Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Print Version)

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Latest News

Rare Infection a Risk to Gay, Bisexual Men in US (10/29/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20949.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/28/2004)

Overviews

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/sexuallytransmitteddiseasesloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/sexuallytransmitteddiseasesspanishloader.html
STDs: Common Symptoms & Tips on Prevention (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/165.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e165.xml

Diagnosis/Symptoms

Common Symptoms of STIs/RTIs (EngenderHealth) - http://www.engenderhealth.org/wh/inf/dsymp.html
Genital Problems in Men (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/539.xml
Genital Problems in Women (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/537.xml
Trichomonas (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/trichomonas/test.html

Treatment

Sexually Transmitted Diseases - The Basics: Treatment (American Social Health Association) - http://www.iwannaknow.org/basics2/treat.html

Health Check Tools

STD Quiz: Are You Taking Proper, Preventive Steps? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=QZ00037

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Condylomata Acuminata (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D003218&recruiting;=true
ClinicalTrials.gov: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D012749&recruiting;=true

Specific Conditions

Genital Warts (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00087
Information to Live By: Hepatitis (American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/hepatitis.html
Information to Live By: Chancroid (American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/chancroid.html
Information to Live By: Crabs (American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/crabs.html
Information to Live By: Molluscum Contagiosum (American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/molcon.html
Information to Live By: Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU) (American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/ngu.html
Information to Live By: Vaginitis (American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/vaginitis.html
Trichomoniasis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/Trichomonas/STDFact-Trichomoniasis.htm

Prevention/Screening

Condoms and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. . . Especially AIDS (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/oashi/aids/condom.html
Preventing STIs: Safer Sex (EngenderHealth) - http://www.engenderhealth.org/wh/inf/dprev.html
Right Way to Use a Condom (American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/condom_a.html
Screening and Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZO6I53AKC⊂_cat=292

Related Issues

Role of STD Detection and Treatment in HIV Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/STDFact-STD&HIV.htm;
STDs and Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/STDFact-STDs&Pregnancy.htm;

Research

Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections (STDs and STIs) and HIV/AIDS Research (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/womenhealth/STDHIV.cfm

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Glossary (American Social Health Association) - http://www.iwannaknow.org/glossary/index.html
Sexual Health Glossary (American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/glossaryindex.html

Organizations

American Social Health Association - http://www.ashastd.org/
iwannaknow.org (American Social Health Association) - http://www.iwannaknow.org/
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/

Statistics

FASTATS: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/stds.htm
Hispanics and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/news/hisp.html
STD Surveillance 2002 (National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats02/toc2002.htm

Women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/faq/stdsgen.htm

Teenagers

Getting a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) - FAQs (American Social Health Association) - http://www.iwannaknow.org/faqs/getting.html
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/stds/std.html
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - The Basics: Testing (American Social Health Association) - http://www.iwannaknow.org/basics2/testing.html
Talking to Your Child about STDs (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/talk_child_stds.html

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Gonorrhea - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/gonorrhea.html
Herpes Simplex - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/herpessimplex.html
HPV - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hpv.html
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pelvicinflammatorydisease.html
Syphilis - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/syphilis.html
Infections - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infections.html
Men's Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealth.html
Sexual Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sexualhealth.html
Women's Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/womenshealth.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 17 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 07 September 2004