ALLMedicine™ Sexually Transmitted Diseases Center

Feb 20th, 2021 - Women who pursue fertility at an advanced age are increasingly common. Family planning and sexual education have traditionally focused on contraception and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. A focus should now also be placed on fertility...

Feb 17th, 2021 - Prescription opioid misuse is associated with behaviors which increase bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STD) risk among men who have sex with men (MSM). Annual syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening is recommended for sexually active...

Feb 16th, 2021 - Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial pathogen causing sexually transmitted diseases. C. trachomatis infection is closely related to the development of cervical cancer, studies have shown that C. trachomatis can induce host cell autop...

Feb 4th, 2021 - Two types of sex education are generally offered in the U.S. abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education. There is no clear scientific consensus over which approach minimizes the risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases f...

Jan 20th, 2021 - Female infections affecting the genital tract include sexually transmitted diseases, endogenous infections such as vulvovaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis (BV) or aerobic vaginitis (AV) and healthcare-associated infections. The aim of the st...

May 31st, 2018 - Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) disproportionately affect women and create a preventable threat to their fertility. One factor that contributes to young women’s high rates of STIs is reinfection from an untreated sexual partner.

May 20th, 2018 - Sexually transmitted diseases have reached unprecedented high levels, according to the CDC, with more than two million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, the highest number ever, reported in the U.S. in 2016. To make matters worse, not o...

Nov 4th, 2017 - Pediatricians are an important source of health care for adolescents and young adults and can play a significant role in addressing their patients’ sexual and reproductive health needs, including preventing unintended pregnancies and sexually tran.

Oct 31st, 2016 - The USPSTF recommends against routine serologic screening for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in asymptomatic adolescents and adults, including those who are pregnant.

Oct 31st, 2016 - Since the publication of the WHO Guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections in 2003, changes in the epidemiology of STIs and advancements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment necessitate changes in STI management. These gui.

Feb 20th, 2021 - Women who pursue fertility at an advanced age are increasingly common. Family planning and sexual education have traditionally focused on contraception and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. A focus should now also be placed on fertility...

Feb 17th, 2021 - Prescription opioid misuse is associated with behaviors which increase bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STD) risk among men who have sex with men (MSM). Annual syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screening is recommended for sexually active...

Feb 16th, 2021 - Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial pathogen causing sexually transmitted diseases. C. trachomatis infection is closely related to the development of cervical cancer, studies have shown that C. trachomatis can induce host cell autop...

Feb 4th, 2021 - Two types of sex education are generally offered in the U.S. abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education. There is no clear scientific consensus over which approach minimizes the risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases f...

Jan 27th, 2021 - Among the more than 320 million people in the United States, there was a prevalence estimate of 67.6 million sexually transmitted infections at the time of assessment in 2018, according to the results of an epidemiologic study using multiple data ...

Jan 27th, 2021 - Among the more than 320 million people in the United States, there was a prevalence estimate of 67.6 million sexually transmitted infections at the time of assessment in 2018, according to the results of an epidemiologic study using multiple data ...

Dec 27th, 2020 - Patients will soon be able to read the notes that physicians make during an episode of care, as well as information about diagnostic testing and imaging results, tests for sexually transmitted diseases, fetal ultrasounds, and cancer biopsies. This...

Oct 14th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The Mayo Clinic, in partnership with the digital health start-up Safe Health Systems, has launched a new health and connected diagnostics platform...

Oct 14th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The Mayo Clinic, in partnership with the digital health start-up Safe Health Systems, has launched a new health and connected diagnostics platform...

Aug 10th, 2020 - In the clinical experience of Libby Edwards, MD, the diagnosis of lichen sclerosus in a young girl often triggers worry from patients and parents alike. "The parents are worried about the ramifications of genital diseases and they're worried about...