HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Sexually transmitted disease (STD) cases reached a record high in the United States…
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Enlarge this image Once-a-day HIV pills that combine multiple medicines, such as Truvada, are easier to take, but they can be more…
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HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Gonorrhea appears to be developing resistance to the two antibiotics that constitute the…
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Fear of stigma and damage to their relationships keeps many bisexual men in the closet, report researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, in New York City. “Our results clearly identify the need for public education campaigns to dispel myths about bisexual men — that bisexual men are not gay, do not have […]
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FRIDAY, June 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) — More bad news from the U.S. drug wars: Misuse of prescription opioid painkillers by American adults more than doubled from the early 2000s to 2013, a new government study says. Rates of addiction to powerful painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin also swelled during that time, according to […]
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Randy Curtis was in second grade when he and his parents got devastating news from a specialist in blood disorders. Curtis had merely fallen and bumped his knee, but he remembers the doctor’s words: ” ‘You know, these kids don’t really live past 13.’ ” “So, I went back to school the next day,” Curtis […]