Category: Sexual Health
In response to an explosion of new cases of syphilis, health officials here have launched a media campaign to encourage gay and bisexual men to get tested for the sexually transmitted infection.
The findings suggest that someone with herpes can infect a sexual partner even when they have no symptoms, sores or even a past history of infection.
There has been a substantial drop in both smoking and alcohol use among Washington youth, according to a survey of more than 212,000 students in the state’s public schools.
Republicans want to slash funds for family planning clinics and eliminate federal support for Planned Parenthood, a major provider of reproductive health care in the U.S.
Is health insurance coverage of infertility treatments an essential benefit to help people manage a medical disorder?
Or is it a life-enhancing benefit, nice to have perhaps but not essential because it doesn’t sustain a person’s life?
The vaccine reduces the risk of getting shingles by half and the risk of developing painful complications by two-thirds. The vaccine reduces the risk of getting shingles by half and the risk of developing painful complications by two-thirds,
More than 70% of those polled said prescription birth control should be covered under preventive health care, including 72% of GOP women.
Even after falling a record low, U.S. teen birth rates are still 33% higher than New Zealand’s, the developed country with the next highest rate.
Hmong women are four times more likely to die of cervical cancer than are white women. Study highlights lack of data on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander health.
The smallest bacterium able to reproduce itself, Mycoplasma genitalium, wreaks havoc on humans. How does it do it?
NYTs on end-of-life care and the career of UW researcher Dr. Walter Stamm
A dietary supplement sold under the name STEAM is being recalled after a batch was found to contain the erectile dysfunction drug tadalafil, the active ingredient in the prescription drug Cialis. This is the second recall the maker of STEAM, Nutracoastal Trading LLC, has had to announce recently. Last month, another batch of STEAM was [...]
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
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Don’t bet on it.
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