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Being informed has become easier than ever thanks to advances in modern technology. However, being informed doesn’t always mean the information has been correct. This may be the case when it comes to sex as made apparent by the continued increasing rate of STDs. Let’s get a few things settled right out of the gate, …
According to the British based non-profit Oral Health Foundation’s awareness campaign oral cancer rates “have more than doubled in a generation,” and American rates are comparable. In the UK over the past 20 years mouth cancer diagnoses have increased 135%, during 2018 alone seven people died every day from the disease out of 8,337 patients …
In 2018 there were more than 2.4 million reported cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea in America, and that is just the reported cases, many more cases go undiagnosed. According to a report from the US CDC cases of the three common sexually transmitted diseases reached a new record level in 2018 within America; cases …
One third of Americans think that they can contract an STD from sitting on a public toilet, according to a new study commissioned by LetsGetChecked for Sexual Health Awareness Month that has pointed out the alarming lack of knowledge when it comes to STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases are not a popular topic, but perhaps if …