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Can kissing cause gonorrhea?
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 17 (ANI): You may find it hard to believe but kissing could be a possible reason behind gonorrhoea, the most antibiotic-resistant of all the sexually transmitted infections.
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New findings could be used as vaccination strategy for sexually transmitte
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 18 (ANI): Researchers have shown how skin vaccination can generate protective CD8 T-cells that are recruited to the genital tissues and could be used as a vaccination strategy for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
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Women with undiagnosed STIs at greater risk of negative PMS symptoms
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 18 (ANI): Undiagnosed sexually transmitted infections (STI) can increase negative premenstrual symptoms (PMS) in women, according to a study.
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Adolescents still shy away from seeking sex-related guidance
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 05 (ANI): A staggering number of adolescents are still not talking to their doctors and parents about sex, a research has claimed.
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World's most common STI affected by ethnic disparity
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 15 (ANI): Turns out, even the world's most common sexually transmitted infection is not untouched by racial and ethnic disparities.
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Sexually transmitted bug is sweeping UK
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [U.K.], Jan. 22 (ANI): Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are on the rise across the world. A new super-bug which can cause infertility has been sweeping the United Kingdom these days.
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ADHD medicines may lower risk of sexually transmitted infection
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 3 (ANI): According to researchers, medications used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can also reduce the risk of subsequent sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
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Earlier a girl menstruates, likelier she's to marry young
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 15 (ANI): According to a recent study, the timing of a girl's first menstruation may affect her first sexual encounter, first pregnancy and her vulnerability to some sexually transmitted infections.
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Just 2 doses of HPV vaccine cuts genital warts, cancer risk in girls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that only two-doses of a vaccine to children, especially girls, aged nine to 14 can protect them from Genital warts - the most common type of sexually transmitted infection and cancers.
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Antibiotic can now cure sexually transmitted infection, gonorrhea
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 5 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new antibiotic which can be used to treat the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea, which has become highly drug-resistant strain.
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Fruit flies could be helpful to fight cervical cancer caused by HPV
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug 20 (ANI): HPV (Human papillomavirus), one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the United States, has been identified as a primary cause of cervical cancer in women.
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