(BlackDoctor.org) -- The importance of knowing how to recognize the signs of STDs is crucial for fast and immediate treatment - not to mention to help avoid spreading it to someone else. So, how can you tell if you have one?
Bacterial Vaginosis The most common infection in women of childbearing age is bacterial vaginosis, or BV. Though its cause is not fully understood, BV disrupts the balance of bacteria
(BlackDoctor.org) -- If you’re like many Americans, you may not know that there's a distinct connection between STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS). According to recent studies, those infected with STDs are at least two to five times more likely than uninfected individuals to acquire HIV infection if they are exposed to the virus through sexual contact. Similarly, if an HIV-infected individual is also infected with another STD, that
(BlackDocotor.org) -- Trichomoniasis (trick-oh-moe-nye-uh-sis) is one of the most common curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially in young, sexually active women. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 7.4 million new cases occur in men and women every year in the United States. Epidemiologic studies suggest that trichomoniasis is 1.5 to 4.0 times more common in African Americans than other racial/ethnic groups.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Less than half of women in the U.S. are being screened for chlamydia, an STD that could lead to infertility.
Screening rates have spiked up from 25 percent in 2000 to nearly 42 percent in 2007, but that is still far too few women being screened, the team at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
The CDC's Dr. Karen Hoover and colleagues looked at the records of public and private health plans representing more than 40 percent of the U.S. population for
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Find out about a variety of STDs including chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhea, genital warts, syphilis and viginitis.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- The importance of knowing how to recognize the signs of STDs is crucial for fast and immediate treatment - not to mention to help avoid spreading it to someone else. So, how can you tell if you have one?
(BlackDoctor.org) -- If you’re like many Americans, you may not know that there's a distinct connection between STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS). According to recent studies, those infected with STDs are at least two to five times more likely than uninfected individuals to acquire HIV infection if they are exposed to the virus through sexual contact. Similarly, if an HIV-infected individual is also infected with another STD, that
(BlackDocotor.org) -- Trichomoniasis (trick-oh-moe-nye-uh-sis) is one of the most common curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially in young, sexually active women. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 7.4 million new cases occur in men and women every year in the United States. Epidemiologic studies suggest that trichomoniasis is 1.5 to 4.0 times more common in African Americans than other racial/ethnic groups.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Less than half of women in the U.S. are being screened for chlamydia, an STD that could lead to infertility.