News tagged with gonorrhea
Sexually spread diseases up, better testing cited
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials said Monday.
Professor says syphilis making comeback, gonorrhea more treatment resistant
Jul 22, 2009 |
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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 ...
Nanoemulsion potent against superbugs that kill cystic fibrosis patients
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 04, 2009 |
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University of Michigan scientists report highly encouraging evidence that a super-fine oil-and-water emulsion, already shown to kill many other microbes, may be able to quell the ravaging, often drug-resistant ...
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea increases from 2 percent to 28 percent
Feb 02, 2009 |
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The prevalence of quinolone-resistant gonorrhea has increased rapidly in Ontario - Canada's most populous province - from a rate of 2% in 2001 to 28% in 2006, found a study published in CMAJ http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg287.pdf. Infections in heterosexual men appear to have contribut ...
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Drug-resistant gonorrhea spreading in U.S.
Apr 13, 2007 |
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U.S. health officials say doctors are running out of options for treating the rapid spread of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea.
San Diego battles rising STD cases
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Health officials in San Diego have begun a media campaign to try to cut the rising rate of syphilis and other sexually-transmitted diseases.
STDs found in Brooklyn canal
Oct 04, 2007 |
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A New York City College of Technology biologist released a report Thursday finding the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn tested positive for gonorrhea contamination.
How STDs increase the risk of becoming infected with HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 05, 2008 |
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Individuals who have a sexually transmitted disease (e.g., genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia) and women with yeast and bacterial vaginal infections have an increased risk of becoming infected with HIV if ...
Internet remedies for STIs pose significant public health hazard
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 19, 2007 |
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People with sexually transmitted infections are putting themselves at risk by buying treatments over the internet, according to new research by the University of East Anglia.
1930s drug slows tumor growth
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease. The newest surprise discovered by researchers at the Johns ...
Behavioral intervention works to reduce risky behavior
Sep 17, 2008 |
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In an effort to curb the rising rates of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) along the Mexico-US border, a binational team of researchers led by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown ...
Scientists study men who pay for sex
Oct 02, 2006 |
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British researchers say nearly half of the men who pay for sex already have a partner.
Scientists discover how some bacteria survive antibiotics
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Apr 30, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered how some bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment by turning on resistance mechanisms when exposed to the drugs. The findings, published in the April 24 ...
Scientists study microbe filaments' power
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Apr 18, 2008 |
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Researchers from The University of Arizona and Columbia University have discovered that tiny filaments on bacteria can bundle together and pull with forces far stronger than experts had previously thought ...
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