Category Archives: STD InfectionAt least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group. A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in teen girls aged 14 to 19, while the [...]
HPV in the United States and Developing Nations: A Problem of Public Health or Politics? The Global AIDS bill, signed into law on May 27, 2003 by President Bush [for full text: Library of Congress, search bill number, H.R. 1298.] requires an analysis of the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in Sub-Saharan Africa and a [...]
My Opinion About The Following Study Abstract This 2003 study, funded by a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was one of several studies that “tested the waters” concerning parental attitudes about STD vaccine programs. If I were a cynical sort, I’d believe that if the results were more favorable to [...]
Patient Information about GARDASIL® (pronounced “gard-Ah-sill”) Generic name: [Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Recombinant Vaccine] Read this information with care before you or your child gets GARDASIL*. You or your child will need 3 doses of the vaccine. It is important to read this leaflet when you receive each dose. This leaflet [...]
What is cervical cancer? Cancer is a disease in which certain body cells don’t function right, divide very fast, and produce too much tissue that forms a tumor. Cervical cancer is cancer in the cervix, the lower, narrow part of the uterus (womb). The uterus is the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a baby grows during [...]
What is a Pap test? The Pap test, also called a Pap smear, checks for changes in the cells of your cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus (womb) that opens into the vagina (birth canal). The Pap test can tell if you have an infection, abnormal (unhealthy) cervical cells, or cervical [...]
Study reveals high infection rate in teens for virus linked to cervical cancer Based on 60 study participants from three primary-care clinics in Indianapolis HPV rates reported in previous research have been underestimated. The latest study indicates four out of five sexually active adolescent females are infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV). Human papillomavirus is [...]
Trichomoniasis (pronounced trih-kuh-muh-nye-uh-sus), also called “trick,” is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). What is trichomoniasis and how do you get it? What are the symptoms of trichomoniasis? Is there a test for trichomoniasis? How is trichomoniasis treated? Does trichomoniasis cause problems during pregnancy? How is trichomoniasis prevented? See also… Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Overview What is [...]
Syphilis, a genital ulcerative disease, causes significant complications if untreated and facilitates the transmission of HIV. Untreated early syphilis in pregnant women results in perinatal death in up to 40% of cases and, if acquired during the four years preceding pregnancy, may lead to infection of the fetus in 80% of cases.1 Incidence of Syphilis: [...]
Viral Hepatitis What is hepatitis? What are the signs of viral hepatitis? What are the types of viral hepatitis? What’s the difference between acute viral hepatitis and chronic viral hepatitis? How is viral hepatitis diagnosed? Is it safe to visit someone with hepatitis? How does a pregnant woman pass hepatitis B virus to her baby? [...]
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