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One in Four Teen Girls Have STDs

HealthDay - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago

MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- As many as one in four U.S. teenage girls have had a sexually transmitted disease (STD), many infected soon after their first sexual encounter, a new government report shows.

  • Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 23, 8:36 AM ET

    If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead.

  • Spray May Delay Ejaculation HealthDay - Mon Nov 23, 1:39 AM ET

    THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A spray touted as the first potential treatment for premature ejaculation has proved effective in a second study, according to the company that developed it.

  • Spray can prevent premature ejaculation: study Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 1:18 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spray that numbs the penis can help prevent premature ejaculation, doctors reported on Thursday, and drug maker Sciele Pharma Inc, a division of Japan's Shionogi, plans to file for U.S. approval next year.

  • Genital Herpes May Never Go Dormant HealthDay - Wed Nov 18, 11:48 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Herpes, the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital lesions, never truly goes into a dormant state, new research suggests.

  • Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect HealthDay - Tue Nov 17, 11:48 PM ET

    TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil, commonly known as Viagra, boosts the heart's pumping ability in children and young adults who've had the Fontan operation to correct single-ventricle heart defects, researchers report.

  • Viagra pills are seen during the manufacturing process. A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead North American investigator analysing tests of the drug said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)
    Failed anti-depressant drug could be 'women's Viagra' AFP - Tue Nov 17, 7:25 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead North American investigator analysing tests of the drug said Tuesday.

  • Shockwave therapy shows promise for ED Reuters - Tue Nov 17, 4:38 PM ET

    LYON, FRANCE (Reuters Health) - It sounds painful, but shockwave therapy may be an effective treatment for men who suffer from erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a small study showcased here at the European Society for Sexual Medicine.

  • Study Touts Success With 'Female Viagra' Drug HealthDay - Mon Nov 16, 11:49 PM ET

    MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- New industry-funded research suggests that the antidepressant flibanserin, which has been touted as a female version of Viagra, can enhance libido in women with low sex drives.

  • Teen Girls at Higher Risk for STDs: Report HealthDay - Mon Nov 16, 11:48 PM ET

    MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Teen girls aged 15 to 19 accounted for the largest number (409,531) of the 1.5 million reported chlamydia and gonorrhea cases in the United States in 2008, followed by women aged 20 to 24, according to an annual federal report released Monday.

  • Green card seekers won't have to get HPV vaccine AP - Mon Nov 16, 5:53 PM ET

    DALLAS - Immigrant girls and women will no longer have to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus to get their green cards.

  • Sexually spread diseases up, better testing cited AP - Mon Nov 16, 10:23 AM ET

    ATLANTA - Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials said Monday.

  • Sex infections still growing in U.S., says CDC Reuters - Mon Nov 16, 1:38 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday.

  • A dessert tiled 'passion dessert' sits on display at the annual gastronomy fair in Bogota, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. The dessert's ingredients include passion fruit and the active ingredient in viagra, according to one of the dessert's creators Juan Sebastian Gomez. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)
    Colombia chef school concocts dessert with Viagra AP - Fri Nov 13, 6:02 PM ET

    BOGOTA - A Colombian cooking school has concocted a "love dessert" made with passion fruit — and Viagra.

  • BPA Tied to Impotence in Men HealthDay - Wed Nov 11, 11:48 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to high levels of the controversial plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) significantly raised the risk of sexual dysfunction, including impotence and low sex drive, among Chinese factory workers, a new study has found.

  • Erectile tissue grown in the laboratory has successfully restored sexual function in rabbits, bringing hope to men sexually impaired by accident or disease, US researchers said Tuesday in a published study.(AFP/File/Christian Puygrenier)
    Erectile tissue restored in rabbits, gives hope to men AFP - Tue Nov 10, 6:02 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Erectile tissue grown in the laboratory has successfully restored sexual function in rabbits, bringing hope to men sexually impaired by accident or disease, US researchers said Tuesday in a published study.

  • Scientists Grow New Penile Tissue in the Lab HealthDay - Mon Nov 9, 11:49 PM ET

    MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers were able to restore sexual function to rabbits with damaged penises by growing new penile tissue in the lab and implanting it, a new study reports.

  • The logo of the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA). The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.(FDA)
    'All-natural' sex pill contains Viagra chemical: FDA AFP - Thu Nov 5, 5:22 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.

  • Chinese official: Syphilis boom driven by economy AP - Tue Nov 3, 11:43 AM ET

    GENEVA - China has seen a tenfold increase in syphilis cases over the past decade, as migrant workers made enough money in the country's economic boom to hire more prostitutes, a senior Chinese health official was quoted as saying Tuesday.

  • China's economy powering syphilis spread Reuters - Tue Nov 3, 5:27 AM ET

    GENEVA (Reuters) - China is experiencing an epidemic of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that the country virtually wiped out in the 1960s, a senior public health official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.