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Male Genital Warts and Understanding the Disease

Male Genital Warts and Understanding the Disease

Male genital warts are termed a Condylomata or HPV warts which may be transmitted between individuals who are sexually active. This infection usually affects individuals who have had multiple sex partners. These warts are contagious and can go through various stages of the virus which is created thr
Accurate STD Testing For Herpes and Information About This Sexually Transmitted Disease

Accurate STD Testing For Herpes and Information About This Sexually Transmitted Disease

With herpes on the rise, it is important to keep a keen lookout for a possible sexually transmitted infection especially if one keeps an active sexual lifestyle. There are many accurate STD testing procedures that can help detect and manage herpes in its early stages and ensure a clean bill of healt
HIV In Prisons

HIV In Prisons

While the number of prisoners living with HIV varies by country, there is a higher HIV prevalence in prisons when compared to the general population. This is due in part to the link between using injecting drugs and being incarcerated.
Preventive HIV Treatment Shown Effective

Preventive HIV Treatment Shown Effective

New research finds just two people out of more than 400 became infected in a year
Serial Monogamy - Hazardous to Your Health?

Serial Monogamy - Hazardous to Your Health?

Serial monogamy happens to people who have multiple relationships in life, just not all at once. Some folks are lucky enough to meet their soul mates early on in life. There are plenty of people out there who end up marrying their high school sweethearts, thereby limiting their number of lifetime se
Ovarian Hyperstimulation and BP in Offspring: Part 2

Ovarian Hyperstimulation and BP in Offspring: Part 2

Is there evidence to suggest that IVF is associated with higher BP in offspring?
Genital Herpes Are Spreading Across the United States

Genital Herpes Are Spreading Across the United States

If you are sexually active there is about a 20% chance you have genital herpes. Be responsible and get tested for genital herpes.
No Treatment May Be Best for Prostate Cancer

No Treatment May Be Best for Prostate Cancer

Many men with early-stage prostate cancer who are now treated with either surgery or radiation might fare just as well with no treatment at all.
Why Do an STD Screening?

Why Do an STD Screening?

Although some STDs like herpes can be contracted through coming into contact with an affected skin area and not necessarily through sexual intercourse, most STDs are transmitted through sexual intercourse. Some of these STDs have very mild symptoms that might not be noticed especially at their embry
Dating With HIV - What Positive Singles Are Doing About It

Dating With HIV - What Positive Singles Are Doing About It

Mother Teresa once said that loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. This truth is no stranger to many who have found themselves victims of the AIDS / HIV virus, a scourge that has threatened humanity for so many years and not only challenged the competency of rese
Signs & Symptoms of Last Stage Ovarian Cancer

Signs & Symptoms of Last Stage Ovarian Cancer

sillouette of a woman image by Allen Penton from Fotolia.comOvaries are reproductive glands found only in women, making ovarian cancer unique to women. The ovaries produce eggs for reproduction and are also the main source of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone. A woman normally...
Earlier HIV Treatment Boosts Survival

Earlier HIV Treatment Boosts Survival

Hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved if treatment for HIV-infected patients were started earlier than current guidelines suggest, researchers report.
What Are the Symptoms of Genital Warts? The Facts of HPV Here!

What Are the Symptoms of Genital Warts? The Facts of HPV Here!

The symptoms of genital warts should be well identified. You don't want to get HPV and genitals warts confused with other ailments. We will help you understand the difference between genital warts and other.
Uterine Leiomyosarcoma Prognosis

Uterine Leiomyosarcoma Prognosis

Uterine leiomyosarcoma is a rare type of uterine cancer. Uterine sarcomas make up only 2 to 4 percent of all uterine cancers, and leiomyosarcomas are a subtype of uterine sarcomas. African American women are especially prone to getting uterine leiomyosarcoma, for reasons not known. The average age f
Sex Therapy

Sex Therapy

Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of sex therapy, including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.
Beware Of Fake HIV AIDS Cures

Beware Of Fake HIV AIDS Cures

There is no cure for HIV or AIDS. Although antiretroviral therapy suppresses HIV replication and delays disease progression for many years, it cannot clear the virus completely from an infected host. Sadly, this doesn't stop quacks announcing unproven, sometimes dangerous, HIV cures to desperat
What Is the Incidence of Ovarian Cancer in Polycystic Ovary Disease?

What Is the Incidence of Ovarian Cancer in Polycystic Ovary Disease?

According to the National Institutes of Health, polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS) is a female reproductive condition caused by an excess of androgynous hormones. These hormones stimulate the ovaries, but also block the normal ovulatory processes, and multiple fluid-filled sacs, cysts, develop on the
Understanding the Basics of AIDS/HIV

Understanding the Basics of AIDS/HIV

Get the basics on AIDS/HIV from the experts at WebMD.
New HIV Therapy Approved by FDA

New HIV Therapy Approved by FDA

New HIV Therapy Approved by FDA
Female-to-Female Sexual Transmission of Genital Candida

Female-to-Female Sexual Transmission of Genital Candida

Can genital Candida species be transmitted sexually among women who have sex with women?