Sexually Transmitted Diseases News

SEXUALLY transmitted diseases have been rated a "concern" for the builders of the Katherine to Gove gas pipe along its route through Top End towns and at the workers' camps.

A proposal that revamps sex education in Illinois public schools to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases has cleared the state Senate.

May 19 - PositiveSingles.com , a dating site marketed to users with sexually transmitted diseases, is promising 100% confidentiality.

A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how one views themselves.

The PLAISIR usually cost Rwf400 and now it is available at Rwf200 according to Sylvain Ndaruhutse the representatives of Society for Family Health in Northern Province of Rwanda.

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs Article Date: 13 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT A surprisingly large number of women 18 or older choose to delay or skip monthly menstruation by deviating from the instructions of birth-control pills and other hormonal contraceptives, a team of University of Oregon researchers ... (more)

Main Category: Sexual Health / STDs Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 10 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Previous scientific studies have suggested that women who use a copper IUD for contraception suffer from worse period pain , but a study at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, that followed 2,100 women over a 30-year ... (more)

There was a bit of buzz last week about a new " sex superbug " making its way into the U.S., but reports of an antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea strain are premature, according to public health officials.

Opponents of a North Carolina House bill that would require teens to get parental approval for birth control say it would be the most restrictive in the nation.

A bill restricting teenagers' access to medical and mental health care will be voted on in the North Carolina House of Representatives today.

Kanawha County Circuit Judge Duke Bloom made the right call in denying a George Washington High School senior's request for an injunction against her principal.

Following Los Angeles County's lead, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to pass an urgency ordinance to require the use of condoms in adult film shoots.

Here's a sobering fact: More than 110 million people in the United States, which is more than one-third of the population, currently have a sexually transmitted disease .

A bill advancing in the North Carolina House requires minors seeking treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and other problems to first obtain parental consent.

Some North Carolina lawmakers want to require minors seeking treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and other problems to get parental consent first.

Gonorrhea is one of the most commonly known sexually transmitted diseases. The CDC reports that scientists have found the first "superbug" strain.

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Assemblyman Jeff Gorrell said a statewide law requiring porn actors to wear condoms would curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

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Those polled ranked cocaine and eating disorders as bigger problems. While 97 percent of the respondents believe steroids cause negative health effects, just 19 percent think steroid use is a big problem among high school students.