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Northwestern University Offers Sex Ed Program But Hasn’t Changed Approach To Address High STD Rates

The CDC reports of STDs have increased for four straight years, hitting a new record high. However, Northwestern has yet to change how it approaches sexually transmitted diseases for its students’ health.

Mark Riegel, MD

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Researchers Receive NIH Grant To Study Chlamydia Development

Researchers Receive NIH Grant To Study Chlamydia Development

Chlamydia is the bane of society. Young people afflicted with it could suffer from infertility and others life-threatening health problems. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 1.7 million cases reported in 2017, making it the most sexually transmitted disease of all.

Mark Riegel, MD

CDC Designates Mgen Disease As An STD

CDC Designates Mgen Disease As An STD

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University are working to raise awareness about a sexually transmitted disease that doesn’t get a lot of attention but has a severe consequence of not being treated.

Mark Riegel, MD

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

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

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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