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Prevention of STDs and why people don't care

Seems to me that alot of time and money is spent on AIDS and STD research. I know of well-educated people who still ignore all risk factors and practice unsafe sex. Can you help me understand why they ignore preventive measures? These are people...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. There are numerous reasons why a person may not practice safer sex, even if they are knowledgeable about HIV/STDs. Some of those reasons include:1) Denial. Many people refuse to believe that they are at risk... Read more »

Can certain drugs taken prevent certain STDS from occuring?

Dear Dr. Frascino,I recently went to Asia and slept with a girl and had unprotected oral sex but... Read more »

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Can using Vaseline prevent getting HIV and other STDs?

Another guy I met on AOL (America Online) wanted bareback me using his discovered lubrication... Read more »

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"Nothing Highly Effective" About Condoms' Ability to Prevent STDs, HIV Among Young People, Opinion Piece Says

There is "nothing 'highly effective' about condoms when it comes to protecting young people from STDs," Shepherd Smith, president of the Institute for Youth Development , a Washington, D.C.-based not-for-profit group that advocates risk avoidance... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Chinese Men Appealed to Be More Responsible for Family Planning, Prevention of STDs

Health experts and family planning workers are calling on Chinese men to take more responsibility for family planning and prevention of STDs. Women now assume most responsibilities for family planning, but female contraceptives such as the birth... Read more »

Condoms' Effectiveness in Preventing STDs, Including HIV, at Center of Debate on Revising Package Labels

The effectiveness of condoms in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, is at the center of a debate on whether to revise the products' packaging labels to include information about their limits in disease... Read more »

Philadelphia Inquirer Profiles CEO of Biosyn, Company's Efforts to Develop Microbicide to Prevent STDs, Including HIV

The Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday profiled Anne-Marie Corner, president and CEO of Huntington, Pa.-based biotechnology firm Biosyn , which is working to develop a vaginal microbicide to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.... Read more »

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stds from having your balls sucked/licked?

Posted by team1, 5 Replies

obviously in everything there is a chance? but is there a great chance of getting any STDs from getting your balls and shaft (not the head of the penis though) sucked??

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Suffering unknowingly from untreated STDs

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Symptomless STDs Go Untreated

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Botanical Treatments For HIV, AIDS, and STDs

Posted by Anonymous

The Website:

http://Shegoi.net/askphd .

You can download the free eBook "Treating Herpes Naturally" through Larrea Tridentata by Dennis W. Clark, Ph.D. at this website;

http://freeherpesbook.com/downloadServlet?downloadId=E618347

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Were your tests for STDs, AIDS, TB and hepatitis?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Were your tests for STDs, AIDS, TB and hepatitis?...

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