Posts Tagged ‘sexually transmitted diseases’
For women, microbe may spell STD trouble
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — A common microbe likely causes a condition that can make women more vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases. Continue…
Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:14 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Feb 11, 2013 17:25 - 0 Comments
STDs go untreated in pregnant ER patients
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Emergency room doctors aren’t able to effectively treat pregnant patients for sexually transmitted infections, which are a preventable risk to unborn babies. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 28, 2013 11:37 - 0 Comments
Penicillin, not the pill, sparked sex revolution
EMORY (US) — Non-traditional, riskier sex lives didn’t start in the 1960s, according to an analysis that suggests a treatment for syphilis changed attitudes and behavior. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 21, 2012 9:51 - 13 Comments
Fewer circumcisions could cost billions
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Flagging rates of male circumcision could cost the US $4.4 billion more in health care expenses, researchers warn. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 20, 2012 11:58 - 0 Comments
Teens don’t identify with STD messages
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Teenagers know how sexually transmitted diseases occur, and actively try to reduce their risk, but do so in ways that are often ineffective, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 21, 2012 12:54 - 0 Comments
Alarming rise in rates of untreatable gonorrhea
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Scientists are issuing an urgent call to action to halt the growing threat of drug-resistant gonorrhea in the United States. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 22, 2011 16:25 - 2 Comments
Syphilis origins point to Columbus
EMORY (US) — New analysis of skeletal evidence suggests Christopher Columbus returned to Europe with unpleasant cargo: the bacteria that evolved into syphilis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 4, 2011 15:07 - 0 Comments
Molecule makes cells kill Chlamydia
DUKE (US) — A newly designed molecule disarms the pathogen responsible for the largest number of sexually transmitted infections in the United States. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 15, 2011 12:13 - 0 Comments
Youth go online to screen for STDs
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Offering free confidential home-testing kits on the Internet appears to be the best way to get teens and young adults to undergo screening for sexually transmitted infections. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 1, 2011 17:43 - 3 Comments
Spike in teen STDs with morning after pills
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Offering emergency contraception free and over the counter in the U.K. has not reduced the number of teen pregnancies and may be associated with a rise in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 17, 2010 11:43 - 0 Comments
Why some teens start having sex (again)
INDIANA U. (US)—The reason a teen girl resumes having sex after a period of abstinence depends largely on the length of the abstinence and why she became abstinent in the first place. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 5, 2009 17:21 - 0 Comments
Treating STDs with a nanotech knockout
YALE (US)—Using specialized RNA molecules to interfere and silence—or knock out—genes could be the first step in developing a new type of treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). (more…)
