Sexually Transmitted Diseases

One per cent of the population have a natural genetic resistance to deadly disease such as HIV, malaria, leprosy and hepatitis, scientists have revealed, scientists have revealed.

Washington, Sept 18: Texas Gov. Rick Perry's attempt to mandate that girls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted infection HPV was disapproved by the country's legislature after conservative Republican presidential candidates argued that the vaccine would encourage teen sex.

Genital warts are one of the most common manifestations of HPV, which currently is the most common sexually transmitted infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the US Government ¹. The infection gets its name from the virus that causes it, the Human Papillomavirus which is actually a collection of several viruses that causes warts on the hands, feet or genitals.

STDs or sexually transmitted diseases comprise of a group of infections that is transmitted from one person is to another by intimate contact. Even though sexual contact remains the most common way of transmission of this group of diseases and because of which they are known as STDs, they can even be transmitted through non-sexual but close contact with the infected person.

Since the end of the last century few diseases have evoked so much fear and concern as AIDS. While the prime reason for this continues to be the fact that a definite and complete cure has continued to elude scientists, another equally strong cause remains the confusion and misconception over how AIDS is transmitted. Men and women from across the world have agonized over whether one can get AIDS from kissing. Here are a few facts to set confusion at rest.

Washington, May 3 (ANI): Young black men who have sex with men (MSM) get infected with HIV nearly five times more often than MSM from other races, even though their reported use of condoms is similar to males of other racial and ethnic backgrounds, warns a new study.

Finding out that a partner has a sexually transmitted disease is one of the biggest stress triggers in a relationship. Not only do you have to deal with the medical implications but also the probability that your partner may have been unfaithful to you.

Washington, Jan 15 : A new study has found that 56 percent of young adults, who are in a new sexual relationship, were infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), and that nearly half of those were infected with an HPV type that causes cancer.