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HPV LInked to Tonsil Cancer (11/09)

HPV AND TONSIL CANCER The research of an Ohio oncologist, Maura Gillison, is confirming early data showing the annual increases in tonsil cancer among younger patients are due, at least in part, to HPV infection. Changes in sexual behavior during recent decades have...

HIV / AIDS Vaccine Hopes Smashed Yet Again (2008)

HIV/AIDS VACCINE TEST RESULTS: A “CATASTROPHE” LIKE “THE CHALLENGER DISASTER” That was the somber evaluation of the latest AIDS vaccine test results by Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of the HIV virus at a recent AIDS conference in Boston. Ronald...

Cytomegalovirus

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) — A herpes infection that causes serious illness in people with AIDS. CMV can develop in any part of the body but most often appears in the retina of the eye, the nervous system, the colon or the esophagus. In pregnant women, a...

Rare STD: Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) (12/04)

  Health Officials Issue Alert about Rare Sexually Transmitted Disease — San Francisco public health officials issued a warning that a rare and potentially debilitating STD reported recently in the Netherlands has turned up among a small number of...

Non-AIDS Defining Malignancies on the Rise (2/04)

“The incidence of five non-AIDS defining malignancies — lung cancer, head and neck cancer, Hodgkin’s disease, anorectal cancer and melanoma — are significantly higher in HIV-infected persons than in the general population,” Dr. Pragna...

HIV/AIDS Infection

For more information about HIV/AIDS, visit The Medical Institute, www.medinstitute.org. Initial acute infection is quite mild and is characterized by fever (80-90% cases), fatigue (70-90%), rash (40-80%), headache and lymph node enlargement. The acute infection...

Hepatitis A (HAV)

Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by Hepatitis A virus (HAV), and is spread by putting anything in the mouth that has been contaminated with the feces of an infected person. HAV-infected persons can spread the virus to household members or to sexual...

Hepatitis B (HBV)

Hepatitis B (HBV) is caused by a virus and results in chronic liver disease. There is no cure. Over 100,000 to 200,000 cases are reported annually. About 5000-6000 U.S. deaths occur each year from HBV infection that leads to liver disease. If a person has contracted...

Trichomoniasis

Trichomoniasis, an infection caused by a protozoan organism called Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), is one of the most commonly occurring sexually transmitted infections (STI/STD) in the world. There are more than 200 million new cases of trichomoniasis around the world...

Syphilis

Syphilis is a bacterial infection caused by Treponema pallidum – a spiral organism identified by its motility under a microscope. The incubation period for the infection (ie, time from initial exposure to development of infection) varies from 10 to 90 days, with...

Herpes Simplex II (HSV-2)

Herpes Simplex (HSV) is a virus unique to humans. Two types exist: Type I causes fever blisters and Type II causes genital infections. Twenty-five percent (one in four) of sexually active women, and 20 percent of men, will become infected with Herpes Simplex Type II...

Gonorrhea

Gonorrheais caused by the bacteria N.gonorrhea. Approximately 600,000 new cases of this disease are now reported annually with the highest rates among teens [CDC, STD Surveillance,1997].  Gonorrhea can cause Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) which...

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

Human Papilloma Virus (pap-ill-LOW-mah) Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) causes genital warts.  It is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States (5.5 million cases per year) and is incurable. HPV is also highly contagious (the risk is 1 per 2...

Chlamydia

Chlamydia is the most common STD among young adults.   Ten to 40% of all cases of chlamydia, which can lead to infertility and other health problems, are reported in the 15 to 19 age group. [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) (updated 3/07)

What is HIV? Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that infects certain white blood cells.   When the virus infects these cells, called T-helper cells of CD4 cells, the virus takes over the cell’s ability to reproduce.   These...

Physicians Series Brochure: STDs

YES, WHEN TWO PEOPLE HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, they are having intercourse with everyone with whom they both have ever had intercourse, because many sexually transmitted diseases have no symptoms and are very difficult – if not impossible...