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

• Need Help Telling Exes You Have an STD?

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

• 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

• 3 Reasons Not to Get a Herpes Blood Test

• 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

• What You Need to Know About the HPV Vaccine

• Embarrassing STD for This Young Gay Man

  Watch a video on the HPV vaccine

• Bacterial Vaginosis Is a Nuisance but Is Treatable

• I Treated BV With Antibiotic Gel

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• Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Treatment for Your Partner Too

• After Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, He Rethinks Online Hookups

• Video: Dating With STDs

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Within a month or two of HIV entering the body, 40% to 90% of people experience flulike symptoms, but sometimes symptoms don't appear for years after infection. Here are some signs that you may be HIV-positive.   View slideshow