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How Safe Is My Contraceptive Method?

There are many methods of contraception. But not all are equally reliable when it comes to preventing pregnancy. The difference in safety is sometimes considerable.

Mark Riegel, MD

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Everything You Need To Know About The Pill (Birth Control Pill)

Everything You Need To Know About The Pill (Birth Control Pill)

Even more than 50 years after the first contraceptives were approved, the contraceptive pill is still the most commonly used contraceptive in Western industrial nations.

Mark Riegel, MD

Women Are Urged To Consider Female Condoms

Women Are Urged To Consider Female Condoms

Dr. Sekina Bello with Pathfinder International Nigeria (NGO) has suggested women use female condoms to help prevent the spread of STDs and family planning.

Mark Riegel, MD

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

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

Adult Children Need To Talk To Their Parents About Sex and STDs

Adult Children Need To Talk To Their Parents About Sex and STDs

Most parents had the awkward talk with their kids about the birds and bees or sex – awkward but noted as being the rite of passage.

Mark Riegel, MD

Awareness Is Key In MG Diagnosis and Treatment

Awareness Is Key In MG Diagnosis and Treatment

There are already many sexually transmitted diseases to be concerned with, and now, there is one more to be worried about.

Mark Riegel, MD

CDC Warns Sexually Active Users Not To Reuse or Wash Condoms

CDC Warns Sexually Active Users Not To Reuse or Wash Condoms

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, out of Atlanta, is reminding people that they should not be reusing or washing condom to reuse.

Mark Riegel, MD

Could Sex Robots Help Lower The STI Transmissions

Could Sex Robots Help Lower The STI Transmissions

Technology developers around the world are working to meet a rising demand in sexualized artificially intelligent androids that look human.

Mark Riegel, MD

Research Shows Teens Are Not Getting The "Sex and STI" Talk

Research Shows Teens Are Not Getting The "Sex and STI" Talk

Research shows that the sex talk that’s supposed to happen between parents and teens is not occurring. In fact, teens have admitted that they don’t talk to their parents or doctors about sex.

Mark Riegel, MD

Educating the Young is Still the Key Focus to Reducing HIV infection

Educating the Young is Still the Key Focus to Reducing HIV infection

He was 20 years old at the time, and a user of cocaine, heroin and marijuana who had just started a live-in treatment program at Resurrection House in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.

Mark Riegel, MD

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