‘An epidemic’ Syphilis rages through Texas, causing newborn cases to climb amid the STD treatment shortage. Syphilis Test rates in Texas continue to climb, alarming healthcare workers who see the...
Her White Cell level Was Dangerously Low. Was Med School Still Safe? She was days away from a test defending her Anaemia Complete Blood Count Dissertation when her doctor told...
Breast and ovarian cancer: Family history and genetic predisposition Various factors contribute to the onset of a tumour. In some cases, there is the participation of a hereditary component, as...
Sexually transmitted infections: Another Perspective: Gonorrhea, Syphilis and Chlamydia These information materials were prepared for CA(S)PITA, a Health Humanities project on STIs. The journey involved fifteen people, actors and actresses,...
Married young We got married when we were young, and only after going through thyroid surgery did we get together. Looking for pregnancy. At 28 years old, followed by my...
Cervical exam Susan, Ureaplasma Test visit 2, day 8 Assessment: "Probable GC/CT/PID" Possible allergy Consider gonorrhoea, tenosynovitis Plan: Ceftriaxone 250mg IM plus 750mg IV Doxycycline 100mg PO BID X 10...
Jamie (East Midlands) I hadn't visited an STI clinic for almost a year. Whilst I usually go every three months, I hadn't been having much sex and was in between...
We are closer to the morning-after pill for sexually transmitted diseases. A promising new single-dose antibiotic therapy dramatically reduces the risk of transmission of chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis except for...
Giusi: I'm positive. Stop judging us. For World AIDS Day, celebrated worldwide on December 1, we interviewed Giusi Giupponi, president of Lila in Como and in charge of the association's...
Newly diagnosed- My story I am a 22-year-old female who recently tested positive for Herpes S2. I had recently just come out of a long-term relationship of 5 years, which...