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Older HIV Individuals Face Serious Financial and Emotional Hardships

Older people living with HIV tend to be lonely and depressed, often facing serious financial hardships and no housing. They may also suffer from numerous physical health problems like diabetes, fatigue, chronic pain and heart disease.

Mark Riegel, MD

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Doctors Warned Of Reemergence Of Nearly Extinct STD

Doctors Warned Of Reemergence Of Nearly Extinct STD

Public health officials throughout the country are alerting physicians about a not-so-common STD making its way across the country again.

Mark Riegel, MD

4-Year-Old Girl Finds Condom In Playground, Condom Tests Positive For Chlamydia

4-Year-Old Girl Finds Condom In Playground, Condom Tests Positive For Chlamydia

When a four-year-old girl found a condom on the school playground during recess, she was blowing it like a balloon. What makes this story even worse is that the condom in question had tested positive for chlamydia - a sexually transmitted disease.

Mark Riegel, MD

Black Tea Could Protect Body From STD Parasite

Black Tea Could Protect Body From STD Parasite

The U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted a study looking at black tea, and the agency found that the protective compound in black tea could help protect the body from the trichomoniasis parasite.

Mark Riegel, MD

Rutgers University STD Study Involves 3 Florida County Health Departments

Rutgers University STD Study Involves 3 Florida County Health Departments

Rutgers University is leading a three-year study looking at how to better STD screening and treatment in people who have or are at risk for an HIV infection. And, the Orange County Florida Department of Health as well as the Bay and Alachua County Health Departments are participating in the study.

Mark Riegel, MD

Planned Parenthood Receives $6,600 Check From New Chaffee County Group

Planned Parenthood Receives $6,600 Check From New Chaffee County Group

A completely brand new group meeting for the first time has decided that its first donation would be given to the Rocky Mountains Planned Parenthood.

Mark Riegel, MD

Brazilian Researchers Find Increase In Number of Ocular Syphilis Cases

Brazilian Researchers Find Increase In Number of Ocular Syphilis Cases

A team of international researchers is warning health officials that more and more individuals in advanced civilizations are in danger of losing their eyesight due to syphilis.

Mark Riegel, MD

Kern County Officials Urge Parents To Talk To Kids About Sex

Kern County Officials Urge Parents To Talk To Kids About Sex

Local families in Kern County are being urged to talk with each other about sex and the vast consequences it entails.

Mark Riegel, MD

Sexual Health Clinics Turning Individuals Away Due To Government Cuts

Sexual Health Clinics Turning Individuals Away Due To Government Cuts

Despite a record demand in the number of patients seeking help, sexual health clinics are turning them away due to the government’s decision to cut around €600 million in funding for public health by 2020.

Mark Riegel, MD

Montgomery County Schools To Provide Condoms To High School Students

Montgomery County Schools To Provide Condoms To High School Students

When high school kids go back to school in four Montgomery County, Maryland public high schools, their back-to-school supplies will include all the basic necessities and condoms too.

Mark Riegel, MD

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