Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Black girls who abuse alcohol less likely to use condoms

harminka — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:39:49 -0500

Black girls who abuse alcohol are more likely to have unprotected sex despite having participated in interventions that stressed the importance of consistent condom use.

Gender and culturally tailored interventions help curb STDs in black girls

harminka — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:37:34 -0500

Black girls who undergo gender and culturally tailored HIV interventions are significantly less likely to contract a sexually transmitted disease.

Doubling of sexually transmitted infections among over-45s in under decade

harminka — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:12:20 -0500

Rates of sexually transmitted infections have doubled among the over 45s in less than a decade, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Sexually transmitted disease, urinary tract infections -bad combination for birth defect

harminka — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:26:41 -0500

Women who reported having both a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and urinary tract infection (UTI) just before or during early pregnancy were four times more likely to have babies with gastroschisis—a severe birth defect in which infants are born with their intestines and other internal organs outside the abdomen, University of Utah researchers report in the online British Medical Journal.

New treatment combination proves effective for head and neck cancer patients

harminka — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:32:52 -0500

Patients treated for locally advanced head and neck cancer may respond better to treatment with the addition of cetuximab to chemotherapy, according to a University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) phase II study. The results will be presented at the 44th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago as an oral presentation.

Twenty Five Percent of Teenagers Have STD

admin_huliq — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:45:26 -0500

At least one in four teens in the U.S.A. has a sexually transmitted disease (STD), shows the study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Researchers develop new tool to predict who will use microbicides

harminka — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:06:40 -0600

Using a new tool designed to measure a woman’s willingness to use a microbicide (topical gels designed to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV), researchers at The Miriam Hospital and Brown University found that women who have used protective methods in the past, and those with casual sexual partners were more willing to use a microbicide compared to their peers.

Better Double Safe than Sorry

harminka — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:11:12 -0600

Many Australians are using not one but two contraceptive methods to prevent pregnancy and protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases.

Mice help researchers understand Chlamydia

harminka — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:50:15 -0500

Genetically engineered mice may hold the key to helping scientists from Queensland University of Technology and Harvard hasten the development of a vaccine to protect adolescent girls against the most common sexually transmitted disease, Chlamydia.

Youth chlamydia rate on the rise

Dinka — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:42:50 -0500

Health professionals are trying to cope with an explosion in the rate of chlamydia infections in Australia, particularly amongst young people. The sexually-transmitted disease, which can lead to infertility, often has no symptoms and poses a challenge for screening programs.

Human papillomavirus might cause bladder cancer

harminka — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:06:06 -0500

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is considered the cause of one of the most important sexually transmitted diseases nowadays, and affects both men and women. HPV is so common in our society that only people who have never had sexual relations can be sure that they have not been exposed to this disease.

Adolescents Don’t Visit Physicians to Receive HPV Vaccine Series

harminka — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:20:39 -0500

Despite recommendations for annual preventive exams for adolescents, only 10 percent of teens have enough visits within 12 months to receive the recommended three shots needed for HPV vaccine. Ideally the three shots are delivered within six months, and only 1 percent of teens see their physicians that often.