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Scientists: Columbus Did Not Introduce Syphilis to Europe

(Oct. 26) -- Christopher Columbus has been blamed for instituting slavery in the New World and setting the stage for centuries of bloody conquest. But new evidence might help clear his name in at least one way: Researchers say they now have proof that the famed explorer didn't introduce syphilis to Europe. After making...

Study: Men with Erectile Dysfunction Pose Higher STD Threat

(July 6) -- Impotence and immunity are not synonymous -- and someone might want to inform the Viagra-poppers of America. U.S. men taking medication to treat erectile dysfunction are being diagnosed with twice as many sexually transmitted diseases as their non-flaccid peers. That's the sobering conclusion of a new study,...

French-British Study: Stigma of Obesity Affects Sex

NICE, France (June 17) -- Obese women have less sex than women of normal weight, but they also have more unplanned pregnancies because they often don't ask for contraceptives or use the pill, according to a new study. Obese men have fewer sexual partners than men of normal weight, the study also says, but they run a...

Gonorrhea Close to Gaining Superbug Status

(March 30) -- Unless medical experts devise a new way to treat it, gonorrhea -- the world's second most common sexually transmitted infection, after chlamydia -- will soon become a drug-resistant superbug. "This is a very clever bacteria. If this problem isn't addressed, there is a real possibility that gonorrhea will...

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Baby Boomers Not Immune To Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Last month, we addressed the most common sex myths about baby boomers , debunking the false assumption that as people age, they lose their desire to have sex.

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STD Testing Program Embraced By South Los Angeles Churches

When sexually transmitted diseases make the news in Los Angeles, it's usually a high-profile case contracted in the adult film industry.

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Perry: I'm Against It

Consistency may not be a moral virtue, but when it comes to the religious right it qualifies as a political virtue, especially when it comes to the reproductive health and rights of women.

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The Vatican's Unsupportable Logic

There is strained logic, to put it mildly, in the statement that condom use will increase rather than reduce the spread of AIDS.

Background on sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted infections (STI), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and venereal diseases (VD), are illnesses that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of human sexual behavior, including vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex.

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