Over 100 people — including some high school students — have contracted HIV, syphilis or both in one of the largest STI clusters ever discovered in Milwaukee, The Journal Sentinel reports. This dramatic spread of STD’s was identified late last year. It reportedly involves at least 125 people, and three local babies were also born with syphilis. Angela Hagy, the city’s director of disease control […]

Students from the UK’s Isaac Newton Academy, all of whom involved won $15K and a chance to meet Prince Andrew, came up with the concept to make those who practice sex even more aware and safe to protect themselves.   Here’s a condom that will show your partner’s true colors. Three students took home first […]

Research shows that an increasing amount of the population harbors some form of herpes (cold sore, vaginal, penile, and shingles), and in women, HPV, the human papillomavirus, can sit in wait but rear its ugly, warted, head in the form of cervical cancer later. And HIV is the highest growing disease affecting black women, so it goes without […]

10 Things Women Should Ask Their Doctors By Aisha I. Jefferson on Mar 22nd 2011 1:50PM Filed under: Women’s Health Planning to schedule your annual checkup? Besides inquiring about your Pap test, there are other questions women of all ages should pose to their physician. In continuation of Women’s History Month, we sought the expertise […]

Talking to teens about sex is usually difficult for most parents. Discussing sex with your tweens and teens can help them make better choices. Unplanned teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are preventable and less likely to occur if you have a discussion about them.