http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. HIV prevention programs for female sex workers in India reduce rates of syphilis, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a University of Toronto study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-hiv-female-sex-workers-india.html HIV & AIDS Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:00:01 EST news290625772 (HealthDay)—Complications linked to tattoos and tattoo inks include allergic reactions, serious infections, and reactions that can be mistaken for skin cancer, according to information presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, held from March 1 to 5 in Miami Beach. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-aad-complications-tattoos-tattoo-ink.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:20:01 EST news281367551 Syphilis is on the rise worldwide and there is an urgent need for reliable and rapid screening, particularly for people who live in areas where access to healthcare is limited. An international research team, led by scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal, has demonstrated that rapid and point-of-care tests (POC) for syphilis are as accurate as conventional laboratory tests. The findings, which were published in PLoS ONE, call for a major change in approach to syphilis testing and recommend replacing first line laboratory tests with POC tests globally, especially in resource-limited settings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-rapid-point-of-care-syphilis-future-diagnosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:18:56 EST news281207930 Syphilis still affects large numbers of pregnant women world-wide, causing serious health problems and even death to their babies, yet this infection could be prevented by early testing and treatment, according to a study by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-million-pregnant-women-infected-syphilis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:00:01 EST news281108502 A significant proportion of HIV positive patients may not be disclosing their infection to NHS staff, when turning up for treatment at sexual health clinics, suggests preliminary research published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-significant-proportion-hiv-positive-patients.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:40:01 EST news279997192 (Medical Xpress)—The 1950s were not as prudish as they seemed on the surface, says economist Andrew Francis.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-economic-analysis-penicillin-pill-sexual.html Health Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:50:18 EST news278567304 Reports of several cases of syphilis among porn actors in California has prompted a trade group to call for a temporary halt to shooting in the lucrative US adult film industry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-syphilis-prompts-halt-porn.html Health Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:54:09 EST news264916438 (HealthDay) -- Syphilis is associated with a transient decrease in the CD4 cell count and with an increase in viral load (VL) in HIV-infected men, according to a study published online July 23 in the Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-syphilis-cd4-ups-viral-hiv-infected.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:20:01 EST news262500005 Pregnant women are benefiting from new rapid tests for syphilis in six countries thanks to influential research by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-introduction-rapid-syphilis-pregnant-women.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:00:11 EST news258721043 (AP) -- Cases of some common sexually spread diseases continue to increase in the United States, but the syphilis rate dropped last year for the first time in a decade. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-sex-spread-diseases-syphilis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:52:32 EST news240778323 (AP) -- Nearly half of pregnant women do not get tested for syphilis in poor areas of southern China where the sexually transmitted disease has seen a resurgence, researchers said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-rural-mothers-to-be-china-lack-syphilis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:38:14 EST news239449087 Canada's health agency on Tuesday warned would-be parents not to purchase "fresh" semen online, saying it may be tainted with infectious diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-canada-fresh-semen-online.html Other Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:32:40 EST news233922743