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std April: Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month - khqa.com Posted: 30 Mar 2019 02:00 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] April: Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month    khqa.com The numbers are in and the fact is this: sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are surging across the United States. In Adams County, there were 286 cases of ... CDC: STDs rates highest in recent history, chlamydia makes highest jump - Times Record News Posted: 23 Mar 2019 12:08 PM PDT Claire Kowalick, Wichita Falls Times Record News Published 1:08 p.m. CT March 23, 2019 CLOSE A four-year trend of rising STD rates continued in 2017. Here's why and what you can do to protect. USA TODAY Despite an increase to availability of preventive health care, in 2017 the United States saw the most sexually transmitted diseases to date according to the Centers for Disease Cont...

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std test kit Home Testing Kit Will Check For Sexually Transmitted Diseases - NPR Posted: 23 Apr 2018 12:00 AM PDT Every year about 20 million Americans are infected with a STD. An over-the-counter testing kit could help — checking for everything from herpes to HIV, in the privacy of your home. DAVID GREENE, HOST: One challenge with diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases is that people are often embarrassed to talk to their doctors. So could a home testing kit actually help here? Leslie McClurg from member station KQED in San Francisco tried one out. LESLEY MCCLURG, BYLINE: Step one - collect your swab sample. I think I'll do that in the bathroom. Now, I'm back and then use this little white plastic thing - lancet - to prick my finger - ouch (laughter) ow. Blood pooled on the tip of my ring finger. I let droplets soak onto a white collection slip. Then I slid the specimens in a prepaid envelope provided by myLAB Box. Lora...

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std symptoms male Male chlamydial urethritis: Symptoms, complications, and treatment - Medical News Today Posted: 06 Nov 2018 12:00 AM PST Chlamydial urethritis is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the urethra. In males, the urethra is the tube that carries urine from the bladder through the penis to allow it to leave the body. Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis causes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , chlamydia is the STI that people in the United States report most frequently. Chlamydia is especially common in young adults up to the age of 24 years . People can contract chlamydia by not using a condom during anal, oral, or vaginal intercourse with someone who has this STI. Risk factors that may increase a person's chances of contracting chlamydia include: becoming sexually active before the age of 25 years having multi...

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at home std test The At Home STD Test Explained - The Frisky Posted: 27 Mar 2019 05:51 AM PDT 453 SHARES STDs are more common than you might think. With over 25 different types of diseases that can be transferred "in the bed", it behooves one to make testing a regular habit. Even if you think you don't have an STD, chances are that you might have very mild to no apparent symptoms at all, especially in the case of herpes. Fitting a doctor's visit in your tight schedule might be a hassle, you might even straight up dread the thought of contracting an STD or even not take the test out of fear of it being a social taboo. Luckily, we have come a long way from typical lab screenings. Nowadays, you can check for STDs from the comfort of your home. Gone are the days when you would have to wait months to get tested after getting involved with a partner or overcome your fears and drag yourself to see a doctor. You ca...

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what is std America's Forgotten Mass Imprisonment of Women Believed to Be Sexually Immoral - History Highest Standard Deviation Based on ECR (2019 Fantasy Football) - FantasyPros See How Rising STD Rates Have Affected North Carolina - Charlotte, NC Patch Why women have to drive near Atlanta to get an abortion - Gainesville Times America's Forgotten Mass Imprisonment of Women Believed to Be Sexually Immoral - History Posted: 27 Mar 2019 11:00 AM PDT Under the 'American Plan,' women could be detained for sitting in a restaurant alone, changing jobs—or, often, for no reason at all. For much of the 20th century in America, a little-known but widespread government program locked people up without trials simply for having sexually transmitted infections—and then forced them to undergo dangerous, poisonous "treatments." If they were women, that is. Take, for example, the nea...