CDC: Chlamydia Testing Disappointingly Low
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THURSDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- The great majority of sexually active young American women enrolled in health plans are ignoring repeated recommendations that they get routine screening for chlamydia, the most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease, a new report says.
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People with chlamydia or gonorrhea are supposed to tell past sexual partners about their diagnosis and urge them to get treatment. A new study says giving the patients medicine to pass on to their possibly infected sexual partners works even better.
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Not enough resources are being allocated to deal with the rise in sex infections  a specialist says.
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FOR YEARS the state has provided free testing to detect breast or cervical cancer in low-income women. But until this year there were no funds to treat women who lacked insurance but were ineligible for Medicaid.
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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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The first big trial of a DNA test to detect colon cancer proved disappointing to those hoping for an easy and accurate new screening method.
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Less than a third of people with diabetes receive all the recommended tests, a national audit shows.
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Many people mistakenly believe that oral sex is safe, unaware that they can readily catch or pass on syphilis in this manner, according to a report put out by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The gold-standard test used to detect colon cancer is missing a &quot;concerning&quot; number of cases, according to a new Canadian study that evaluated the success rate of colonoscopies.
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The 2004-05 flu season is starting slower than last year&#39;s, easing some fears about the nation&#39;s shortage of flu vaccine. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 29
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Don't expect your doctor to nudge you toward an HIV test anytime soon, despite bold new government advice that most Americans be tested for the AIDS virus.
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This year&#39;s flu season appears to be starting slowly, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite a shortage of flu vaccines in the United States.
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Children whose mothers were exposed to several widely available solvents during pregnancy score lower on language and behavior tests than children whose mothers were not exposed to solvents during pregnancy, according to a study published in the Oct.
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The federal government still has limited capacity to detect a disease outbreak and track its progress across the country.
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The first anti-AIDS vaginal gel to make it through late-stage testing failed to stop HIV infection in a study of 6,000 South African women, disappointed researchers announced Monday.
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The U.S. influenza season is  starting slowly but it is still too early to tell how severe  the outbreak will be as the nation faces a vaccine shortage,  the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  (CDC) said on Sunday.
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Children of mothers exposed to organic solvents during their pregnancies had lower scores on certain tests of language, behavior, and cognitive functioning.