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Guidelines Updated for Partner Services Programs for Sexually Transmitted Infections
The CDC report replaces the CDC 2001 Program Operations Guidelines for STD Prevention-Partner Services and the 1998 HIV Partner Counseling and Referral Services Guidance.Although these recommendations primarily target health department...
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Free CME: HIV Infection, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydial Infection Recommendations for Partner
Free CME: HIV Infection, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydial Infection Recommendations for Partner.
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A Comparison of the Completeness and Timeliness of Automated Electronic Laboratory Reporting and Spontaneous R
Objectives: We examined whether automated electronic laboratory reporting of notifiable-diseases results in information being delivered to public health departments more completely and quickly than is the case with spontaneous, paper-based...
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Michigan Resources Target Gonorrhea, Chlamydia Reduction
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), Division of Health, Wellness and Disease Control, STD Program has been awarded supplemental funds to implement programs aimed at reducing gonorrhea and chlamydia.The Gonorrhea...
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New gene therapy study findings have been reported by researchers at National Institutes of Health
- (NewsRx.com) -- 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an obligate human pathogen that is the etiological agent of gonorrhea,' scientists in Seoul, South Korea report.'We explored variations in the genes of a multidrug-resistant N (see also...
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Top Ten Things That Dont Cause Arthritis
Are your joints acting up because of the weather?Or is your body is seeking revenge for the times when you cracked your knuckles as a kid? As comfortable as you might find these explanations for arthritis, clinical experience and...
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HIV/AIDS Grows Among TeensD.C. Stresses More Education, Treatment to Eradicate Disease
Mayor Adrian Fentys administration is working with the citys Health Department to promote healthy behavior and increase access to medical care and treatment for youth living with HIV.(Courtesy Photo) AFRO Staff Writer The continued spread...
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Rapid HIV testing in the emergency department boosts diagnoses, screening
One in every 50 people screened for a suspected sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital was found to be infected with HIV using a rapid blood sample screening test.Henry Ford researchers...
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Rapid HIV Testing In The ER Boosts Diagnoses, Screening
ScienceDaily (Oct.25, 2008) One in every 50 people screened for a suspected sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital was found to be infected with HIV using a rapid blood sample screening...
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Sex Partners Get STD Alerts by E-mail
TUESDAY, Oct.21 (HealthDay News) -- Letting someone you've slept with know that you have inadvertently exposed them to a sexually transmitted disease can now be done with the click of a computer mouse. A new report says 30,000 people...
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Sex Partners Get STD Alerts by E-mail
By Randy Dotinga, HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Oct.21 (HealthDay News) -- Letting someone you've slept with know that you have inadvertently exposed them to a sexually transmitted disease can now be done with the click of a computer mouse....
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E-Cards Notify Sex Partners About STDs
Email Service Reports Success in Notification of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Oct.20, 2008 -- It has never been so important to check your inbox. Four years after the launch of inSPOT.org, which allows people with to notify sexual...
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Vaginal microbicides and the prevention of HIV transmission
Blayne Cutler MD a and Dr Jessica Justman MD a b Summary Worldwide, nearly half of all individuals living with HIV are now women, who acquire the virus largely by heterosexual exposure.With an HIV vaccine likely to be years away, topical...
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HPV vaccine stirs controversy in Utah
Sara Hughes spent months in and out of hospitals.At first, no doctor could tell her what was wrong. Then, once they found out what was wrong, no doctor knew how to fix it. Hughes, from Centerville, studying social work at Brigham...
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Doctors, researchers frustrated with new strains of bacteria
Grant Allen looks down the list of children he'll treat in a single day at the Infants' and Children's Clinic in Florence.Photo illustration by T.J. Hildreth Health officials say existing antibiotics are losing their effectiveness at an...
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Grant Allen looks down the list of children he'll treat in a single day at the Infants' and Children's Clinic in Florence.Photo illustration by T.J. Hildreth Health officials say existing antibiotics are losing their effectiveness at an...
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Doctors, researchers frustrated with new strains of bacteria
Grant Allen looks down the list of children he'll treat in a single day at the Infants' and Children's Clinic in Florence.Photo illustration by T.J. Hildreth Health officials say existing antibiotics are losing their effectiveness at an...
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Sexually Transmissible Infections And Prostate Cancer Risk
UroToday.com - Circulating antibodies against infectious agents and self-reported history of syphilis and gonorrhea represent an individual's cumulative lifetime exposure or past infections, and thus are particularly suited for risk...
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Walter Reed Evaluation Concludes FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test is Preferred over Other Rapid Tests
FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test Found to Have Higher Sensitivity and Specificity than Other Rapid HBSAG Tests and FirstVue(TM) '...and was the preferred test in all phases of this evaluation' CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Oct.13 /PRNewswire/ -- AT First...
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Walter Reed Evaluation Concludes FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test is Preferred over Other Rapid Tests
FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test Found to Have Higher Sensitivity and Specificity than Other Rapid HBSAG Tests and FirstVue(TM) '...and was the preferred test in all phases of this evaluation' CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Oct.13 /PRNewswire/ -- AT First...
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Walter Reed Evaluation Concludes FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test is Preferred over Other Rapid Tests
FirstVue(TM) HBSAG Test Found to Have Higher Sensitivity and Specificity than Other Rapid HBSAG Tests and FirstVue(TM) '...and was the preferred test in all phases of this evaluation' CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Oct.13 /PRNewswire/ -- AT First...
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Teen Sex Education Website Teensource.org Launches Official YouTube Channel
Teensource.org, a sexual education website that focuses on teen sexual health, announces the launch of the official Teensource.org channel on YouTube (www.youtube.com/teensource).The Teensource.org YouTube channel is being launched in...
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How sexually transmitted diseases up HIV infection risk
The Netherlands-based scientists have for the first time described a way whereby sexually transmitted diseases - such as genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia - increases an individual's risk of becoming infected with HIV...
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Indevus completes enrollment for Phase III study of HIV drug
MDP 301 is a multi-national, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III trial designed to examine the safety and effectiveness of PRO 2000 in preventing HIV infection in women.The trial will also assess effects on other...
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