News tagged with sexually transmitted infection
Study finds girls aware of HPV vaccine's benefits
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Contrary to concerns that the human papillomavirus vaccine might promote promiscuity, a national survey of girls and young women found that the majority of respondents did not believe the HPV vaccine protected them against ...
Teenage boys take less responsibility for preventing the spread of chlamydia
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Teenage boys in Sweden take less responsibility than girls for preventing the spread of chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, ...
Inadequacy of current guidelines for sexually transmitted infections
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Adolescent girls reveal alarmingly high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) which remain largely undetected by recommended screening guidelines. A study in Brazil, reported in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has sh ...
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Can condoms prevent sexually transmitted infections other than HIV?
Jan 25, 2008 |
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Consistent condom use can reduce the spread of HIV, but are they the answer to rising rates of other sexually transmitted infections? Researchers debate the issue in this week’s BMJ.
More STDs for Older Widowers in ED Drug Era
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(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.
FDA orders new Nonoxynol-9 warning
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 18, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule Tuesday requiring manufacturers of nonoxynol-9, or N9, to add a warning to the product's label.
Taking the sex out of sexual health screening
May 09, 2008 |
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Young women would accept age-based screening for the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia, but would want this test to be offered to everyone, rather than to people ‘singled out’ according to their sexual history.
Cancer-causing virus associated with higher risk of new HIV infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Infection with anal human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that can cause anal and cervical cancers, is associated with a higher risk of new HIV infection in previously HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM), according ...
Common parasitic infection leads to increased risk for HIV infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 25, 2007 |
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A new study shows a significantly increased risk of HIV infection among women with a common sexually transmitted disease, trichomoniasis. Although studies have been undertaken in the past to show the link between sexually ...
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.
Link found between Trichomonas sexual infection and risk of aggressive prostate cancer
Sep 09, 2009 |
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A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers has found a strong association between the common sexually transmitted infection, Trichomonas vaginalis, and risk of adv ...
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.
Spanish prostitutes least likely to use condoms
May 28, 2009 |
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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 ...
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