www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Sexual Health News. Regular chlamydia tests urged for young people Reuters - Tue Jul 15, 5:39 PM ET. LONDON (Reuters) - Young sexually active people should get themselves tested Source: news.yahoo.com Health News | KMOV.com | St. Louis, MO Breaking health news with fitness and nutrition news for the St. Louis area on KMOV.com [...]
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Over the next fortnight more than 22,000 young people in Barking and Dagenham will be receiving chlamydia information though the post and a chance to order a postal test kit. The scheme, run by Terrence Higgins Trust and Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust, aims to reduce undiagnosed chlamydia in local 16-24 year olds.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Only six weeks after launch NPA statistics show that just over 40% of NPA UK member locations are enabled for the NPA's chlamydia screening service. Neal Patel, NPA Head of Communications comments: "It is gratifying to see that community pharmacy as a sector and NPA members individually understand the significance of this, the first oral antibiotic switch.
We Can Relate (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Ran across a delightful short by Salon.com's Kate Harding with some serious dating don'ts : things guaranteed to not get you laid. You'll have to admit, her list is pretty good: 1. Don't tell me on a first date about the time you were tested for chlamydia (because you found out your high school girlfriend was "a bit of a skank") and go on to describe in loving detail the sensation of a medical-grade...
Nature (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Bacterial virulence determinants can be identified, according to the molecular Koch's postulates, if inactivation of a gene associated with a suspected virulence trait results in a loss in pathogenicity. This approach is commonly used with genetically tractable organisms. However, the current lack of tools for targeted gene disruptions in obligate intracellular microbial pathogens seriously hampers...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
THOSE party conferences are just an excuse to debate into the small hours: Maybe it was something in my eyes, but as I wandered around the GMEX picking up freebies in the form of frisbies, screwdrivers, pens, paperclips and countless varieties of sweets, I was approached by an operative of the Terrence Higgins Trust who handed [...]
RecessMonkey (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Maybe it was something in my eyes, but as I wandered around the GMEX picking up freebies in the form of frisbies, screwdrivers, pens, paperclips and countless varieties of sweets, I was approached by an operative of the Terrence Higgins Trust who handed me a free chlamydia test. I wonder if Tooting Tory Mark Clarke will [...]
Bosses blog (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Nina's blog - The world is a dangerous place Syphilis, chlamydia and much more
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
A new test for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis has received CE Mark certification, allowing it to be sold for clinical use in the UK. Unlike previous tests, the Roche test is designed with a dual target approach to help future proof it, by ensuring reliability of results even when mutations occur in the bacteria's cryptic plasmid DNA.
TV Scoop (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
I caught another one of those rapid-fire statistics from the intro piece this week. 1 in 10 of us is infected with chlamydia. 1 in 10!! That's... about 6 million people! Strewth. Anyway, Sexually Transmitted Infections or STIs were one of the subjects for this second instalment of Anna Richardson's romp through all things sexual. A journey, it has to be said, that has set the cat among the pigeons...
Dalhousie News (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Cases of Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted infection that often doesn't have symptoms, is on the rise among Nova Scotian young people.
Newswise (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
The University of Massachusetts Amherst's podcast series about the breakthrough discoveries of campus researchers focuses this month on the work of two microbiologists examining the role that the common bacteria chlamydia plays in a host of serious diseases such as asthma.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
A TOP international sexual health expert has warned the federal government to start screening all teenagers for chlamydia to try to curb the infection epidemic.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common curable sexually transmitted disease. Control of prevalence is dependant on having a screening strategy that is both acceptable to the population and cost-effective. Evidence to date has suggested that population-based Chlamydia screening is not cost-effective.
Fighting Fatigue (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
As soon as we see the word Chlamydia we naturally think of a sexually transmitted disease, but Chlamydia pneumoniae has nothing to do with STDs. You may not have heard much about this common bacterium that is an obscure pathogen. Some of the world’s leading infectious disease specialists and microbiologists suspect that C. pneumoniae may [...]
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wallarookiller | 11/12/2007
A new study finds that certain Std's can't be stopped by proper use of a condom. This is explaining the high amount of new cases of Hpv and other Std's such as...
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Condoms are Still Good.. If Put on Properly
I was looking for a tutorial to teach my son about condoms as we do believe in them in our house and we aren't necessarily going to stop our kids even...
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