According to new research men with prostate cancer who were previously infected with the sexually transmitted germ Trichomonas vaginalis are likely to have a more invasive form of the cancer, compared...
Even though every federal health authority say girls, ages 11 and 12, should get Gardasil, the vaccine that helps protect against cervical cancer and genital warts caused by the human papillomavirus, some...
According to ABC news, web sites such as YouTube and Facebook have been used with great success to raise public awareness about a variety of issues in the past, perhaps most notably during the 2008 presidential...
For nearly 50 years, contraception has been available to women in pill form. Additionally, over the last 40 years, several additional contraceptive options have become available to women, such as the birth...
Unfortunately, it looks like sexual health in the U.S. is declining. With the advances in medication, healthcare, and increased awareness, one would expect Americans to have better sexual health now than...
Despite efforts to educate people and combat transmissions, infections of at least three STDs are on the rise in the U.S. Based on a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chlamydia...
Recent testing has produced exciting results, and could be a major breakthrough in the fight against AIDS. A new vaginal gel is being developed, and so far, testing on monkeys has shown that the gel is...
Harvard researchers have been testing a cream that may possibly prevent transmission of herpes . The cream works by disabling genes that play a main role in transmitting the herpes virus. This cream has...
The 2007 numbers reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show an increase in the number of new chlamydia and syphilis infections . These two sexually transmitted diseases...
Supposedly, women have remarkable noses, and can smell the genetic makeup of men. According to a new study though, birth control can throw off a woman's sense of smell when it comes to sniffing out men...