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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Oral Std

Some cancers linked to sex, drugs

October 03, 2008
Experts say that some head and neck cancers may be linked to marijuana use and a common sexually-transmitted disease (STD). Researchers from Johns Hopkins University studied 240 head and neck cancer patients and compared their findings with the patients' self-reported sexual and substance abuse history. They found that some cancers tested positive for human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16, a common STD. The patients who tested positive for HPV 16 reported having more oral sex partners and smoking m... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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April is STD Awareness Month: What do you know about Gonorrhea?
By Merely Me , Health Expert

...answer to your next question, yes you can get it from oral sex.  You could get a gonorrhea... Read more »

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Introducing Our Newest Health Expert: Amy Hendel
By healthgal , Health Expert

...which is why we cannot treat it with antibiotics.  Oral herpes presents around the mouth area... Read more »

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Gardasil Marketed for Males to Prevent Genital Warts (and other ways men can prevent STDs)
By Merely Me , Health Expert

...condom-Using a latex condom every time you have vaginal, oral, or anal sex decreases the chances... Read more »

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Is it Herpes, Or Another STD?
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert

Once you've had a symptomatic outbreak of herpes, you often can tell when another one is coming on.... Read more »

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Talking to Your Kids about SEX
By Merely Me , Health Expert

...aspects of sexual behavior including kissing, foreplay, oral sex, anal sex as well as possible... Read more »

Health Guide

STD Symptoms
...infections are usually passed by intercourse, but can also be passed through other types of sex, such as oral sex. STDs can be caused by viruses or bacteria. If you have ever had sex, you may be... Read more »
STDs and Oral Sex
...sores in your mouth into your blood.  Hepatitis A -- This viral infection is transmitted by fecal-oral contamination so this could happen from licking a partner's anus.  Nasty Genital Germs ... Read more »
Oral Sex Guide
Here are some terms you may hear when people talk about oral sex: Fellatio -- This is when a guy's penis is taken into a partner's mouth and licked or sucked. The testicles can be orally stimulated... Read more »
Risks of Anal Sex
It has now been well proven that oral sex is a potential means by which HIV can be transmitted. And it’s not only HIV -- certainly any of the other sexually transmitted diseases can be passed... Read more »
HIV Transmission
...becoming a more common mode of transmission in the United States. The rumor that you cannot get HIV from oral sex has persisted for years. Multiple cases of transmission have occurred through oral... Read more »

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Sildenafil is used to treat male sexual function problems (impotence or erectile dysfunction) by... Read more »

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Tadalafil is used to treat male sexual function problems (impotence or erectile dysfunction) by... Read more »

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This combination hormone medication is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones, a... Read more »

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This combination hormone medication is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones, a... Read more »

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This combination hormone medication is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones, a... Read more »

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