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October – May 2007: STDs/STIs

NEW! Abortion Access and Risky Sex Among Teens: Parental Involvement Laws and STDs/STIs New STD Infection Rates “4 times higher among those who used condoms during their last vaginal intercourse”: M. genitalium Surpasses Gonorrhea among Young Adults...

November 2006: STDs / AIDS

AIDS in China Becoming Like AIDS in Africa Gonorrhea Fights Back in the UK AIDS IN CHINA BECOMING LIKE AIDS IN AFRICA. Chinese health officials say that the AIDS epidemic has jumped from its original demographic of homosexuals, IV drug users, and prostitutes to the...

Fall 2006: Herpes, HIV

Genital Herpes Virus Frequent In Teens Herpes increases the risk of HIV infection According to data presented by University of Toronto researcher Dr. Rupert Kaul at the August 2006 International AIDS conference, infection by the Herpes Simplex 2 virus...

July 2006: HIV / AIDS

Medical Doubts About Condoms and AIDS Prevention Study Suggests Behavior is Root Cause of HIV/AIDS MEDICAL DOUBTS ABOUT CONDOMS AND AIDS PREVENTION. Journalist Speaks on a "Solution" That Has Failed in Africa. Since 1989, more than 4 billion condoms have...

July 2006: STDs, Vaccines, & Condoms

HPV Vaccine – But the Battle Against HPV Is NOT Over (several articles) 30% Still Contract HPV With Condom Use HPV VACCINE: PROGRESS, BUT THE BATTLE’S NOT OVER AGAINST HPV. Although the new human papilloma virus vaccine offers protection against the two...

May 2006: STDs / AIDS

Russia May Be on the Edge of AIDS Crisis CDC Wants Routine AIDS Testing Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Among Adults, 2004 Health Agency Targets Pre-Teens with Sexual Information RUSSIA SAID TO BE ON EDGE OF AIDS CRISIS. Vitaly is the face of Russia's AIDS...

March 2006: STDs

Newly Identified Virus May Cause Prostate Cancer Chlamydia Vaccine May Be Possible STD Diagnosis in UK Up 62% NEWLY IDENTIFIED VIRUS MAY CAUSE PROSTATE CANCER. A newly identified virus tentatively called XMRV could be associated with the development of prostate cancer...

Winter 2005: STDs/ AIDS

HIV Escalating; 20% Increase in Canada; Doubles to 40 Million Worldwide Promiscuity Linked to Later Disabilities and to Early Death More Than 1 Million in USA Infected with HIV: Abstinence Education Needed UK: New STD Diagnosis up 62% To find last month’s...

August 2005: STDs/STIs

HPV Infection is an Independent Risk Factor for HIV STD Chlamydia Very Common in the USA Swaziland: Lower Teenage HIV by Promoting Abstinence IAS: HPV INFECTION IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR HIV — Infection with one subtype of the human papilloma virus (HPV)...

July 2005: STDs/STIs

Chlamydia Common in USA New HPV Vaccines Study: Oral Contraceptives Almost Double the Shedding of Herpes II US Backs Off Stipulation on AIDS Funds How to Tackle the AIDS/HIV Scourge HIV Infections Have Increased in the Philippines; Coincides with Increased...

AAP Releases Teen Pregnancy Policy (7/05)

The American Academy of Pediatrics, through its Committee on Adolescence led by Dr. Jonathan D. Klein, published a report, “Adolescent Pregnancy: Current Trends and Issues,” in the July 2005 issue of the organization’s journal, Pediatrics.  The report is a great...

April 2005: STDs/AIDS

African Heterosexual AIDS Myth Half of All Sexually Active Teens Will Get an STD HPV Can Increase Cervical Cancer Risk by 100 Times HPV Suspect in Prostate Cancer CDC: Condoms Do Not Protect Against HPV… AFRICAN HETEROSEXUAL AIDS MYTH –  99% of AIDS...