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What Are Some Std’s?
STD Questions to ask Your Doctor
What tests are needed to determine if there is an STD?
Does each condition have its own test, or is there one test for several STDs?
Can any of these tests have a false reading?
Do doctors automatically test for STD with complaint of a discharge (or other symptoms), or does an additional STD test need to be requested?
How long can a STD stay dormant with no symptoms?
Could a yeast infection be mistaken for a STD?
What is the percentage of protection...
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From Our Experts
April is STD Awareness Month: What do you know about Gonorrhea?
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You have an STD. Who's to blame?
I can't count the number of times that a patient was shocked when they were diagnosed with an STD. Many of my patients seem surprised that... Read more »
How to Tell Your Partner You Have an STD
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E-Cards Notify Your Sexual Partners of STD Risk
Telling past sexual partners they may have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease is never an easy task, but it is the responsible... Read more »
Telling your partner you have an STD
Recently I counseled a young woman who had herpes on how and what to tell her boyfriend of a few years about her condition. She was... Read more »
From Our Sources
Students Fight for More STD Tests on Campuses
Most students know there are problems with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) on their campuses, but many students say there is not enough access... Read more »
Common vaginal infection is a STD: study
Results from a new study have added to the evidence that the common vaginal infection bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a sexually transmitted disease.... Read more »
Americans' STD rates on the rise: CDC
Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have found that sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates continue to rise,... Read more »
Common STD may boost prostate cancer risk
A common sexually transmitted disease called trichomoniasis may increase the risk of advanced prostate cancer. The STD is the most common non-viral... Read more »
Middle-Aged 'Swingers' at High STD Risk
A new Dutch study has found that "swingers"--heterosexual adults who engage in partner swapping or attend sex clubs for couples--have similar rates... Read more »
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