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Health

Circumcision Lowers Men’s Chance of Getting STDs

Many studies have shown that circumcision helps men prevent infection with HIV virus. Apparently...
» read full story March 26th, 2009 - 14:05
Compound Found Effective against HIV Infection in Monkeys

Compound Found Effective against HIV Infection in Monkeys

Researchers have made a huge step forward in fighting AIDS virus by announcing that a cheap,...
» read full story March 05th, 2009 - 14:09
UN Needs Another $11.3 Billion To Fight Against AIDS

UN Needs Another $11.3 Billion To Fight Against AIDS

The world needs to spend another 11.3 billion dollars to reach the goal of providing universal AIDS...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 00:39

STDs On The Rise

Sexually transmitted diseases are some of the most fast-spreading diseases out there. Most of...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 00:39
STDs At All-Time High, Chlamydia Sets Record

STDs At All-Time High, Chlamydia Sets Record

  Although previous reports have shown that sexually transmitted diseases are on decline in...
» read full story January 14th, 2009 - 13:28
Teens Tackle Risky Behaviour on MySpace

Teens Tackle Risky Behaviour on MySpace

Many teens and college students enjoy talking about sex, drugs and violence on MySpace or Facebook,...
» read full story January 08th, 2009 - 15:35
Sex, Drugs, Violence – the Favourite Topic of Conversation for Half of Teens

Sex, Drugs, Violence – the Favourite Topic of Conversation for Half of Teens

  According to a new study, 54% of teens talk about behaviours such as sex, alcohol use, and...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 11:47

The Pill, The Patch, The Condom - How They Differ

Hanover - When young women start having butterflies in their stomachs while kissing their...
» read full story December 29th, 2008 - 13:05
More Efforts Are Needed to Combat Discrimination against HIV/AIDS Sufferers

More Efforts Are Needed to Combat Discrimination against HIV/AIDS Sufferers

The fact that there is a lot of inaccurate information about how HIV is transmitted also...
» read full story December 01st, 2008 - 14:00

Complacency About AIDS Heightens Risks, Experts Say

Geneva - Asian countries, youngsters and people spoiled by the availability of medicines in the...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 16:49
Controversial Bill Will Enable Tracking HIV patients in Papua

Controversial Bill Will Enable Tracking HIV patients in Papua

A controversial bill that requires some HIV patients to be implanted with microchips has just...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 17:35

Condoms Help Heal Genital Infections

Munich - Condoms can help support the healing process of viral infections that affect the cervix,...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 10:02
Gardasil Gets FDA Approval for Two Types of Cancer

Gardasil Gets FDA Approval for Two Types of Cancer

Friday, the Food and Drug Administration informed that Merck’s Gardasil vaccine, which prevents...
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 13:56
Gardasil Proven Effective In Two Other Type Of Cancers

Gardasil Proven Effective In Two Other Type Of Cancers

FDA approved on Friday the use of Gardasil vaccine in fighting vaginal and vulvar cancers, in...
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 11:33
CDC Reports "Alarming" Rates Of HIV Infections Among Young Black Men

CDC Reports "Alarming" Rates Of HIV Infections Among Young Black Men

Young black gay men appear to be the hardest hit population when it comes to AIDS in the United...
» read full story September 12th, 2008 - 14:15
Study Analyzes Sexual Problems among Elderly Couples

Study Analyzes Sexual Problems among Elderly Couples

Researchers at the University of Chicago looked at original interviews with 3,000 elderly American...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 14:55
Genital Herpes Affects 26 Percent Of NYC Population

Genital Herpes Affects 26 Percent Of NYC Population

The Department Of Health announced that more than one fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 01:23

World’s Largest Reproductive Health Site Ignores “Abortion”

Federal officials discovered that John Hopkins University had set up a reproductive health site...
» read full story April 05th, 2008 - 12:07

Comprehensive Sex Education Necessary for Teens

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last week that one in four teenage...
» read full story March 20th, 2008 - 17:35
Avoiding Oral Sex and Pot May Keep You away from Throat Cancer

Avoiding Oral Sex and Pot May Keep You away from Throat Cancer

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center discovered that the sexually transmitted...
» read full story March 13th, 2008 - 13:37
STD Rates Soaring in Teen Girls, CDC Study Reveals

STD Rates Soaring in Teen Girls, CDC Study Reveals

A new study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found startling...
» read full story March 11th, 2008 - 19:44
FDA Postpones Hearing on Use of Pegintron for Skin Cancer

FDA Postpones Hearing on Use of Pegintron for Skin Cancer

One of the advisory panels of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has postponed its planned...
» read full story March 10th, 2008 - 21:19
Official NYC Condom Gets Makeover for Valentine's Day

Official NYC Condom Gets Makeover for Valentine's Day

“Get some” free NYC condoms on this special lovers’ day – February 14...
» read full story February 14th, 2008 - 11:16
New Strain of Drug-Resistant Staph Is Hitting Gay Men

New Strain of Drug-Resistant Staph Is Hitting Gay Men

Methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus also known as MRSA may have become a sexually...
» read full story January 15th, 2008 - 10:35
Cervical Shot Prompts "Ouches" from Girls

Cervical Shot Prompts "Ouches" from Girls

The controversial Gardasil vaccine from Merck & Co. that prevents cervical cancer in girls has been...
» read full story January 07th, 2008 - 12:56
FDA Requires HIV Warning for Contraceptive Products

FDA Requires HIV Warning for Contraceptive Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule Tuesday requiring manufacturers of...
» read full story December 19th, 2007 - 13:06
Univ. Mass. Professor Caught in Sex Sting

Univ. Mass. Professor Caught in Sex Sting

A doctor specializing in infectious diseases at University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical...
» read full story November 14th, 2007 - 17:54
Chlamydia Is at the Top of Sexual Transmitted Diseases in the U.S.

Chlamydia Is at the Top of Sexual Transmitted Diseases in the U.S.

More than 1 million new cases of Chlamydia were registered in 2006 in the U.S., according to a...
» read full story November 14th, 2007 - 10:07
Do Abstinence Programs Work among Teenagers?

Do Abstinence Programs Work among Teenagers?

A study on teenage behavior reported that sex educational programs that focus exclusively on...
» read full story November 08th, 2007 - 17:43
Maine Middle School Provides Pupils with Birth Control

Maine Middle School Provides Pupils with Birth Control

Better safe than sorry? Perhaps this is what a Portland school board based its decision on...
» read full story October 18th, 2007 - 15:27
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U.S.

STDs At All-Time High, But Chlamydia Sets Record

STDs At All-Time High, But Chlamydia Sets Record

  Although previous reports have shown that sexually transmitted diseases are on decline in...
» read full story January 14th, 2009 - 20:13
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Technology

Teens Engaged In Risky Online Behaviour

Teens Engaged In Risky Online Behaviour

  According to a new study, 54% of teens talk about behaviours such as sex, alcohol use, and...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 12:59
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Specials

Male Circumcision May Prevent Two Common STDs

Male circumcision appears to offer more protection to men than previously estimated, according to...
» read full story March 27th, 2009 - 14:30
New Yorkers, You Are All Invited to “Play Safe” on Valentine’s Day!

New Yorkers, You Are All Invited to “Play Safe” on Valentine’s Day!

In an attempt to reduce the number of sexually transmitted diseases, the New York City Department...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 15:37

CDC Reports Rise in Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  Cases of sexually transmitted diseases are at all-time high in the United States, not...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 15:12
Dr. Meg, Teenagers And MySpace Postings

Dr. Meg, Teenagers And MySpace Postings

Dr. Megan A. Moreno, the lead author of two studies about networking websites that were published...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 21:26
Religious Teens Begin Their Sexual Lives Later

Religious Teens Begin Their Sexual Lives Later

Having strong religious backgrounds might prevent teenagers from having sex at an early age,...
» read full story January 05th, 2009 - 12:50
Study: Exposure To Sexual Content On TV Doubles Teen Pregnancy Rate

Study: Exposure To Sexual Content On TV Doubles Teen Pregnancy Rate

Parents should be concerned about how much television their children are watching every day,...
» read full story November 03rd, 2008 - 13:30
Email STD Warning

Email STD Warning

Inspot.org is a service that allows people who have an STD to notify present or past sexual...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 19:35

Check Your Inbox For STDs

Inspot.org is a site that allows people to contact their past or present sexual partners and inform...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 23:03
Study Reveals Alarming Higher Rates of STDs among Teenage Girls

Study Reveals Alarming Higher Rates of STDs among Teenage Girls

Sexually transmitted diseases seem to be a big problem for most American girls, according to a new...
» read full story March 12th, 2008 - 10:27
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