Sexually Transmitted Diseases

By now, you’ve read about the controversial mammogram screening recommendations introduced last year, and probably talked them through with your doctor. Meanwhile, there have been other major but less-hyped developments in women’s cancer research—from new guidelines on Pap smears to fresh findings about ovarian cancer symptoms. Here’s what you need to know before your next gyno visit.   Read More

• Which STD Tests You Should Get and Why

• New Urine Tests for Diagnosing STDs

• The STD You Might Have

• Need Help Telling Exes You Have an STD?

  Read a Q&A for Women Avoiding or Living With STDs

• What's Chlamydia?

• How to Diagnose Chlamydia Early

• Chlamydia Ravaged Her Fallopian Tubes

• I Didn't Know I Had Chlamydia

• Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Treatment for Your Partner Too

• After Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, He Rethinks Online Hookups

  Read more about the most common STDs

• Why Herpes Isn't as Bad as You May Think

• How to Avoid Herpes or Diagnose a Sore

• How to Find Out if You Have Herpes Type 1 or 2

• 3 Reasons Not to Get a Herpes Blood Test

• How to Treat Herpes

• I Was Ashamed of My Herpes Until I Found Out How to Treat It

• Getting Genital Herpes Was Upsetting at First

  Watch a video about herpes on campus

• How to Protect Yourself From HPV

• How HPV Causes Cervical Cancer and Abnormal Pap Smears

• What You Need to Know About the HPV Vaccine

• HPV and Genital Warts

• Embarrassing STD for This Young Gay Man

  Watch a video on the HPV vaccine

• Bacterial Vaginosis Basics

• Bacterial Vaginosis Is a Nuisance but Is Treatable

• I Treated BV With Antibiotic Gel

  Read more about BV in our Health A-Z Library

• HIV Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

• Gonorrhea Needs to Be Treated Right Away

• Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Treatment for Your Partner Too

• After Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, He Rethinks Online Hookups

• All About Syphilis

• Scabies Can Be Transmitted Sexually Through Skin-to-Skin Contact

• Hepatitis C May Be Transmitted Through Sex

• About Molluscum Contagiosum

  Watch a video on dating with STDs