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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Three Children Honor Their Late Mother by Raising Awareness of Anal Cancer and HPV

Jennifer Utz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Hpv, Anal Cancer, Anal-Cancer, Cancer, Human Papillomavirus, Human-Papillomavirus-Vaccine, Gardisil, Cervarix, Cancer Screening, Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Pap-Smears, Pharmaceutical, Stds, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Impact News
Jennifer Utz

I wanted to share the story of a group of individuals who have taken a great tragedy and turned it into something positive.

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STD Testing: Which Tests You Should Get and Why

Health.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Sex, HIV/AIDS, Stds, HIV Cure, Std Testing, STD Test, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Home News

Doctors have their own opinions about who should be tested for which sexually transmitted disease (STD), but it's really up to you. When official ...

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Vegan Condom Company Starts Up In Boulder

Boulder Daily Camera | Brittany Sovine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Trojan Condoms, Safe Sex, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Contraception, Sir Richards, Std, Vegan Condom, Condoms, Boulder Condom, Aids, Denver News

Sir Richard's is a new Boulder-based condom company that plans to market toward a younger crowd, but also donate condoms worldwide to prevent the spre...

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Why an STD Test Could Save Your Life

Joan Malin | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Testing, Stds, Sexual Health, Chlamydia, Sex, Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Planned Parenthood, Gonorrhea, Health Care, New York City, New York News
Joan Malin

Before you convince yourself that you're not at risk, consider the facts. The most recent national estimates suggest that there are approximately 19 million new cases of STIs each year.

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Ding! You've Got Chlamydia

Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: STDtestexpress.Com, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Std, Hiv, Michelle Sobel, Healthy Living News
Leslie Goldman

Considering April is STD Awareness Month, I thought it would be the perfect time to ask Michelle Sobel, co-founder of STDTestExpress.com, about the ever-rising rates of sexually transmitted infections.

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Illinois' High STD Rate: Health Officials Encourage STD Testing

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: STD Rates, Illinois Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Center for Disease Control, Illinois Department of Public Health, Chlamydia, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Illinois STDs, Stds, Gonorrhea, Chicago News

It's National STD Awareness Month--and Illinois residents should think about getting tested. According to the the Illinois Department of Public Heal...

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'Dead End Gene Pool': Hilarious Dysfunction At The End Of The Vanderbilt Line

The Huffington Post | Wendy Burden | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Misogyny, Richard Hunt, Acne, Std, Richest in the World, Richest Man in America, Corporate Greed, Vanderbilt, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Gilded Age, Inbreeding, Dysfunctional Family, Books News

From "Dead End Gene Pool" by Wendy Burden Prologue It's a testament to his libido, if not his character, that Cornelius Vanderbilt died of syphilis ...

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Religious Groups Pledge To End AIDS Stigma

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Stigamtization, Islam, Hiv, Africa, Roman Catholic Church, Judaism, Public Health, HIV/AIDS, Religion, Hinduism, AIDS Stigma, Christianity, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Morality, HIV/AIDS Africa, Buddhism, Aids, HIV Stigma, Condoms, Religion News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Religious groups from around the globe pledged Tuesday to prevent the stigmatization of people living with HIV and AIDS...

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Free Female Condoms: D.C. To Be DFirst U.S. city to give away free female condoms to fight HIV/AIDS

washingtonpost.com | Darryl Fears | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Female Condoms AIDS, Aids, Hiv, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Female Condoms HIV, Free Female Condoms, Female Condoms, Condoms, Healthy Living News

The District will become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will make 500,000 of them avail...

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Woman Sues Husband Claiming He Gave Her Herpes

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Cook County Circuit Court, Herpes, Cook County Court, Lawsuit, Chicago News

A Cook County woman filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $50,000 from her husband, who she claims gave her herpes. The unnamed plaintiff claims that she ...

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Reproductive Education Program Helps Break Poverty Cycle

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Teen Pregnancy Rate, Teen Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Stds, Abstinence Education, Abstinence Only, Sexually Transmitted Infections, South Carolina, Contraception, Birth Control, Reproductive Justice, Impact News
Reproductive Justice

When Precious joined our teen pregnancy prevention program, she was 10 years old and headed straight back toward the cycle of poverty that she had come from.

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The 'Sex Talk': Teaching Too Late (Education Before Infection)

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Abstinence Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Parenting, Sex Education, Healthy Living News
Philip N. Cohen

Even when parents make an effort to talk to their kids about sex, adolescents' sexual experience is often a step ahead of them. The disconnect has emotional consequences and serious health implications.

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Whose Right to Sex Education?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abstinence Education, Birth Control, Abstinence Only, Virginity Pledges, Sex Education, Guttmacher Institute, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Barack Obama, Wisconsin, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

What did we get for $1.9 billion? Nothing good. Abstinence-only education has been shown to have no effect on how much teenagers have sex - none.

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More Than 40% Of Kids Have Sex Before Parents Talk With Them About It

TIME | Alice Park | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Dr. Mark Schuster, University of California Los Angeles/Rand Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Birth Control, Pediatrics Study, Talking Parents Healthy Teens, Sex, Sex Talk, Parents Sex Talk, Safe Sex, Teenagers Sex, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Healthy Living News

In the latest study on parent-child talks about sex and sexuality, researchers found that more than 40% of adolescents had had intercourse before talk...

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Infertility Inequality

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Education, Smoking, Infertility, Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Obesity, Race, Surrogates, Inequality, Healthcare, Parenting, Healthy Living News
Philip N. Cohen

The haves have less infertility than the have-nots, which is not surprising considering its causes include poor overall health condition, smoking and obesity.

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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stigma, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Council on Contemporary Families, Merck, Gardasil, Public Health, Fda Approval, Men's Health, Fda, Sexuality, Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Women's Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing, Sexually Transmitted Infections, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Healthy Living News
Abby L. Ferber

Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?

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China Sees Syphilis Boom As Migrants Can Afford Prostitutes

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Syphilis, China Syphilis, Prostitution, China Sex, Sex Workers, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, China Prostitution, China, China Sex Workers, Prostitution Boom, China Syphilis Tenfold, Migrants China, World News

GENEVA — China has seen a tenfold increase in syphilis cases over the past decade, as migrant workers made enough money in the country's economi...

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Gay and Lesbian Manners: The Great Oral Sex Dilemma

Steven Petrow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, Sex, Safe Sex, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Etiquette, Gay, Gays, Condoms, Manners, Style News
Steven Petrow

Even if you feel embarrassed talking about sex (especially with someone new), discuss your preferences beforehand.

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CPS To Offer STD Testing As Gonorrhea, Chlamydia Cases Rise

Chi-Town Daily News | Alex Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Chicago Public Schools, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Chicago School Health, Cps Stds, Stds, Health, Chicago News

Responding to high levels of sexually-transmitted infections in Chicago high schools, the city Board of Education yesterday voted to increase STD test...

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Sex Ed in a Conservative Town

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Sex Education, Abstinence Only, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexual Health, Premarital Sex, Same Sex Marriage, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

Programs like this, that foster myths and stereotypes, should have no place in our schools.

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A Long-Overdue Apology to Bret Michaels.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Soup, Carrie Prejean, Bret Michaels, Liza Minnelli, Tony Awards, Broadway Theater, Sexually-Transmitted Diseases, Poison, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

I sincerely hope that your injuries are not as painful as listening to your performance was. I wish you well with your recovery.

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God and Abstinence

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Teen Sex Education, Stds, Sexual Health, Abstinence Only, Sti, Abstinence Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teen Sex, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

At the Mississippi Department of Human Services' summit, "Abstinence Works: Let's Talk About It," we didn't talk about abstinence, but we sure did chant, cheer, dance, pray and sing about it.

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Black Women and the AIDS Crisis

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Black Women, Stds, Cdc, Dr. Kevin Fenton, Act Against Aids, AIDs Epidemic, Teen Girls Stds, Washington DC, African American Women, Phill Wilson, HIV/AIDS, Sti, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington Post, Black AIDS Institute, African Americans, African-American Issues, Bailout Bandits, AIDS Infections, World News
Martha St Jean

According to Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS at the CDC, one in 30 black women will be diagnosed with HIV at some point in her lifetime. That is unacceptable.

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Taking the Wraps Off Condoms

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Women's Sexuality, Journal of the American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Preventions, Birth Control, Sexual Health, Dr. Stuart Berman, Chlamydia, Women's Health, HIV Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teenage Pregnancy, Cecile Richards, Gonorrhea, Condoms, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

Just in Case looks to be a simple and attractive makeup accessory, but serves a greater purpose. A hidden well contains two 2" x 2" condom foils.

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Condom Credit Cards To Be Given To British Teens

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Stds, Teen Sex Education, Teen Stds, Sex Awareness, England, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teen Sex, Europe, Condoms, Condom Credit Cards, Sex Education, Sex, World News

Teenagers in a Berkshire town will soon get access to a card which they can use to get free condoms if they go for regular sex advice sessions. The C...

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