Tag: sexually transmitted diseases
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FDA approves first at-home test for syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection that is on the rise
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As cases of syphilis continue to increase across the nation and in Kentucky, the announcement of a new at-home syphilis test that was recently...
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There’s a vaccine for young people that prevents cancer, but most of them don’t get it because most doctors fail to recommend it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The human papilloma virus vaccination is proven to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts, but many pediatricians and family doctors still don’t strongly recommend...
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Studies conclude that abstinence pledges do little to cut youth sexual activity, pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases
Abstinence pledges—sometimes called purity pledges—don’t keep young people from engaging in sex, contracting sexually transmitted diseases or avoiding pregnancy, according to a pair of studies, Denise-Marie Ordway reports for Journalist’s...
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Kentucky is in the bottom 10 states for cancer-preventing HPV vaccination, probably because it has to do with sex
The human papillomavirus vaccination is nearly 100 percent effective in preventing precancers and noninvasive cervical cancers caused by two strains of the virus, but most parents in Kentucky and the...
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Teens who talk to their parents about sex make the best choices; Clark County will offer parenting classes on sex communication
In an average Kentucky high school class of 30 students, almost 13 of the teenagers say they have had sexual intercourse at least once, but many of them have never...
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Study finds that one dose of HPV vaccine that targets only cervical cancer is as effective as three doses, now recommended
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study has found that one dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix appears to be as effective in preventing HPV infections that lead...
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Lexington internist, Dr. Ardis Hoven, becomes president of the AMA, the nation’s largest physician organization
Ardis Dee Hoven, M.D., an internal medicine and infectious disease specialist in Lexington, was installed as president of the American Medical Association at its annual meeting Tuesday night in Chicago. The AMA...
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Studies show that preteen girls who get the HPV vaccination are not more inclined toward promiscuity than those who don’t
An electron micrograph of thehuman papilloma virus.(National Cancer Institute photo) The most recent study of preteen girls who received the vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV) found that...
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Kentucky Parent Survey: We could do a lot better on school meals, we’re very much in favor of more health education
Fewer than 10 percent of Kentucky parents report that their child has everwalked or biked to school. When asked, only about one in four Kentucky parents describe the meals served...
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Next phase of health reform: New and renewed insurance policies will have to cover birth control, other preventive care for women
Even though the decision was widely expected, as part of health care reform, the news is still what Julie Rovner of National Public Radio termed “a pretty big deal.” Earlier...