by APFLI | May 6, 2004 | Reasons for Abstinence
Oral Sex and Teenagers Due to understandable sensitivities, there are fewer data available about how common the practice is among teenagers than adults, though anecdotes from educators and...
by APFLI | Mar 30, 2004 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has proposed a new set of rules that will guard the content of HIV/AIDS education resources, and contraception educators and promiscuity promoters are worried. In essence, they are concerned that the...
by APFLI | Mar 11, 2004 | STDs
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...
by APFLI | Mar 11, 2004 | STDs - Definitions / History / Statistics / Studies
IT IS TRUE that when two people have sexual intercourse, they are having intercourse with everyone with whom they both have ever had intercourse in the past. They both bring all their acquired diseases with them. This is because many sexually transmitted...
by APFLI | Mar 11, 2004 | STDs
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...
