Sexual Health

A national study demonstrates that young U.S. adults with health insurance are less probable than their uninsured adult to have the sexually transmitted disease Chlamydia.

Chlamydia is the most widespread bacterial STD in the U.S., with adolescents and young adults at greatest hazard. The infection habitually causes no warning signs, however in women it can lead to long-standing difficulties like pelvic inflammation and childlessness. [Read more →]

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Approximately 1 in 7 young pregnant women studied by Australian researchers had Chlamydia trachomatis infection, a widespread sexually transmitted infection that oftentimes does not cause indications.

Researcher Kate Cheney told Reuters Health “High rates of asymptomatic Chlamydia infections in pregnant women under 20 underscore the importance of incorporating testing for Chlamydia into antenatal (before birth) screening programs”. [Read more →]

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You may imagine that AIDS doesn’t have an effect on you. However if you don’t know someone infected with HIV, possibilities are that you will soon. Just about 1 million Americans are infected with HIV — about 1 in every 250 people. Each year, as many as 40,000 to 80,000 Americans turn into infected with HIV. [Read more →]

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