If you're looking to get out of prostitution, but don't know where to go, the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation is a resource for people at all stages of involvement in any adult industry. Not only does AIM offer medical treatment, HIV and STD testing, and counseling, but if you're looking to get out, AIM offers support-group programs to help you start a new life.

For more information, visit www.aim-med.org

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at April 28, 2008 12:56 PM | Permalink

Psychologist and developmental therapist Cooper Lawrence explains how you will know when it’s time to seek help for a loved one struggling with addiction.

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at April 10, 2008 6:44 PM | Permalink

If you want to see more first-hand experiences with addiction, intervention and recovery, watch “Intervention” on A&E, Mondays at 9PM/8 CST or visit www.aetv.com.

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Tyra reminds parents, when dealing with their teens and sex, to remember that they went through the same thing when they were young.

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at April 8, 2008 12:28 PM | Permalink

After having several sexual partners and contracting an STD, teenage Malorie warns other teens against going down the same path.

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at 12:25 PM | Permalink

Most parents anticipate the day their teens will become sexually active . But they don’t realize the half of it. Kids are having sex younger and younger, and they’re not just doing it in the backseat of dad’s car. They’re doing it in school.

In fact, more and more teens are going behind the school stage, under the bleachers and in abandoned classrooms to do more than hold hands. Dr. Gary offers these tips to better understanding (and handling) teen sexuality.

- Acknowledge your adolescent or teenage child is becoming a sexual being – just like you became a sexual being, MOM!

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at April 7, 2008 12:27 PM | Permalink

It's not just a stereotype that teens have raging hormones, and everyone expects them to make mistakes while exploring their own sexual identities. But it's never too soon to inform them of the realities that go along with sex. According to SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), nearly half of the almost 19 million new STD infections each year occur in young people ages 15 to 24, and that's not all. Educate yourself on the realities of teens, sex and STDS with these statistics collected by SADD, and if you want more information, visit www.sadd.com.

- One in two sexually active youth will contract an STD by age 25. (2005 ASHA State of the Nation)

- Half of all new HIV infections occur among adolescents. (2005 ASHA State of the Nation)

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at April 2, 2008 11:43 AM | Permalink

Tyra tells those three little numbers to go where the sun don’t shine.

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at March 27, 2008 12:23 PM | Permalink

Tyra shows three women who are obsessed with their weight how beautiful they really are, whatever the scale says! CLICK HERE for their stories.

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