Subscribe to this tag Chlamydia Infection May Play Role in Type of Arthritis
Health - May 6, 2009
Study ties bacterial exposure to tender joints in group of inflammatory diseases
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Circumcision Can Reduce AIDS Risk, Study Shows
Health - April 27, 2009
Research also finds no impairment in sexual function from procedure
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Less Than Half of Young Women Screened for Chlamydia
Health - April 16, 2009
Sexually active females risk infertility, ectopic pregnancy from the infection, CDC warns
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New HIV Drug May Help Those Resistant to Therapy
Health - April 1, 2009
Study in monkeys finds that it reduces replication of the virus
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Health Buzz: Hot Tea and Throat Cancer, and Other Health News
Health - March 27, 2009
How circumcision may prevent STDs; America's slow progress on electronic health records.
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Treatment Target for Herpes Pinpointed
Health - March 27, 2009
Study finds VP16 is molecular key that unlocks the virus from latent state
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Circumcision Guards Against STDs
Health - March 25, 2009
Study finds procedure dramatically reduces transmission of herpes, human papillomavirus
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Is Pope Benedict XVI Right on HIV/AIDS Prevention in Africa?
Opinion - March 17, 2009
The pope says abstinence, and not condoms, is the way to slow the spread of AIDS in Africa.
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Beer Pong and Herpes: This Is a Hoax
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - March 6, 2009
Officials are trying to debunk a rumor circulating online that says beer pong causes herpes.
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Germicide Might Guard Against HIV Infection
Health - March 4, 2009
Treatment prevented infection in monkeys, study shows
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Murders On the Rise in New York City
Nation & World - February 18, 2009
Murder and syphilis are up in the city.
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Most Young, Black Females Are Not Getting HPV Vaccine
Health - February 4, 2009
Despite viewing shot as 'wise choice,' just 1 in 4 are protected, survey finds
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In Time, Cream Might Prevent Herpes Transmission
Health - January 21, 2009
Harvard researchers say treatment involving genes works in mice
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Health Buzz: UnitedHealth Settlement and Other Health News
Health - January 14, 2009
Rising STD rates are bad news for women; states get grades on being smoky or smoke free.
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Rise in Sexually Transmitted Diseases Poses Biggest Risk to Young Women
By
Deborah Kotz
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On Women - January 13, 2009
Here's how to protect yourself from lifelong infertility.
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Many Teens Don't Keep Virginity Pledges
Health - December 29, 2008
Pledgers are also less likely to use birth control, study finds
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Circumcision Rates Too Low
Health - December 23, 2008
Study points to 16 states where Medicaid doesn't fund procedure
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Teens and Sex: How to Help Your Kids Dodge Pregnancy and STDs
By
Lindsay Lyon
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Health - December 10, 2008
Teenagers may not appreciate the importance of sexual health. That's where responsible parents step in.
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Possible AIDS Treatment Shows Promise in Monkeys
Health - December 10, 2008
It stops virus from fooling immune cells, researchers say
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Guideline Urges HIV Tests for All Patients 13 and Older
Health - December 1, 2008
Physicians' group, citing World AIDS Day, says colleagues can prevent spread of infection
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Medical Videos - Videos on Diseases and Health Conditions - US News Health (usnews.com)
Health - November 21, 2008
7 Facts You Need to Know About HPV and Gardasil
By
Bernadine Healy, M.D.
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Heart to Heart - November 17, 2008
Here's a wake-up call for young people on sexually transmitted cancer.
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HPV Vaccine for Men: It's About Time
By
Bernadine Healy, M.D.
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Heart to Heart - November 14, 2008
The cancer-causing papillomavirus affects men, not just women.
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Health Buzz: Bone Marrow Stem Cells to Cure AIDS and Other Health News
Health - November 14, 2008
A vaccine's power to stop genital warts in men; 5 reasons women still need to take vitamin D
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