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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

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4 Tips To Get Past Your STD Diagnosis

4 Tips To Get Past Your STD Diagnosis

Although a sexually transmitted disease/infection is quite common, people who are diagnosed with an STD often feel the shame and guilt of having one.

Mark Riegel, MD

Health Officials Concerned About Rising HIV Cases For 2018

Health Officials Concerned About Rising HIV Cases For 2018

Public health officials on a local and statewide level are concerned about the rising number of HIV diagnosis among people who are injection drug users.

Mark Riegel, MD

Report Shows African-American Community Disparity In HIV Diagnoses

Report Shows African-American Community Disparity In HIV Diagnoses

A new HIV/AIDS epidemic paper shows that African-Americans, despite the recent HIV diagnoses drop, are still far more likely to be told they have HIV than white Americans.

Mark Riegel, MD

California Sees Large Number of STDs Cases Including Congenital Syphilis

California Sees Large Number of STDs Cases Including Congenital Syphilis

A Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood is alerting the public of drug-resistant gonorrhea, words sitting against the black background and a microscopic look of the bacteria that’s now prevalent in California.

Mark Riegel, MD

4 Steps To Dating With An STD

4 Steps To Dating With An STD

Dating is hard enough, as you got to find someone who is geographically and emotionally available – a person who shares similar interests as you and who you find attractive. Couple that with a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and it can be really complicated to date.

Mark Riegel, MD

Why Talking About Chlamydia Can Break The Silence Of The Common STD

Why Talking About Chlamydia Can Break The Silence Of The Common STD

It’s important to talk about the uncomfortable topics in life such as sexually transmitted diseases. While both sexes can be diagnosed with treatable STDs, men, in particularly, seem to have difficulties talking about their condition.

Mark Riegel, MD

Texas Researchers May Have Come Up With A Possible Chlamydia Vaccine

Texas Researchers May Have Come Up With A Possible Chlamydia Vaccine

Researchers are using mice in a Texas laboratory to help them develop a vaccine for Chlamydia.

Mark Riegel, MD

Older Adult Population See A Rise In STD Cases

Older Adult Population See A Rise In STD Cases

A sexually transmitted disease – HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital herpes and syphilis, to name a few – can happen to anyone young or old.

Mark Riegel, MD

Chlamydia Gut Exposure Could Circumvent Spread of The STD

Chlamydia Gut Exposure Could Circumvent Spread of The STD

New research has found that exposing chlamydia to the gut could protect against a possible infection in the genital tract. Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases that can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and infertility.

Mark Riegel, MD

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