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Sexual counselors say many patients know little about STDs

Dec. 30, 2010 Nurses at a Planned Parenthood facility in Warrensburg, Missouri told DigitalBurg that few people who come to them for counseling know good safe sex practices.
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When it comes to HIV, prevention beats treatment, expert says

Dec. 30, 2010 The CEO of Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), an AIDS-related non-profit in New York City, told the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News that over-hyped ...
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STDs are a psychological as well as sexual problem in teens, expert cautions

Dec. 30, 2010 A pediatrician from Michigan State University, Kalamazoo recently told Internal Medicine News that he believes the rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among teens is ...
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STDs are psychological as well as sexual problem in teens, expert cautions

Dec. 29, 2010 A pediatrician from Michigan State University, Kalamazoo recently told Internal Medicine News that he believes the rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among teens is ...
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HIV study in Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year, magazine says

Dec. 28, 2010 Science Magazine has named an anti-HIV microbicide study one of its Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year.
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Findings point to genetic basis for human sensitivity to certain STDs

Dec. 28, 2010 Researchers at the University of Chicago said that genetic differences between humans and primates may be to blame for human susceptibility to HIV and hepatitis ...
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Research determines how HIV develops resistance to two common antivirals

Dec. 20, 2010 A pair of recent studies described how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) develops a resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) and zidovudine, commonly known ...
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Study: Neonatal herpes is most common in Midwest

Dec. 17, 2010 Neonatal herpes is more prevalent in certain parts of the U.S., according to research published in the journal Pediatrics.
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HIV makes kidney health difficult to maintain, experts say

Dec. 17, 2010 Antiretroviral therapy allows HIV-positive people to live longer lives, increasing the likelihood that they will die of organ failure from afflictions like kidney disease, according ...
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STD risk does not decrease after menopause

Dec. 16, 2010 The idea that post-menopausal women are less likely to contract sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is nothing more than a myth, according to EmpowHer, an online ...
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FDA approves daily antiretroviral combo to treat HIV

Dec. 14, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a once-daily regimen of darunavir and ritonavir, two antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV infections.
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Boston youth organization seeks more extensive sex ed, condom distribution

Dec. 13, 2010 The Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF), a youth-led neighborhood improvement organization in Boston’s Jamaica Plain, is asking for better sexual education for their peers, according ...
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Chlamydia and toxoplasmosis take over cells in similar ways, researchers say

Dec. 13, 2010 Chlamydia and toxoplasmosis take over cells in similar ways, researchers say
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Health worker educates Asian-Americans on avoiding STDs

Dec. 09, 2010 Neighborhood health worker Wa Yang leads a workshop in St. Paul, Minnesota, designed to teach Asians and Pacific Islanders how to get tested for, and ...
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Public forum will discuss drug believed to prevent HIV transmission

Dec. 09, 2010 Advocacy groups and health officials from San Francisco will meet tonight to discuss and raise questions about Truvada, a drug that studies have shown may ...
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Donated blood is tested for STDs

Dec. 09, 2010 Campus Student Health Services took blood from 20 volunteers at Des Moines Area Community College and tested it for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), the campus ...
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HIV-positive adult film star calls for mandatory condom use, testing services

Dec. 08, 2010 A 24-year-old porn star who tested positive for HIV last month held a press conference Wednesday morning calling for mandatory condom use and testing for ...
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Circumcision may not reduce gay HIV risk, study finds

Dec. 08, 2010 Research has found that among men who have sex with men, circumcision did not significantly lower the risk of contracting HIV.
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Scientists unveil new HIV blood screening system

Dec. 07, 2010 Researchers in Germany have developed a new assay system, or detection method, for determining how well viral inhibitors work in HIV-positive blood.
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Study: Homeless youth spread STDs using social networks

Dec. 07, 2010 Recent findings indicate that homeless teens and young adults in Los Angeles use social networks, often to a negative sexual-health effect.
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WikiLeaks founder charged with unprotected sex

Dec. 06, 2010 Julian Assange, who has an Interpol notice out for his arrest, is charged not with rape but with failure to use a condom during sex, ...
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People with AIDS are living longer, dying of non-HIV-caused illnesses, research finds

Dec. 03, 2010 A survey of ten years’ worth of medical records has found that, due to the increased efficacy of antiretroviral drugs, AIDS patients are living longer ...
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Reviewer praises book about cells used to create drug for herpes

Dec. 03, 2010 NPR’s book critic Heller McAlpin recently had many good things to say about a new book that follows the life of one woman’s cancer cells, ...
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TSA pat-downs may come with a dose of syphilis or gonorrhea, experts say

Dec. 03, 2010 After World News Daily revealed that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents do not necessarily change latex gloves between pat-downs, several physicians told the news source ...
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HIV tests hit all-time high in U.S.

Dec. 02, 2010 The number of American adults who have ever been tested for HIV reached record numbers last year, the New York Times reports.
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County seat of Chicago ranked first nationally for gonorrhea

Dec. 01, 2010 New federal data indicates that Cook County, where Chicago is located, reported more cases of gonorrhea in 2009 than any other U.S. county, according to ...
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HIV drug’s once-a-day use reportedly fails trials

Dec. 01, 2010 The once-daily use of Isentress, an antiretroviral drug manufactured by Merck & Co., did not pass a Phase III trial, according to Reuters.
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Study: caring for parents with AIDS takes toll on children

Dec. 01, 2010 Children who take care of parents with HIV or AIDS are at greater risk of developing mental disorders, according to recent research.
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