Researchers for the World Bank have published two studies suggesting that girls paid regular cash payments linked to STD tests are less likely to have inappropriate sexual relationships or contract sexually transmitted infections like HIV. With girls in developing countries at highest risk of contracting infections like HIV, herpes and chlamydia much of the new [...]
Dutch researchers have warned that older adults who participate in swinging are at a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections than prostitutes. The team behind the research, which has been published in the British Medical Journal, say that the swinger population worldwide is in the millions but that they are frequently overlooked by sexual [...]
A Scottish study has shown that it is crucial to ensure that partners get treated for chlamydia when their sexual partner has a positive chlamydia test. The researchers have said that for partners, though going to a GUM clinic for a check-up is still the best option, vouchers for treatment should be considered as an [...]
A study has shown that using electronic records can significantly reduce the time it takes someone who has had a positive chlamydia test to get treatment for the infection. Researchers have discovered that when an electronic medical record system is introduced, then the number of patients being treated within two weeks of their positive chlamydia [...]
Football fans have been warned not to put their sexual health at risk during the World Cup. A leading sexual health charity have said they are concerned that excessive drinking during the football season could lead football supporters to have unprotected sex. A poll for the Terence Higgins Trust has shown that 1 in 10 [...]
Scientists in America say that clinical trials have lead them to believe a combination of antibiotics could successfully treat chlamydia-induced arthritis. The trials, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, saw 42 patients with chlamydia-induced arthritis split into three treatment groups. The patients were either given rifampin and doxycycline, rimfampin and azithromycin or a placebo. [...]
A new report has provided insights into prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in America. Focusing on New York, the report showed that New Yorkers of all ages, gender and socio-economic status are contracting infections. The Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield Study examined the rates of infection amongst teens and adults for the five most commonly [...]
A new study has suggested that doctors are missing diagnosis of chlamydia in young men, as they are not following guidelines on best practice for chlamydia testing. Sexual health experts were already aware that women are more likely to get tested for the sexually transmitted infection, one of the most common in the UK. This [...]
Alarming research has suggested that the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea is becoming resistant to antibiotics, raising the threat that it could evolve into a ‘superbug’. An expert at the Health Protection Agency has warned that that the infection, the second most common STI in the UK (chlamydia the most common), is becoming increasingly difficult to [...]
A survey of young people has shown that many believe frankness about sexually transmitted infections and a partner’s sexual history is crucial for a good relationship. More than 1,200 15-24 year olds were asked about their attitudes to sex and sexual health and many cited discussing sexual history as key. Some described it as a [...]
A damning report from the Public accounts Committee has slammed chlamydia screening services as having missed an opportunity to reduce the rates of chlamydia transmission in England. The body said that screening services were characterised by a lack of urgency when is came to tackling the large number of tests that need to be done [...]
A rise in the number of girls testing positive in the U.S for a sexually transmitted infection has been put down to better sexual health testing a more available chlamydia screening. New data released in the annual federal report showed that 1 in 4 cases of chlamydia or gonorrhoea was diagnosed in girls aged between [...]
As more sordid revelations emerged about the golfer Tiger Wood’s multiple affairs, the gossip columns are reporting that his long-term mistress Rachel Uchitel was extremely distressed to discover how many women he had unprotected sex with and is planning on visiting a GUM clinic. The Woods scandal broke a couple of weeks ago with reports [...]
Scientists who have made a breakthrough in discovering how the body fights of the chlamydia infection believe that a vaccine for the very common sexually transmitted infection may only be a few years away. The scientists from the Sahlgrenska Academy have discovered that that contrary to what was previously thought, when the body detects the [...]
The National Audit Office has lambasted the UK-wide Chlamydia screening program, calling it ‘fragmented’. In a report they said that lessons had not been learnt on how best to conduct screenings and claimed they had not provided value for money. Each year 120,000 cases of chlamydia are diagnosed and the National Chlamydia Screening program was [...]