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Condoms Lower the Risk of Herpes
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine based on data from a trial of an experimental HSV-2 vaccine that ultimately failed found that consistent use of condoms can lower both women’s and men’s risk of contracting the virus that causes genital herpes. The study of more than 1,800 adults considered at high risk […]
Suspected AIDS Patient Allegedly Spit At Cops
A Cincinnati man, who is thought to be homeless, has been charged with assaulting Cincinnati Police Officers. His weapon of choice… spit. 48-year-old Ronald Crawford was arrested during a fight on East McMillan Street, where he spit at officers, telling them he “had AIDS”. While the officers believe that Crawford is HIV-positive, they aren’t at […]
HCV RNA Tests
The school nurse can serve a variety of functions, from administering first aid to taking temperature to … pregnancy testing? Starting this fall, the health centers in New York’s Port Chester public school district will begin providing STD and pregnancy testing to requesting students. Starting this fall, the health centers in New York’s Port Chester […]
School Board Approves In-House STD and Pregnancy Testing
The school nurse can serve a variety of functions, from administering first aid to taking temperature to … pregnancy testing? Starting this fall, the health centers in New York’s Port Chester public school district will begin providing STD and pregnancy testing to requesting students. Starting this fall, the health centers in New York’s Port Chester […]
Teens Use Facebook, YouTube to Educate Peers About Sexual Health
Web sites such as YouTube and Facebook have been used with great success to raise public awareness about a variety of issues in the past, perhaps most notably during the 2008 presidential campaigns. Now, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) has incorporated these new media outlets into an ambitious campaign to educate teenagers about sexually […]
Now, an HIV blocking gel for women
Scientists have developed what some are calling a “molecular condom”. The “condom” is actually a gel that, if used correctly, could help prevent women from contracting HIV. The gel was developed to “enable women to protect themselves against HIV without approval of their partner”. To use it the woman would only need to insert the […]
The Oral Sex Cancer Connection
Teresa Dillon was surprised to learn four years ago that what she deemed as an average sore throat actually was stage 2 cancer on her tonsil. “People think the face of oral cancer is a 70-year-old man who’s been chewing tobacco and drinking whiskey all his life,” she said. “But the face of oral cancer […]
PCR Technology
Introduction Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has rapidly become one of the most widely used techniques in molecular biology and for good reason: it is a rapid, inexpensive and simple means of producing relatively large numbers of copies of DNA molecules from minute quantities of source DNA material–even when the source DNA is of relatively poor […]
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is one of the many viral infections with the tendency to affect the liver. In approximately 75% of cases, the infection will become chronic, meaning that it does not go away. After about 20 years of a chronic Hepatitis C infection, approximately 20% of these people will develop cirrhosis (or hardening) of the […]
HIV Testing and Diagnosis in Infants and Children
MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS Responsibilities of Child Healthcare Providers As part of the initial newborn evaluation, the pediatric clinician should determine whether human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing of the mother has been completed properly and should follow up on any outstanding laboratory values. Pediatric clinicians should obtain testing for HIV beyond the neonatal period if the child […]
