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Study: HPV vaccine doesn't encourage sexual activity
There's been a lot of controversy over the HPV vaccine. Because Gardasil is designed to protect young people against human papillomavirus, a common sexually transmitted disease, some people believe the inoculation gives teens the go-ahead to have sex....
Tags: Medical Research, HPV Vaccine, Cancer, Chemical Industry, Health Treatments
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Stinging sensation in urethra could have several possible causes
The Medicine CabinetQ: I'm a 52-year-old man. When I finish urinating, I drip much more then I used to. And I have a stinging sensation in my urethra. I've had the same partner for 32 years, so I don't think it's a sexually transmitted disease (STD). What might cause this?...Tags: Urinary Tract Infection, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Prostate, Oncology
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FDA approves FIRST drug for the PREVENTION of sexually acquired HIV
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationannounced it had approved the drug combination of 300 mg tenofovir and 200 mg emtricitabine (TDF/FTC; brand name Truvada) for daily use by uninfected adults to help prevent the sexual acquisition of HIV. ...
Tags: HIV, Tenofovir (drug), Hepatitis, Chemical Industry, Drugs and Medicines
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STD numbers increase in Brown County
Chlamydia cases in Brown County have been increasing, keeping pace with the rise in numbers in the rest of the state, according to the department of health. Brown County's numbers account for 3.7 percent of the cases in South Dakota since 2006....
Tags: Syphilis, HIV, Chlamydia , Viral Diseases and Infections, Gonorrhea
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Uncircumcised boys and men may face more UTIs
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infections of the kidney, bladder and urethra happen in uncircumcised baby boys at ten times the rate of circumcised boys, and over a lifetime uncircumcised men are four times more likely to experience one, according to a new...Tags: Medical Research, HIV, Michigan State University, Colleges and Universities, Diseases and Illnesses
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The HPV vaccine and teen sex
If you could vaccinate your kids against cancer, wouldn't you do it? The answer may sound obvious. But we can vaccinate our kids against some vicious types of cancer -- and many parents are deliberately choosing not to. Why? Because the cancers...
Tags: HPV Vaccine, Cancer, Chemical Industry, Drugs and Medicines, Family Planning
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Health Bureau finally being put out of misery
I was well on my way to writing another fire and brimstone column about the Bi-County Health Bureau, this time aimed at the Lehigh County commissioners' plan to kill it for good rather than await a more favorable economic climate. That column was...
Tags: Allentown, Lehigh County, Medical Procedures and Tests, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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No on Measure B
Performers in adult films risk their health and their very lives to do their controversial work. Despite advances in the treatment of HIV, there is not yet a cure for the virus, which causes AIDS. New, more virulent and in some cases reportedly...
Tags: HIV, Chlamydia , Head Injuries, Pornography, Gonorrhea
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Hip Hop for HIV summit
KIAHHOUSTON - Thousands of people went to Reliant Arena to jam out to a hip hop show. But it wasn`t just any concert. It was a concert with a cause. The Hip Hop for HIV Awareness campaign put on the show as a way to reward those who got tested for HIV and...Tags: HIV
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California sees a rise in sexually transmitted diseases
L.A. NOWCalifornia syphilis cases jumped by 18% from 2010 to 2011, according to data released by the state Department of Public Health. The data also show a 5% rise in Chlamydia and 1.5% increase in gonorrhea.... -
Trio Suspected of Recruiting Immigrants for Prostitution
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A man and his wife are facing federal charges that they recruited Eastern European women to work as prostitutes in Los Angeles. Mher "Mike" Hakopyan, 38, and his wife, Natalya Muravyeva, 31, are being held without bail. They are...Tags: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Prostitution, Immigration, Sex Crimes, Los Angeles International Airport
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Voters to Decide on Requiring Condoms in Adult Films
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Voters in Los Angeles County will get to decide on whether porn actors should be required to wear condoms during filming. AIDS Healthcare Foundation says they collected 371,000 signatures in five months, far exceeding the 232,000...Tags: HIV, AIDS, Movies, Human papillomavirus, Pornography
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