-Hepatitis C is a disease affecting a person’s liver that can cause cirrhosis or scarring of the liver. This scarring of the liver could cause liver failure or liver cancer if not treated. This in the end could require a person to have a liver transplant which many times there is a reoccurrence of the [...]
The following are the types of STD Home Tests currently available: At-Home Gonorrhea Test Kit -This urine test is based on amplification of the DNA that is present in Gonorrhea. At-Home Chlamydia Test – This urine test is based on amplification of the DNA that is present in Chlamydia trachomatis.
Was reading an article on basqueresearch.com about a new portable device that IK4 Technological Alliance has developed that can detect Chlamydia, HPV, and other STDs in less than half an hour. This device will be put on the market in India in 2012 where a large amount of the population is thought to be affected [...]
Generally STDs are associated with a younger crowd such as young adults and teens. Lately though the number of new cases of STDs have increased in seniors. This could possibly be due to a record number of seniors having unprotected sex. Some of the factors that have caused the increase of seniors having unprotected sex [...]
One of the biggest hurdles for combating the increase in STDs and STD related health issues is getting people who are at risk to get regular STD testing. Many times someone may have an STD but the symptoms are mild or they may have no symptoms at all. Gonorrhea and Chlamydia, the most common reported [...]
