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Behavioral Interventions Can Reduce STDs

Behavioral interventions aimed at reducing sexual risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex, are effective at both promoting condom use and reducing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) long after the initial intervention, according to a new report in the Dec. 15, 2011 ...More
December 15, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
STDs Escalating in the Over-50 Crowd

According to an article in the November/December issue of the journal MEDSURG Nursing, rates of HIV/AIDS, herpes, syphilis, human papilloma virus (HPV), and other STDs are climbing steadily in this age group. But the news gets worse: thanks to ageism and social stigmas, ...More
December 12, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Researchers Herald Significant Breakthrough in Study of Chlamydia

A breakthrough in the study of chlamydia genetics could open the way to new treatments and the development of a vaccine for this sexually transmitted disease. For decades research progress has been hampered because scientists have been prevented from fully understanding ...More
October 13, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Linked to Trichomoniasis, a Common STI

A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that neighborhood environment plays a role in the risk of acquiring trichomoniasis, a common and easily curable sexually transmitted infection. Researchers examined the relationship between neighborhoods ...More
July 22, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Scientists Discover First Gonorrhea Strain Resistant to All Available Antibiotics

An international research team has discovered a strain of gonorrhea resistant to all currently available antibiotics. This new strain is likely to transform a common and once easily treatable infection into a global threat to public health. The details of the discovery made ...More
July 11, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
FDA, FTC Act to Remove Fraudulent STD Products From the Market

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced a joint effort to remove products from the market that make unproven claims to treat, cure, and prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Among the products targeted in today’s ...More
May 3, 2011
Posted in News
EDs Should be Aware of Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk in Patients

All adolescent females who show up in the emergency department (ED) complaining primarily of lower abdominal pain and/or urinary or genital symptoms should be tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to the authors of a study presented last week at the ...More
May 2, 2011
Posted in News
Scientists Find Method to Probe Genes of the Most Common Bacterial STI

In a new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, scientists describe successfully mutating specific genes of Chlamydia bacteria, which cause the most common sexually transmitted infection in ...More
April 14, 2011
Posted in News
Researchers Identify a More Definitive Test for a Common STI

A study from the microbiology lab at Rhode Island Hospital has found that a new test may be more accurate in identifying a common sexually transmitted infection (STI), Trichamonos vaginalis (TV). The researchers also noted a high prevalence of TV in women in the 36- to 45- ...More
March 10, 2011
Posted in News
Gonorrhea Acquires a Piece of Human DNA

If a human cell and a bacterial cell met at a speed-dating event, they would never be expected to exchange phone numbers, much less genetic material. In more scientific terms, a direct transfer of DNA has never been recorded from humans to bacteria. Until now. Northwestern ...More
February 14, 2011
Posted in News

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