Topic: United States
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - American obstetrician-gynecologists are pushing to extend their reach to the sexual partners of women treated for gonorrhea or Chlamydia.There is a good chance those men are infected, too, although they may not experience symptoms of the STD, ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health experts are turning to sophisticated computer mapping technology and electronic medical records to identify pockets of Americans most at risk of HIV infection.In one study, presented on Tuesday at 2011 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta, researchers ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young gay and bisexual men who use methamphetamine are more likely to take sexual risks that boost their chances of contracting HIV, a new study suggests.Researchers say the findings underscore the fact that meth, and its associated ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The number of Americans newly infected with HIV remained stable between 2006 and 2009, but infections rose nearly 50 percent among young black gay and bisexual men, U.S. experts said on Wednesday.New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The rising U.S. syphilis rate appears to be disproportionately striking minority gay and bisexual men, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Monday.Syphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that can be easily cured with ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ugandan HIV and AIDS patients receiving antiretroviral "cocktail" therapy can expect to live nearly as long as their compatriots who don't have HIV, a new study finds."They can have almost a normal life expectancy, and live approximately ...
A sexually transmitted disease known as Trichomonas vaginalis is twice as common as previously thought, and is particularly prevalent in women over 40, US doctors said Tuesday.Using new genetic assay technologies for testing, the research led by Johns Hopkins University found that ...
For the first time, international researchers have identified a strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to treatment with antibiotics, scientists announced at a sex disease research conference Monday.The common bacterial infection, often called the "clap," has until now been easily treatable with ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The rate of new HIV cases in gay and bisexual men may have dropped in California in the mid-2000's, suggests a new study published 30 years after the discovery of the virus that causes AIDS.Still, the rates ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc, the leading maker of HIV drugs, said it received a subpoena for documents related to its manufacture, quality and distribution practices.News of the subpoena, from the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of ...
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