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11 hrs ago | Xinhuanet

Indian sex workers protest gov't plan to sign FTA with EU

Around 250 Indian sex workers living with HIV and others sexually transmitted diseases, Friday held a protest in the southern Indian city of Mysore opposing any move to ink Free Trade Agreement with the European Union , reported local daily Indian Express Saturday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, World News, India

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Star Tribune

Help those harmed in Guatemala

In the fall of 2010, the Obama administration acknowledged a shocking truth: From 1946 through 1948, officials working in Guatemala for the U.S. Public Health Service conducted tests on some 5,100 unwitting individuals and deliberately infected at least 1,300 with sexually transmitted diseases.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Opinion

Medical News Today

Gonorrhea Drug Resistance Alarming

Over the last three years, gonorrhea has become increasingly harder to treat with antibiotics , making it now a reality that perhaps we may be facing a gonorrhea strain for which no current medications would be effective, researchers from the CDC , and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine reported in NEJM .

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Related Topix: Gonorrhea, Medicine, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Suprax, Cefixime (generic), Medication

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Silver City Sun-News

Department of Health: Health staff dedicated to disease prevention

Travis Leyva has sat through hundreds of hours of training in his more than seven years with the New Mexico Department of Health.

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Related Topix: New Mexico, New Mexico Government, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, Medicine, Health, Infectious Diseases

Medical News Today

Painful Periods Eased By Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs ; Pain / Anesthetics Article Date: 08 Feb 2012 - 1:00 PST A large Scandinavian study, that has been running for 30 years, has finally provided convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill does, indeed, alleviate the symptoms of painful menstrual ... (more)

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Related Topix: Women's Health, Health, Sweden, World News

Tue Feb 07, 2012

ABC Action News

STD rate explodes among older population

Sexually Transmitted Diseases have more than doubled for older adults been 50 and 90 years old in the last ten years, and experts are offering several reasons why, The International Business Times reports.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Human Sexuality

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Charleston Gazette

Wagoner to headline WV Free gala

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An international advocate for adolescent reproductive and sexual health will be the keynote speaker at a gala for a state reproductive rights group Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Charleston, WV, Human Sexuality, Medicine, Health

The Jersey Journal

Private health center backs out of deal with Jersey City to operate STD clinic

In a last-minute blow to Jersey City's long-delayed efforts to privatize its clinic treating sexually transmitted diseases, the prospective new managers of the facility have backed out of the deal.

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Related Topix: Jersey City, NJ, Medicine, Health

Hattiesburg American

HPSD to discuss sex education

Abstinence-only sex education is a form of sex education that teaches abstinence from sex.

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Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Human Sexuality, Medicine, Health, Education Etc., Healthcare Law, Law

Sun Feb 05, 2012

International Business Times

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Rise Among Baby Boomers: How To Practice Safer Sex

Baby boomers in the U.S., Canada and Britain are seeing an increase in rates of sexually transmitted disease.

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Related Topix: Human Sexuality, Medicine

Martinsville Bulletin

Teen pregnancy rates fall

Vicky Utt , health coordinator; Dr. Gordon Green, director of the West Piedmont Health District; and Beth Holyfield, teen health center nurse, stand in the waiting area of the center at Martinsville High School.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Martinsville, VA, Henry County, VA, Family, Teenagers

Sat Feb 04, 2012

Daily Mail

Increasing risk of STDs among those over 50 as demographic has more sex than ever

Sexually transmitted diseases among older adults have more than doubled in the past 10 years according to a new report as the age group is having more sex than ever.

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Related Topix: Human Sexuality, Medicine, Europe, World News, United Kingdom

Big News Network.com

Komen reverses course on grants

Most of its services -- 71 percent -- are for birth control and testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

TheSpectrum.com

Resident encourages abstinence education

Lee, pastor of Living Waters Fellowship, spearheaded a drive to encourage the Virgin Valley Community Education Advisory Board to approve the DVD 'Sex Still Has a Price Tag' as an educational resource in high school and middle school health classes, also encouraged city council to pass a resolution last year declaring Mesquite's first Abstinence ... (more)

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Related Topix: Human Sexuality, Medicine, Health, Kids

Fri Feb 03, 2012

Patch.com

Health Department to Open STD Clinic in Manahawkin

The Ocean County Health Department is starting a new twice-monthly free clinic for those seeking treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, giving people in the underserved southern part of the county access to the same health resources those in northern Ocean already have.

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Related Topix: Manahawkin, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Medicine, Health

Newswise

A Lonely Heart Can Make You Sick

Newswise - Newly divorced middle aged women are more vulnerable to contract HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to Christopher Coleman, PhD, MPH, RN , associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, because they tend to let their guard down with new sexual partners and avoid using protection since they ... (more)

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Medicine, Nursing

ABC News

Sex Life of Older Adults and Rising STDs

Rates of sexually transmitted diseases have doubled for people in their 50s, 60s and 70s in the past decade, a new study found.

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Related Topix: Human Sexuality, Medicine, Health, Getty Images, Kings College, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Minnesota

WHEC-TV Rochester

STDs in 50 to 90 year olds on the rise

Researchers say doctors should discuss safe sex with their older patients as cases of sexually transmitted diseases have risen among seniors.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Erectile Dysfunction

Tue Jan 31, 2012

RiverBender.com

Sexual Health and Teen Pregnancy

The Madison County Health Department continues to promote its sexual health awareness programs toward residents ofMadisonCounty.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

The Huffington Post

B.J. Epstein: "You Are Worth Keeping Safe": Condoms, Teenagers and the Media

Not only will this protect the actors themselves from the potential transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, but it will also serve to help teach the next generation about the importance of safe sex.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Arts, Literature, Medicine, Health, Human Sexuality, Gay/Lesbian, HIV/AIDS

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