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What about STD's? (MUTUAL MASTURBATION, STD RISK)

Dear Dr. Bob:I love you and your forum and am grateful for your truthful and candid answers; your sense of humor is truly wonderful. You should become a regular on Comedy at the Improv ... Anyway, onto my question. I read an article posted here...
Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello "Question Mark,"The answer depends on how you define mutual masturbation. If you are just burping your own nephew (so to speak) without giving your buddy a "helping hand," then your risk of all STDs is nonexistent. You... Read more »

STD Testing

Dr. Frascino,I'd like to thank you for answering my question concerning hiv symptoms.... Read more »

std

although most std's are transmitted through intercourse, name a few that can be transmitted by... Read more »
Articles
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

STD Risk Behavior Assessment Found Easier Using Computer

The authors sought to describe the difference in reporting risk behavior in audio computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI) and face-to-face interviews (FFI) among patients at a public sexually transmitted disease clinic. Randomly selected patients... Read more »
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Vietnam HIV/STD Prevention Campaign Fails to Increase Condom Use Among Sex Workers

A five-year nationwide HIV and STD prevention campaign aimed at sex workers in Vietnam has not been successful in increasing condom use, health officials attending a two-day conference in Hanoi said on Wednesday, Viet Nam News reports. Nguyen... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Medicare Panel Advises Coverage for STD Tests, Counseling

If a new proposal is adopted, Medicare would include STD screenings for at-risk patients among the services it covers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also would add STD prevention counseling for patients at high/increased... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Policy Change Decried; Officials: STD Educational Program Will Suffer From New Rules in Connecticut

Parental consent for an STD education course for 10th-grade Manchester High School students has changed, and some city officials say the policy shift means the course will reach fewer students. Launched last spring, the pilot course is taught by... Read more »
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STD's

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Can you only get an STD from coming in IMMEDIATE contact with someone else's fluid, or can you say... sleep or have sex on the same bed where someone else had sex and still get it that way? Is it something you have to be doing with a partner at... Read more »

no STD symptoms after oral a year ago. Am I ok?

Posted by 613, 1 Reply
last year I received oral for the first time in my life. I'm a virgin. The girl told me she was clean but i am paranoid.

A year has passed and I have shown no signs of genital herpes. Am I clean? Read more »

STD negative

Posted by sadface, 3 Replies
Hey guys...got my STD results all negative after 6 weeks. WHew...I had a hiv at 6 weeks too, negative. Now its countdown time for 6 more weeks to hit that 3 month mark...please pray for me for I have NO confidence at all...life is a crap shoot! love... Read more »

Other STD's - ?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hi,

I was wondering about the other viral STDs, namely HPV and Herpes. Are there tests for these and are they conclusive? I have not had any signs or symptoms and I think I was tested early after possible exposure for these. However, I do... Read more »

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