by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | STDs - Definitions / History / Statistics / Studies, STDs / STIs
Gonorrhea is a highly contagious sexually transmitted bacterial infection, sometimes referred to as the ‘clap’. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest tracking suggests that resistance went down between 2011 and 2013 to the...
by APFLI | Feb 21, 2014 | STDs / STIs
Medical Institute for Sexual Health Package for Parents … Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance – How Did the US Population Fare in 2012? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the report Sexually Transmitted Diseases...
by APFLI | Aug 20, 2011 | STDs / STIs
CDC: Homosexual Men Account for 61% of New HIV Infections but Only 2% of U.S. Population The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has estimated that homosexual men account for 61% of the new HIV infections in the United States while they only amount to about 2% of the...
by APFLI | Jan 9, 2010 | STDs / STIs
Sexually Transmitted Infections, especially Herpes II, and Prostate Cancer among Men in the U.S. Military a statistically significant association between prostate cancer and serologic evidence of HSV-2 infection was detected in the earlier sample (odds ratio, 1.60;...
by APFLI | Aug 29, 2009 | STDs / STIs
At Our Throats: HPV and Tonsil Cancer Common STD ("STI") Associated with Aggressive Prostate Cancer in Men — Calling this a Sexually Transmitted "Infection" to Make is Sound Less Dangerous May NOT Be Such a Good Idea… HIV Vaccine: Hope...
by APFLI | Jul 24, 2009 | STDs / STIs
54% of U.S. HIV Infections Caused by Homosexual Activity Among Men, 13-29. The U.S. Center for Disease Control has issued a fact sheet which says that 54% of HIV infections among males, aged 13-29, were caused by homosexual contact in 2006. This is opposed to...
by APFLI | Jan 15, 2009 | STDs / STIs
Clinic-Based Testing for Rectal and Pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis Infections by Community-Based Organizations — Five Cities, United States, 2007 Herpes Rates Among Young Adults Aged 20-29 Years Researchers Suspect Oral Sex to Blame...
by APFLI | May 28, 2008 | STDs / STIs
NEW! CDC: 2006 Disease Profile (Oct 08) One in Four People in New York City Have Herpes Virus HPV Possibly Linked to Lung Cancer Gum Disease & HPV — a Double Whammy CDC: Trends in HIV and STD-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students —...
by APFLI | Mar 3, 2008 | STDs / STIs
Another ANTI-HIV Microbicide Fails the Test No AIDS Vaccine on the Horizon AIDS in Africa: Abstinence Works AIDS Rates in Northern Ireland Up By 300%… ANOTHER ANTI-HIV MICROBICIDE BITES THE DUST. That’s according to disappointed researchers who had hoped...
by APFLI | Feb 3, 2008 | STDs / STIs
Condom Debate "Hijacked" and Drifting from "Evidence Based" Science – The British Medical Journal is running a pair of articles offering two opposed views on the question, "Are condoms the answer to rising rates of non-HIV sexually...
by APFLI | Oct 28, 2007 | STDs / STIs
NEW! AIDS in Africa – MORE Good News: AIDS Epidemic Overestimated Ugandan AIDS Activist's Facts Invalidate UN Official Claim HIV/ AIDS Among Hispanics… UN Finally Admits Worldwide AIDS Epidemic Greatly Overestimated: UNAIDS estimates now much...
by APFLI | Feb 27, 2004 | STDs / STIs
1 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AMONG U.S. YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES 15 AND 24 — Of the estimated 18.9 million new STD cases in 2000, 9.1 million (48 percent) were among 15- to 24-year-olds. Year...
by APFLI | Feb 25, 2004 | STDs / STIs
1 YOUTH STD CASES SOAR — 1 of every 2 sexually active young people can expect to become infected by age 25. Young women are more at risk than young men because the infections can “silently”...
