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March 2005: STDs

America’s Health Burden from Sexual Activity As part of an analysis of the burden of disease and injury in the USA, researchers identified/quantified the incidence of adverse health events, deaths, and disability adjusted life years (DALY) attributed to sexual...

February 2005: STDs

Resistant Gonorrhea on the Rise Rare Chlamydial STD Appearing in the USA   In Hawaii, the proportion of cases of gonorrhea that are resistant to Cipro increased nearly 7-fold 1997-2000 [medical journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases]: from less than 1.5% in 1996...

AIDS in Uganda and China (11/04)

The UNAIDS 2004 report highlights the global and regional estimates on HIV/AIDS and new trends in the epidemic. “The prevalence is still rising in some countries such as Madagascar and Swaziland, and is declining nationwide in Uganda,” primarily because of...

Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS (12/04)

DIAGNOSES OF HIV/AIDS — 32 States, 2000-2003 – An estimated 850,000–950,000 persons in the USA are living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), including 180,000–280,000 who do not know they are infected During 2000-2003, HIV/AIDS was...

AIDS and Hormones for Women (10/04)

“An experimental drug in the form of a vaginal gel is being tested on female monkeys to prevent the HIV virus from gaining access to the body. The drug works by preventing the virus from penetrating a woman’s cells. “In many parts of the world, the...

Depo Provera May Triple STD Risk (9/04)

Depo Provera Increases Chance of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea Women who use the injected contraceptive Depo-Provera have a higher rate of sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. researchers [National Institutes of Health, UNC, and Johns Hopkins Univ in Baltimore] reported. This...

HIV / AIDS Archive

AIDS IN AFRICA – Another study claims that "dominant organizations such as UNAIDS have grossly inflated the role of sexual activity in the spread of AIDS in Africa, consistently claiming that 90% of new cases are caused by sexual transmission. The new...

STDs – Archives

LEADING CONTRIBUTORS TO DEATH & DISABILITY WORLDWIDE IN 1999 Findings: 1) "unsafe" sexual behavior is the 3rd greatest contributor to worldwide death & disability 2) HIV and other STDs were the 2nd and 18th leading causes of worldwide death and...

HPV Linked to Mouth Cancer (3/04)

HPV LINKED TO MOUTH CANCER Scientists have uncovered evidence that STD human papilloma virus (HPV), transmitted through oral contact can cause mouth cancer. Researchers had suspected that HPV, which is linked to ~95% of all Cervical Cancer could also be...