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Around the World cases of syphilis are on the rise, which is concerning for many reasons, one of them being that many people don’t know what the symptoms are. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that cases of syphilis had increased by 80% over the past 5 years to reach over …
The out-of-control sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STD/STI) epidemic continues to put lives at risk, new CDC data highlights the urgent need for funds to curb the rapidly increasing public health crisis. The new data shows that chlamydia and syphilis numbers have reached record highs, and that the nation is struggling to gain control of the epidemics …
A recent study from the University of Queensland published in Nature Communications Biology describes how CBD has been shown to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhea, meningitis, and legionnaires disease, findings could lead to the first new class of antibiotics for resistant bacteria in six decades. The main nonpsychoactive component of cannabis, known as CBD, …
In America sexually transmitted diseases have reached an all time high, with over 2.5 million new cases according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention federal agency. With advances in medicine and treatments available that have helped to lengthen the lifespans of those who are HIV positive we are hearing less about STDs in …
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 …
America has battled against soaring numbers of sexually transmitted infections in recent years, new data from W.H.O indicates that this is a global problem: close to a million new curable STIs are contracted every day worldwide. There was an estimated 376.4 million curable cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis contracted in 2016 which was …
Sexually transmitted disease are on an alarming new record setting rise in the USA according to new research from the CDC who’s experts say many factors have contributed to the increase, the biggest one seems to be less frequent condom use. Sexually transmitted disease are on an alarming new record setting rise in the USA …
Unfortunately for a man in the UK he has displayed a uniquely resistant case of gonorrhea that was so dramatically resistant to treatment it chilled his physicians as not only is it not wise to be untreated, but this case is a harbinger of a looming crisis. Gonorrheas is an infection which is caused by …
In some states patients who test positive for gonorrhea or chlamydia can not only get a prescription for themselves but also their partner who was not seen. The states that allow EPT find more success at lowering the rates of sexually transmitted diseases, as published in the journal Sexually transmitted Infections. 38 states allow expedited …