"Stealth" gonorrhea strains on the rise
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NEW YORK  - There is global dissemination of a type of gonorrhea that lacks an enzyme used by many commercial kits to confirm a diagnosis of infection, investigators report.
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A strain of a common bug with properties linked to increased virulence has become predominant in several US hospitals, prompting researchers to suggest it may be responsible for the sharp increase in cases and severity of disease in parts of the United
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They say their findings could lead to a new kind of microbicides - creams and gels applied directly to the vagina or rectum to stop transmission of the disease.
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Doctors can reduce the risk of gonorrhea patients reacquiring the sexually transmitted disease by arranging to provide antibiotics to their sex partners, researchers said on Wednesday.
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A new study suggests giving STD patients medicine to pass on to their possibly infected sexual partners works better than current procedure.
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NEW YORK  - Men with a history of the   sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea may face a higher risk   of prostate cancer, a study suggests.
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Outbreaks of syphilis in the United States were not driven by the sexual revolution or the gay liberation movement but by changes in people's immunity, research by scientists from Imperial College in London showed.
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The over-50s are increasingly putting themselves at risk of sexually transmitted infections because they are not using condoms, research suggests.
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Health officials in New York City reveal a new highly drug-resistant strain of HIV in  a local resident.
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Rates of sexually transmitted infections are on the rise among middle-aged women, experts warn.
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An antibiotic-resistant germ is increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise healthy children and adults.
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The number of sexually transmitted chlamydia infections reported in the United States rose more than 5 percent last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.
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A chemical specially designed to thwart how the AIDS virus invades during sex offers scientists a new lead in the long quest for a vaginal gel that women could apply to protect themselves when men don't use a condom.
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NEW YORK  - A large number of people between the ages of 14 and 39 years have chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, a new report indicates, while gonorrhea, another STD, is less prevalent.
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A rare sexually transmitted disease that can scar the genitals has been found in two patients in New York, and the strain is the same as that recently detected in Europe, the city's health commissioner said Wednesday.
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Mike Waites Health Correspondent, SCIENTISTS have identified a new strain of vCJD which could strike people previously unaffected by the disease.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- More thorough screening for chlamydia, a sexually transmitted bacterium that is the most commonly reported infectious disease in the United States, would probably reduce the incidence of the disease and be cost-effective as well, researchers say.