Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Anne Arundel County health briefs

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Summer health, safety tips The Department of Health offers sun and water safety tips, Lyme disease information for prevention and detection, as well as food safety recommendations designed to reduce the risk of food-borne illnesses at picnics,...

Dr. Ruth H. Singer

2013-06-03 14:43:40

Dr. Ruth H. Singer, a retired physician who was a state health administrator and later worked in AIDS and HIV treatment at Chase Brexton Health Services, died of pancreatic cancer May 27 at her North Baltimore home. She was 69. "What one loved about Ruth...

Plan B restrictions — better, but not best

2013-05-02 08:26:00

In the United States of 2013, any youngster can walk into a store and buy a bottle of aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen or some other pain reliever without showing any identification, parental consent or a doctor's order. They don't have to be 15 or 17 or...

The cost of sexually transmitted disease

2013-04-01 03:00:00

Doctors and patients alike are often uncomfortable talking about sexual health and sexually transmitted disease. But a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that this squeamishness costs society millions of dollars spent trying to...

Barnes murder makes case for sexual education

2013-02-11 11:15:00

There are many lessons parents could learn from the ghastly death of Phylicia Barnes ("Johnson guilty in Barnes case," Feb. 7). Though the media and the justice system were taken to task by the victim's family when she disappeared, the beautiful young...

NIH superbug outbreak a warning for local hospitals

2012-10-07 13:26:49

Much of Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Jason Farley's recent research has focused on an evolving medical crisis: How to stop the spread of bacteria that have adapted immunity to most antibiotics. To stop it the medical community needs to track it. He's...

Circumcision's benefits outweigh risks, doctors' group says

2012-08-27 04:58:00

The American Academy of Pediatrics is modifying its stance on circumcision for the first time in more than a decade, acknowledging that the health benefits outweigh the risks of the procedure, which involves removing the foreskin of a baby boy's penis....

Decline in circumcisions costing health care system billions, study finds

2012-08-20 17:15:00

A 20-year decline in male circumcision has cost the country $2 billion in medical costs that could have been prevented, Johns Hopkins researchers say in a study released Monday. In what is believed to be the first look at the economic impact of male...

Towson biology professor developing silicone implant to battle herpes

2012-08-17 15:25:00

The space sure looked like a science lab, with beakers full of brightly-hued potions and a dry-erase board covered in graphs and mathematical scrawl. But at the heart of the operation sits a hunk of metal with a hand crank on the side. "It's a pasta...

Alcohol companies target African-American youth

2012-10-22 10:28:53

It is no secret that for decades, tobacco companies have filled disadvantaged communities with advertising and marketing attracting generations of young people of color to the products they peddle. A new report from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and...

FDA approves drug to prevent HIV infection

2012-07-16 16:31:00

The federal government has approved for the first time a drug that can prevent an HIV infection, a significant development for Baltimore where transmission rates for the virus remain high and growing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved...

Tween Tuesday: Giving thanks to Maryland's sex-ed teachers

2012-05-29 09:20:00

When you think of superheroes, you might imagine those fellows in tights flying and leaping through the air. Or maybe you think of police officers, firefighters and servicemen and women who risk their lives to protect us. But I'd like to nominate another...

Casual sex on college campuses today, which often grows out of binge drinking, leads to sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies and low self-esteem.

2013-05-24 18:16:54

The home page of Qpid.me, a Los Angeles-based site that lets people store and share the results of the tests and vaccinations they've received for sexually transmitted diseases.

2013-02-14 00:00:00

The home page of Qpid.me, a Los Angeles-based site that lets people store and share the results of the tests and vaccinations they've received for sexually transmitted diseases.

2013-02-14 00:00:00