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Article: LIMA HAS HIGH RATE OF TEENS WITH STDS STDs a growing problem.
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- The Lima News (Lima, OH)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2006
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Byline: Kimberly R. Simmons
Jul. 30--An 18-year-old woman discovered her shocking health secret when she visited a doctor at the Lima Community Health Center earlier this year. "I had one young lady that had HPV, herpes, trichomoniasis, gonorrhea and chlamydia," said Dr. Anthony Atkins, who treated the woman. Her results make her a part of a growing problem in the region. Lima has a higher rate per capita of sexually transmitted diseases than many Ohio cities with two or three times the population. "Among the other cities including Toledo, Lima ranks fourth in the state (in gonorrhea cases)," said Becky Derschem, director of nursing for the Allen ...
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