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August – May 2009: Birth Control

The Unintended Consequences of Oral Contraception Plan B One-Step Is Abortifacient Abortifacient Mifepristone (original name RU 486) To Be Approved in Italy Bayer Sued Over Safety of Popular Birth Control Pills Withdrawal Method Finds Ally (Note Failure Rates of...

July – January 2009: STDs

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...

October – June 2008: HIV & Other STDs

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 —...

February 2008: STDs and Condoms

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...

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...