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Don’t ask, don’t tell. That impulse may help prevent awkward conversations, but it’s a losing strategy for slowing the spread of HIV. When health care providers know about their patients’ sexual behavior, they can help prevent infection through testing, counseling and

Impetus to develop complete description of XXYY syndrome driven by parents’ frustration over lack of information. Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute and The Children’s Hospital in Denver have conducted the largest study to date describing the medical and psychological

Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of death from any cause in middle-aged adults, especially men, according to new results from a landmark study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health

As if women who suffer from sexual abuse don’t have enough challenges in healing and moving on with their lives, a medical expert from the Mayo Clinic has revealed there are also physical side effects that plague victims sometimes as long as the emotional side effects. According to Dr.

This week is National HIV Testing week, but syphilis continues to be a public health problem. In the U.S., the number of reported cases increased 11.8% between 2005 and 2006. In 2006, health officials reported over 36,000 cases of syphilis. The incidence was highest in women 20 to 24 years of age

A new program that urges middle-school students to figure out their values regarding sex appears to reduce the likelihood that they will engage in early sexual activity, a study finds. Students who took part in the “It’s Your Game: Keep It Real” program — which attempts to encourage

Okay, fellow Americans. Our elected officials do not seem to have the time to read health care bills HR3200 and HR3400, so it’s up to us. So fire up your laptops and PCs and type “thomas.loc.gov” in your browser. You are now on your way to more than one thousand pages of verbage about the

Physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital successfully removed a patient’s gallbladder through the vagina, making them the first in the Midwest and the third in the country to perform the innovative procedure. The technique, known as NOTES—natural orifice translumenal endoscopic

Vaginal microbicides currently in clinical trials may be the only weapon that will protect women against infection from HIV. Yet, under likely circumstances, these microbicides may be of more benefit to men than women, according to a new UCLA AIDS Institute study. The study, which used novel

The Health Protection Agency has reported a 6% increase in the total number of new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) diagnosed in 2007 compared to 2006. To coincide with the launch of the Agency’s fifth Annual Report and Accounts, figures are released today showing that across all age