Topic: Health Protection Agency

New HIV cases fall for fourth year in row

The number of new HIV cases is falling, even though more than a quarter of carriers are unaware they have the infection, figures showed today.. The data, published by the Health Protection Agency, revealed 6,630 new cases of HIV in 2009 among ...

Number of new HIV cases falls again

More than a quarter of people with HIV are undiagnosed, although the overall number of new cases is falling, new figures have suggested.. The data, published by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), revealed there were 6,630 new cases of HIV in 2009 ...
Experts believe that in the future there may be no effective way of treating gonorrhoea because it will be resistant to all forms of treatment.. Often there are no noticeable symptoms, particularly for women, who can then pass on the infection through ...

The Recent Trends in STD Cases

Lately, it was found out that there's an overwhelming change in teens and young adults with regards to sexually transmitted diseases. It was the STD Gonorrhea that had once took the top spot in the most widespread STD list, but things quite ...

Young adults at risk as STIs rise

Almost half a million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were diagnosed in the UK last year, with young people the most affected, new figures released Wednesday show.Infections were most prevalent among 15- to 24-year-olds -- particularly women -- the Health ...

Number of UK children with sex diseases soars

LONDON (Reuters Life! ) - The number of British children being diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has soared in recent years, according to government figures.The increase in those under 16 diagnosed with a sexual disease was 58 percent -- to 3,913 ...
Risky sex among those in their teens and early 20s is driving the numbers of sexually transmitted infections to new highs, the Health Protection Agency said yesterday, as it urged young people to limit their number of partners and have regular tests.Overall, ...
Last updated at 02:53am on . There were 397,990 newly diagnosed STIs in UK Gum clinics in 2007 - a six per cent rise across all age groups. The Health Protection Agency, which collected the figures, said promiscuity was partly to blame ...
Last updated at 02:53am on . There were 397,990 newly diagnosed STIs in UK Gum clinics in 2007 - a six per cent rise across all age groups. The Health Protection Agency, which collected the figures, said promiscuity was partly to blame ...
Casual sex is fuelling a big rise in sexual disease among young people, health experts warned today, as figures showed a 6% increase in infections.Young people, aged 16 to 24, accounted for half of all newly diagnosed sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in ...
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