabourey Sidibe, star of Lee Daniels' new movie 'Precious,' based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire, with executive producers Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry. Gabby does an incredible job of portraying Precious, an illiterate, low-income teenage girl who faces incredible obstacles in her life, including brutal abuse inflicted by her parents, with pregnancies resulting from repetitive rape by her father. Remarkably, she finds the strength to triumph over these extreme hardships. Gabby spoke about this challenging role and told us about her role model growing up. See what Gabby has to say about how her mother taught her about sex.

Hello again,

A couple of years ago, a young man asked me an interesting question about herpes. He said he'd been with his current partner for six months and just got diagnosed with herpes. He said his partner swore she didn't cheat on him. He wanted to know if he should believe her.

My advice to the young man was, "Believe her until you have real evidence to not believe her." Herpes may not be the evidence that a partner is cheating. A person can be infected with herpes for years -- even a lifetime -- without knowing it. That's why it is possible for herpes to break out in someone whose partner has been sexually faithful.