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The good folks who brought you the "this is your brain on drugs" ad with the egg frying in a pan and the ad with the crying Indian who was actually an Italian have unleashed a new round of ads on the American public. But instead of inducing racial speculation or cravings for McMuffins, this time around, the Ad Council is encouraging folks to avoid pregnancy by using birth control. If that weren't enough, they've put together an amazing website that will send you texts to remind you to take your pill and even help you compare methods. More »
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• A new campaign from the Ad Council hopes to eradicate young people's use of the word "gay" to denote something negative by showing commercials of teens getting lectured by celebrities like Hilary Duff and Wanda Sykes. • According to a recent survey, 1 in 4 American teen girls between the ages of 13 and 17 received the Gardasil vaccine last year. • The Polish government wants to make Polish women register with the state when they become pregnant in an effort to curb illegal abortions. • Astronaut Peggy Whitson, the first female commander of the Space Station, says that moving around in zero gravity is more about finesse than strength and a bonus of staying in a ship without gravity is that "you look younger." • More »
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