Mon,05 March 2012
As adolescents, boys get their information about sexuality and men's sexual health from their peers. As teens, locker room talk may titillate, but it provides little in the way of accurate information about men's health issues. Unfortunately, while adult women are likely to seek out information from professionals, men are more reticent to discuss questions about men's sexual health and men's health news in general with their doctors or other professionals. When compared to women, they're also less likely to discuss their concerns with other men. As a result, men are o
Sat,21 January 2012
There are currently over 20 sexually transmitted diseases.
Conventionally, they can be divided into three groups:
Classic Venereal disease:
* Syphilis
* Gonorrhea
* Chancroid (or chancroid)
* Venereal lymphogranulomatosis (lymphogranuloma venereum, or, or fourth venereal disease)
* Granuloma venereum (or donovanosis, or granuloma inguinale, or fifth venereal disease).
Transmitted diseases, mainly infectio
Fri,09 December 2011
Public health efforts to cut rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) appear to be making some headway, according to a new report from the CDC.
One noteworthy example: 301,174 cases of gonorrhea were reported during 2009, for an incidence rate of 99.1 per 100,000 -- the lowest level recorded since CDC's surveillance for the disease began in 1941.
CDC estimates that there are 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases each year, carrying a price tag of $16.4 billion.
But notable disparities exist in sexually transmitted diseases rates according
Wed,07 December 2011
The policy often means that sexually transmitted infections go undiagnosed and service members and their partners are untreated, Kenneth Katz, MD, of San Diego State University, wrote in a Perspective piece published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.
And messages aimed at preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases - and tailored for gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members -- are not transmitted, Katz argued.
"In very real ways," Katz wrote, the policy threatens the health of service members as well as the community at large, and may even have
Wed,26 October 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission are cracking down on manufacturers of over-the-counter products that claim to treat, cure or prevent sexually transmitted diseases.
The agencies jointly sent letters to companies including Medavir, Herpaflor, Viruxo, C-Cure and Never An Outbreak, warning that their products are unproven and violate federal law, the FDA said in a news release issued Tuesday.
"These products are dangerous because they are targeted to patients with serious conditions, where treatment options proven to be safe a
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