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Sexually spread diseases up, better testing cited

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials said Monday.


Prostate cancer may be caused by virus, study indicates

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Mounting evidence indicates that prostate cancer is an infectious disease caused by a recently identified virus.


More STDs for Older Widowers in ED Drug Era

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Widowers take care: Older men who have recently lost their wives are more likely than still-married peers to be diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), according to a new study.


Professor says syphilis making comeback, gonorrhea more treatment resistant

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dr. David H. Martin, Professor and Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, updated reporters and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases on sexually ...


Social class, gender and ethnic group determine adolescents' sexual-affective education

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The social class, the gender and the ethnic group are three essential dimensions, not only in the social differentiation, but also in the affective sexual education of the adolescents, where it is necessary to take part in ...


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Studies shed light on collapse of coral reefs (w/Video)

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An explosion of knowledge has been made in the last few years about the basic biology of corals, researchers say in a new report, helping to explain why coral reefs around the world are collapsing and what ...


Spanish prostitutes least likely to use condoms

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The Centre for Epidemiological Studies into Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) started a pioneering study in Spain in 2005 to look into the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among ...


Nanotechnology holds promise for STD drug delivery

Nanotechnology holds promise for STD drug delivery

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Yale researchers describe a breakthrough in safe and effective administration of potential antiviral drugs — small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules that silence genes — the first step in development of a ...


Middle school youth as young as 12 engaging in risky sexual activity

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Middle school youth are engaging in sexual intercourse as early as age 12, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health.


Partner behavior better predicts STD risks

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Risky behaviors such as not using condoms or having sex with multiple people put young adults at risk for contracting sexually transmitted diseases, but perhaps not as much as the characteristics of their sexual partners, ...


Male circumcision reduces risk of genital herpes and HPV infection, but not syphilis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 13

Heterosexual men who undergo medical circumcision can significantly reduce their risk of acquiring two common sexually transmitted infections--herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the cause of genital herpes, and human papillomavirus ...


ACP recommends routine HIV screening for all patients

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

On World AIDS Day, the American College of Physicians (ACP) is giving doctors a call-to-action to routinely encourage HIV screening to all of their patients older than 13 years. This new practice guideline appears on the ...


Researchers investigate acceptability of potential HIV prevention device in Africa

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For some women in the poorest parts of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, being paid for sex is one of the few ways they are able to feed themselves and their children. In a region hit hard by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, ...


New HIV-reduction initiative takes to the fields

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Education has found its way onto the soccer fields of North Carolina – in the form of a social experiment that may have all the right ingredients to change the direction of Latino health in the United States.


Weight does not affect women's sexual behavior

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman's weight does not seem to affect sexual behavior. In fact, overweight women are more likely to report having sex with men than women considered to be of "normal weight."