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Gonorrhea Strain found to be resistant to antibiotics

admin — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:39:13 +0000

A strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to the disease’s only remaining treatment, cephalosporin antibiotics, has officials at the World Health Organization warning doctors around the world to step up their efforts to stop the disease. The U.N. health agency said Wednesday it is urging governments and doctors to increase their surveillance efforts for the antibiotic-resistant [...]

5 Things to Know About Herpes

admin — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:24:12 +0000

Here are five things experts say you should know about protecting yourself against herpes. 1. Avoid sexual contact during visible outbreaks. The highest risk of transmitting herpes is during an outbreak. Symptoms vary and are not always noticeable, but reddish sores and ulcers on the genital area are the main clues. Itching or pain around the [...]

Viagra-popping seniors lead the pack for STDs

admin — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:30:03 +0000

Std-aid.com 7/2/2012 Even if you’re past your prime and have a hard time getting an erection, you might still need to worry about unprotected sex, according to U.S. doctors. In fact, they report in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in older men taking erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra [...]

Spain Withdraws Merck Gardasil Vaccine After Illnesses

admin — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:08:16 +0000

Std-aid.com 7/2/2012 MADRID (AFP) – Spanish health authorities have withdrawn tens of thousands of doses of a vaccine against cervical cancer after two teenagers who received the shots were hospitalised, regional authorities said on Tuesday. A batch of nearly 76,000 doses of the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) was withdrawn from market, a government statement said, [...]

Antiviral Drugs May Slow Alzheimer’s Progression

admin — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:55:22 +0000

The University of Manchester scientists have previously shown that the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s when it is present in the brains of people who have a specific genetic risk to the disease. AD is an incurable neurodegenerative condition affecting about 18 million people worldwide. The causes of [...]

Scientists Discover First Gonorrhea Strain Resistant to All Available Antibiotics

admin — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:35:34 +0000

Std-aid.com 7/1/2012 An international research team has discovered a strain of gonorrhea resistant to all currently available antibiotics. This new strain is likely to transform a common and once easily treatable infection into a global threat to public health. The details of the discovery made by Dr. Magnus Unemo, Dr. Makoto Ohnishi, and colleagues will [...]

HPV Vaccination Reduces the Risk of Infection Even After a Previous Case of the Disease, Study Suggests

admin — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:14:27 +0000

Std-aid.com 7/1/2012 The vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) reduces the risk of a renewed HPV-associated illness in patients who have already had diseases as a consequence of an HPV infection. That is the result of a study being led by Elmar Joura from the University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the MedUni Vienna and [...]

Chlamydia: New Method to Probe Genes of Most Common Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection

admin — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:46:16 +0000

Std-aid.com 7/1/2012. In a new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, scientists describe successfully mutating specific genes of Chlamydia bacteria, which cause the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States as well as a type of blindness common in developing nations. The [...]

Significant Breakthrough in Study of Chlamydia

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:08:14 +0000

Std-aid.com (7/1/2012) — A breakthrough in the study of chlamydia genetics could open the way to new treatments and the development of a vaccine for this sexually transmitted disease. For decades research progress has been hampered because scientists have been prevented from fully understanding these bacteria as they have been unable to manipulate the genome of Chlamydia [...]