Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea: A growing threat
(HealthDay)—Public health experts are expressing growing anxiety over the prospect of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea.
Jan 19, 2016
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Gonorrhea
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
An increase in alcohol tax appears to have decreased gonorrhea rates in Maryland by 24 percent
Increasing state alcohol taxes could help prevent sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea, according to University of Florida Health researchers, who found that gonorrhea rates decreased by 24 percent in Maryland ...
Dec 9, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study examines bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics used to treat gonorrhea
Although gonorrhea susceptibility to the antibiotic cefixime has been improving in recent years, suggesting a halt of a drift towards antibiotic resistance, data for 2014 indicates a worsening of susceptibility, according ...
Nov 3, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research on gonorrhea uncovers new immune system trigger
Researchers at the University of Toronto have uncovered how Gram-negative bacteria—a broad class of bugs that cause diseases ranging from gonorrhea to diarrhea and pneumonia—can trigger a reaction from our immune system. ...
Jun 11, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
ACOG urges expedited partner therapy for some STIs
(HealthDay)—For patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as gonorrhea and chlamydia, whose partners are unable or unwilling to seek care, expedited partner therapy can be used to prevent reinfection, according ...
May 25, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ohio bill would allow patients to get STD meds for partners
A bill in Ohio seeks to expand access to treatment for certain sexually transmitted diseases by allowing doctors to prescribe medication to their patients' partners without first examining them.
May 25, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Genital-only screening misses many cases of gonorrhea and chlamydia in women
Current public health guidelines recommend that only gay men and people with HIV should be routinely screened for extragenital gonorrhea and chlamydia, given the high burden of these sexually transmitted infections (STIs) ...
Apr 28, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Screen women for chlamydia, gonorrhea, experts say
(HealthDay)—All sexually active women should be screened for two of the most common sexually transmitted infections: chlamydia and gonorrhea, according to new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Sep 23, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More STD screening on horizon for women?
(HealthDay)—A federal task force is poised to advise doctors to regularly screen all sexually active American women and girls up to age 24 for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and gonorrhea, which often don't ...
Apr 28, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Proteins discovered in gonorrhea may offer new approach to treatment
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered novel proteins in, or on the surface of the bacteria that causes gonorrhea, which offer a promising new avenue of attack against a venereal disease that is showing increased ...
Mar 31, 2014
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