Sexually Transmitted Infections

5 Barriers To Pregnancy Success (Besides Your Biological Clock)

The Huffington Post | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Infertility, Infertility Treatments, Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Fertility, Obesity, National Infertility Awareness Week, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Black Voices News

It isn't easy getting pregnant, and there are some 7.3 million infertile women in the U.S. to prove it. For black women, trying to conceive is an even...

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The Most Important Sex Advice For Post 50s

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Middle Age Sex, Sex in Midlife, Stds After 50, Stds, Stis After 50, Stds Midlife, Stis Midlife, Sex After 50, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Post50, Stis, Love Post50, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Fifty News

Yet another warning this week that post 50s are in denial about the need to practice safe sex. According to British researchers writing in the medical...

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Teenage Girls Mistakenly Think HPV Vaccine Reduces Risk For All STDs

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Hpv, HPV Vaccine, Stds, Video, Hpv Vaccination, Hpv Vaccine Teenage Girls, Safe Sex, Teenage Girls, HPV Vaccine Teens, High School News, Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Infections, High School News

Although the Human Papillomavirus vaccine may be lowering teens' risk of contracting HPV, as many as one in four teenage girls falsely believes that t...

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Which County Has The Highest Rate Of Reported Syphilis Cases?

Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Syphilis, Syphilis Rates Cook County, Video, Cdc Report Syphilis Cook County, Cdc Report Syphilis, Syphilis Chicago, Syphilis Cook County, Sexually-Transmitted Infections, Chicago News

According to new data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control, Cook County, Ill. ranks first among the U.S. counties documenting reported...

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'Free Love' Comes With A Price

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, Safe Sex, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Unsafe Sex, Condoms, Love Post50, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Seniors STDs, Fifty News

Last month, we addressed the most common sex myths about baby boomers, debunking the false assumption that as people age, they lose their desire to ha...

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Time to Start Talking

Vanessa Cullins | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Syphilis, Bisexual, Sex, Chlamydia, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infections, African-American AIDS, Bv-Life, African-American Health, HIV Prevention, AIDS Prevention, African American Stis, African American Sexually Transmitted Disease, African American Stds, Black Voices News
Vanessa Cullins

While STIs cross all racial lines, African Americans are disproportionately at risk for such common infections as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, and syphilis. African-American women must take the first step to protect our health: Talk about sex.

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Porn Industry Shuts Down Over New HIV Case

AP | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Porn HIV, Duke Person, Porn Industry Hiv, Los-Angeles-Porn-Industry, Porn Shutdown, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — An adult film performer has tested positive for HIV, causing porn producers to shut down shoots in Southern California as the diag...

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WATCH: Former Porn Actress Pleads For Condom Use In Films

AP | By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Std, Condoms in Porn, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Sti, Mandatory-Condoms-in-Porn, Free Speech Coalition, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Video, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- If a health advocacy group gets enough petition signatures, Los Angeles residents could be asked to vote on whether porn producers must...

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Laura Bassett

Texas Planned Parenthood Clinic Attacked With Molotov Cocktail

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Abortion, Texas, Free Clinic, Family Planning, Molotov Cocktail, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights, Anti-Abortion-Violence, Reproductive Health, Planned-Parenthood-Texas, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Contraception, Planned Parenthood, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Politics News

A McKinney, Texas, Planned Parenthood clinic that does not provide abortions was attacked with a Molotov cocktail late Tuesday night, causing a small ...

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Sexygenerians: Why the Taboo Against Candor, Safety With Senior Sex?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Stds, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Elderly Sex, Sexygenerians, Senior Sex, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Desire, Condoms, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Even if your parents never got around to having "the talk" with you, you may need to consider having it with them, especially if they are divorced or widowed.

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Catherine Pearson

A Sex Parasite Most Common In Women Over 40?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Stds, STD Rates, Parasites, Std Women, Trich, Std Older Women, Std Reporting, Std CDC, Sex Education, Std, Women's Health, Sex, Trichomonas, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sti, Sexually Transmitted Parasite, Sex Parasite, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Std Testing, Video, Healthy Living News

A sex parasite that causes one of the most common sexually transmitted infections is nearly twice as prevalent in women 50 and older, according to new...

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Weekly Pulse: Dr. George Tiller's Assassin Was No Lone Wolf

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oilspill, Safety, Bp, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Tiller, Roeder, Oil, Choice, Catholic Church, Contraception, Military, RH Reality Check, Working in These Times, Health, Women, Propaganda, Abortion, Sti, Ms Magazine, Mother Jones, Care2, Alternet, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger When Scott Roeder shot Dr. George Tiller in church last year, media accounts described him as a lone w...

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Abstinence-Only Across The Board -- Not So Fast!

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: John Jemmott III, Hiv, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexual Initiation, Abstinence-Only, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Abstinence-Until-Marriage, Sex Education, Health, Sex, Healthy Living News
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

Yet should we be so quick to declare abstinence-only as the best approach to sexuality education? After all, this is only one study, and it certainly has its shortcomings, like its...

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Reproductive Education Program Helps Break Poverty Cycle

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011

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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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.17.2011

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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Whose Right to Sex Education?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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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House Committee Zeroes Out Traditional Sources of Ab-Only Funding, Removes Ban on Syringe Exchange

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Contraception, Abstinence Education, Syringe Exchange, Abstinence Only, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Needle-exchange programs were banned for many years solely due to ideological opposition and false charges that such programs encouraged further drug use.

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CPS To Offer STD Testing As Gonorrhea, Chlamydia Cases Rise

Chi-Town Daily News | Alex Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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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A Sexologist's "Ideal" Healthcare Plan

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sexual Health, Hiv, Divorce, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Unintended Pregnancies, Reproductive Health, Obama, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Style News
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

Let's not forget that "yes we can" applies to realizing a sexually healthy tomorrow.

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