Thursday, February 9, 2012

Common vaginal infection is a STD: study

(Reuters Health) UPDATED 2009-11-27
Results from a new study have added to the evidence that the common vaginal infection bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a sexually transmitted disease. Previous research had linked such risky sexual practices as having multiple partners to BV, but the role of sexual activity remained unclear. But in the new study, scientists found that women who had no sexual experience did not appear to have BV at all, while women who'd had intercourse did have the infection. The percentage of study participants who had BV rose as the women's number of sexual partners increased.  Read full story >
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