Chlamydia Articles

Chlamydia News : Doctor: Tell kids about STDs
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:23:15 GMT
Recently released Iowa De-partment of Public Health Sexually Transmitted Disease statistics should sound the alarm to parents, schools and communities, according to Dr. Archana Chatterjee, Creighton University professor of pediatrics and Chil-dren's Hospital epidemiologist.

Chlamydia News : How should parents talk to their children about sex?
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:36 GMT
"I'm still a virgin and intend to stay that way," 14-year-old Eric informed me during a recent evaluation. When I gently inquired what he meant, Eric proclaimed that he hadn't had sexual intercourse but then described having unprotected anal and oral sex with his girlfriend.

Chlamydia News : Testing through HIV West Yellowhead continues
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:15:07 GMT
June 27 was National HIV Testing Day and we at HIV West Yellowhead still would like to encourage you to get tested for HIV and other STIs. Getting tested for HIV and other STIs is simple and confidential.

Alaska ranks high in chlamydia but low in HIV rates nationally
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:01:27 GMT
FAIRBANKS -- Alaska continues to rank high nationally in the rate of chlamydia cases but relatively low in the most serious sexually transmitted disease, HIV, according to reports by the state Division of Public Health.

A Dastardly Doubling... of Pleasure?
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:24:52 GMT
Image by Vox Efx on Flickr Two important rates have doubled lately: home foreclosures and STDs . We've all been inundated with information about the housing crisis, but we didn't realize there was a herpes crisis as well. Are people having reckless sex to console themselves about their home foreclosures? Probably not; the research for the STD study found rates doubled in 2003, ...

Sunday's Our View: Alarming figures
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:22:36 GMT
Tom Newton, director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, called the figures "alarming." His choice of words was not an exaggeration. According to figures from the IDPH, the total number of cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reached record levels in 2007.

State has no proof that backs Delaware Valley STD claim
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:09:22 GMT
The state Department of Health on Tuesday said it has no information to support the Delaware Valley School District’s claim that more than 300 students have been diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases, including one with HIV.

Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Over 45s On The Increase
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:15:22 GMT
A collaborative study which included researchers from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) West Midlands and is published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), shows an increasing rate of sexual infections in people over 45 years in the West Midlands.

State abortions rates have declined; why not for teens?
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:19:04 GMT
The teen abortion rate, once on the decline, remains flat - and rose among 18- and 19-year-olds.

Baby boomer generation biggest booze bingers
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:56:00 GMT
SOUTH Australia's baby boomer generation is the worst for dangerous drinking, a report shows.

Infertility in Men
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:12:21 GMT
In-Depth From A.D.A.M. Causes The effect of aging on male fertility is not totally clear. However, growing evidence suggests that it may be a factor (although not to the extent that it is in women).

Sexual diseases double among middle-aged Britons
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:33:46 GMT
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Britons aged over 45 have more than doubled in less than a decade, a report said on Monday, citing online dating and drugs that counter erectile dysfunction among causes.

District backs Delaware Valley nurse on STD letter
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:09:03 GMT
The Delaware Valley School District is standing by a school nurse who drafted a letter to 3,000 parents stating Maternal and Family Health Services in Milford diagnosed more than 300 students with sexually transmitted diseases.

New Health Center For Men Only
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:46:23 GMT
Sexually transmitted diseases among Amarillo men are on the rise according to health officials. 19 million people catch sexually transmitted diseases every year. 

Older People Are Also Susceptible To Sexually Transmitted Infections
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:13:12 GMT
A team of British researchers has found that among the over-45 age group, there has been a doubling of sexually transmitted infections (STI) rates in less than 10 years. The findings are published in the BMJ journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.

STD Rate Doubles For Middle-Aged People
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:43:47 GMT
People over 45 show up in clinics with cases of genital warts and herpes at an increasing rate.

Baby boomers are binge boozers
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT
THE Baby Boomer generation is the worst for dangerous drinking, a report shows.

Sex diseases shoot up in older Britons
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:22:34 GMT
Number of STDs in people over 45 more than doubles in less than decade, report says, blaming Internet dating, erection aids

Middle-Aged People See Doubling Of STD Rate
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:47:44 GMT
More people over 45 report infections such as genital warts and herpes that are often associated with younger people.

STD Rate Doubles For Middle-Aged People
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:44:40 GMT
The rate of sexually transmitted diseases in people over 45 doubled over the last decade, researchers found by checking reports from 19 sexual health clinics.

STD rate skyrockets in older Brits
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:26:00 GMT
SEXUALLY transmitted infections in Britons aged over 45 has more than doubled in less than a decade with internet dating and drugs that counter erectile dysfunction partly to blame, a report said today.

Sex diseases among over 45s rocket
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:27:00 GMT
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Britons aged over 45 has more than doubled in less than a decade with Internet dating and drugs that counter erectile dysfunction partly to blame, a report said on Monday.

STI rate has doubled in a decade among over-45s due to 'sexual risk-taking'
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:04:38 GMT
The rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among over-45s has soared in the last 10 years, a study has found. The failure to practise safe sex has led to the number of infections to rocket 127 per cent.

HIV jibe by man's internet lover
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT
AN HIV-positive man accused of infecting a man he met on the internet told him it was better he got it from a lover than a stranger, a court heard.

'Risk-taking' blamed as STIs double for over-45s
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:33:56 GMT
The rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among the over-45s has more than doubled in under a decade, a study showed today.

Sex diseases among over 45s rocket
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:20:25 GMT
Sexually transmitted infections STIs in Britons aged over 45 has more than doubled in less than a decade with Internet dating and drugs that counter erectile dysfunction partly to blame a report said on Monday

Frisky-50s in sex bug explosion
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:33:43 GMT
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Bush's Embattled AIDS Bill
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:43:16 GMT
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 30, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Pressing the Senate to rubberstamp $50 billion in global spending on AIDS, malaria and TB, AIDS activists marched on the White House last week bearing signs with slogans like "Now or Never."

Doubling of sexually transmitted infections among over-45s in under a decade
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:09:26 GMT
The almost exclusive focus on the sexual health of young people, including in national surveys of sexual behaviour, has tended to ignore older age groups, who are also at risk, say the authors.

Scottish Government To Provide No-Cost EC At Most Community Pharmacies
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:14:02 GMT
The Scottish government plans to provide no-cost emergency contraception at most of the country's 1,200 community pharmacies, Scottish Public Health Minister Shona Robison announced Wednesday, the Scotsman reports. Robison said that she hopes by making the services part of the national contract with pharmacies, women will receive increased access to EC.

Sexual diseases double in eight years among the over-45s
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:25:44 GMT
Health officials call for safe sex campaign aimed at the middle-aged to address rise in infections

Doubling Of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Over-45s In Under A Decade
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:20:01 GMT
Rates of sexually transmitted infections have doubled among the over-45s in less than a decade, reveals new research in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Sexual diseases double in over-45s in less than a decade
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:08:40 GMT
London, June 30 : A new study has revealed that the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among people aged 45 years and above have increased two-fold in less than a decade.

Sexually transmitted diseases spiral in Britain
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:22:31 GMT
London, June 30 : The incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among mature adults in Britain has practically doubled in less than a decade, according to a study.

Sex and the Saga generation send STI rates soaring
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:52:56 GMT
Viagra-fuelled over-45s having risky sex with people they meet through the internet are being blamed for a surge in sexually transmitted diseases among the middle-aged.

Transmitted Diseases Glossary
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:56:53 GMT
Can damage a woman's reproductive organs and can cause irreversible damage, including infertility. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man.

CLX Medical, Inc. Releases June 2008 Issue of Investor Newsletter Reviewing Current Status of Validation Study for ...
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:08:00 GMT
CLX Medical, Inc., which is focused on the launch and distribution of unique medical diagnostic testing products, today issued the June 2008 edition of its investor newsletter, which reviews the current status of the validation study for Zonda Incorporated's rapid point of care test for chlamydia and the anticipate acquisition of an additional rapid diagnostic test for the medical market.

N.H. teen birth rate lowest in nation
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:28:06 GMT
EJ Hersom/Staff photographer Heather Wessell, 17, looks on as her boyfriend, George Philbrick, puts socks on Keyara, her six-month-old daughter. Wessell and Philbrick are raising Keyara together, though Philbrick is not Keyara's biological father.

Teen pregnancy concerns grow
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:26:42 GMT
A bill that was recently passed by the House and Senate and is awaiting approval by the governor seeks to expand the state's minimum requirement to teach HIV prevention to include education on all Sexually Transmitted Diseases and pregnancy prevention, said Mary Bubnis, health and HIV/AIDS education consultant for the New Hampshire Department of Education.

Play opening in Birmingham on Saturday to highlight dangers of HIV and AIDS
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:26:26 GMT
A former Birmingham city councilman is hoping to entertain but educate youth and young adults tonight with a play on the dangers of HIV/AIDS and promiscuous behavior.

Shenanigans: Ignorance can be an unhealthy rash
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:18:04 GMT
Alright, parents and educators, it's time for The Talk. Yes, that uncomfortable chat dealing with urges, babies and, if it's informative, some coinciding unpleasantries.

Free HIV testing helps Central Oregonians
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:22:08 GMT
National HIV Testing Day is an opportunity for people  to learn their HIV status, and to gain knowledge to take control of their health and their lives.

STD rates in Iowa reach record highs
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:14:24 GMT
A report released by the Iowa Department of Public Health shows that sexually transmitted diseases have reached a new all-time high throughout the state.

This has to be good news. The World Health Organization has just issued...
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:28:22 GMT
This has to be good news. The World Health Organization has just issued guidelines designed to make operations safer. Dr. E. Patchen Dellinger (OK, coolest name in the news today, hands down), who took part in the research that led to the idea of a...

Health clinics urge HIV testing
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:50:53 GMT
Friday is national HIV Testing Day, and local health departments are spreading the word about the services they offer. The National Association of People with AIDS' annual campaign is designed to encourage at-risk people to seek HIV testing and counseling.

U. study suggests link between STDs and birth defects
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:20:30 GMT
Young women who have both a sexually transmitted disease and a urinary tract infection just before or early in their pregnancy are four times more likely to have a baby born with intestines and other organs outside the abdomen, according to a study by University of Utah researchers.

Many living with HIV/AIDS unaware they have it
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:24:03 GMT
Almost 800 Southeast Texans affected; 180 new cases reported in '07

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