Results of a study provide “convincing evidence,” researchers say, that douching increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections.

Among a group of sexually active adolescent girls, those who said they always…

U.S. syphilis rates rose for a seventh year in 2007, driven by gay and bisexual men, while chlamydia reached record numbers and gonorrhea remained at alarming levels - especially among blacks,…

Circulating antibodies against infectious agents and self-reported history of syphilis and gonorrhea represent an individual’s cumulative lifetime exposure or past infections, and thus are particularly suited for risk evaluation of…

Black girls who abuse alcohol are more likely to have unprotected sex despite having participated in interventions that stressed the importance of consistent condom use.

The study…

Screening programmes to identify and treat young women with chlamydial infection have been developed in several countries. The goals of these screening programmes are, for the individual, to reduce…

Expert Available for Interviews on Finding That 1 in 4 Teenage Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Infection

Who: Dr. Peter Leone, an expert on STDs and an…

Prenatal syphilis screening, recommended by the Centers for Disease Control, medical professional organizations, and public health authorities, is critical to preventing still births and serious birth defects in…

Many teenage girls diagnosed with the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia become reinfected over the next year, according to a large study of students attending school health centers.

Researchers found that of…

A new study of young female military recruits has found that almost 20 percent contracted chlamydia over the course of 12 months.

“The really scary message for us is, oh…

STDs Found In 25% of Teenage Girls: Expert Available To Discuss CDC Findings, Cervical Cancer Treatment

On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a…

Almost 1 in 7 young pregnant women studied by Australian investigators had Chlamydia trachomatis infection, a common sexually transmitted infection that oftentimes does not cause symptoms.

“High rates of asymptomatic chlamydia…

Consistent condom use can reduce the spread of HIV, but are they the answer to rising rates of other sexually transmitted infections?

Researchers debate the issue in this…

Sexually active gay men are many times more likely than others to acquire a new, highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the so-called MRSA bacteria widely know as the “superbug,”…

This year cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have risen by 2% in the UK, in spite of a small drop in the incidence of syphilis and gonorrhoea, according to…

The number of reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis increased in the United States between 2005 and 2006, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2006…

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is a global health problem. In the past, tropical infections like chancroid, gonorrhea and syphilis were considered as most important STDs in developing countries. Donovanosis…

Despite recommendations for annual preventive exams for adolescents, only 10 percent of teens have enough visits within 12 months to receive the recommended three shots needed for HPV vaccine.…

Trichomonas vaginalis, a sexually transmitted vaginal infection, has been associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight.  Trichomonas infection can have unpleasant symptoms such as itching, heavy discharge, vaginal…

Many sexually transmitted infections are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends screening all pregnant women for human immunodeficiency virus infection as…

Many sexually transmitted infections are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends screening all pregnant women for human immunodeficiency virus infection as…

A spike in syphilis infections in a major Malagasy mining town could predict an HIV epidemic there in future, an official said on Wednesday.

Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease,…

A relatively new sexually transmitted infection has surpassed Neisseria gonorrhea in prevalence among young adults in the US, according to a new study.

Mycoplasma genitalium was first identified in the 1980s. It…

In the United States, adolescent girls and young women are not being routinely screened for chlamydia, the most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease in the United States, experts warned…

Armed with more than a decade’s worth of statistics, researchers are sounding a new alarm about growing rates of syphilis among gay and bisexual men.

The overall number…

Five vaccines should be given to teenagers to protect them against potentially deadly diseases, specialists say.

The new vaccines are needed to protect teenagers against sexually transmitted infections…