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How to stay STD-free.(sexually transmitted diseases)
Though they're highly preventable, sexually transmitted diseases infect millions of young women each year. Our advice: Stop losing sleep over it and instead dig into this guide-it contains everything you need to know to ensure that you don't become statistic.
Get Real About Your Risk
Okay, we know this is a superscary topic, but you need to deal with it. Of the more than 13 million Americans who contract an STD every year, a shocking two-thirds are 25 years old or younger. To make matters more dire, your gynecologist may not volunteer to test you for STDs or offer the latest (and in some cases, controversial) treatments unless you ask. You might also be ...
- Oral sex: Tell teens it's not without risk.
- Magazine article from: Contraceptive Technology Update May 1, 2001 700+ words
...behavior, such as oral sex? Such a distinction is important, as oral sex can be a risk factor...transmitted diseases (STDs). Adolescents are...demonstrated that oral sex can result in the...of HIV and other STDs..sup.8 The health...
- NATION'S YOUTH HIT HARD BY STDS 15- TO 24-YEAR-OLDS ACCOUNT FOR 48% OF NEW...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Davidow, Julie February 25, 2004 700+ words
...protect yourself from STDs you really need to believe...sex if you're having oral sex. They don't think it...preventing the spread of STDs, Darroch said. Teenage...they're having anal or oral sex, "They're feeling...the three most common STDs in young people - chlamydia...
- TEENS AND SEX CASUAL SEX IS ON THE RISE -- AND WITH IT, STDS AND...
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) Kallio, Sandra April 13, 2003 700+ words
...themselves safe from STDs. "Girls' willingness to talk about oral sex is much more so than...the boys they give oral sex to can count the...children involved in oral sex are only 11 and 12...wildfire spread of STDs. The emotional STD...
- College students fear STDs, but aren't using protection.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald April 20, 1997 700+ words
...While health officials have said that AIDS and STDs can be spread through oral sex, 77 percent of those surveyed said they never use...junior. Genital warts and crabs were the most common STDs, according to the survey. Of those who had contracted...
- Oral sex and condom use among young people in the United Kingdom.
- Magazine article from: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Stone, Nicole Hatherall, Bethan Ingham, Roger McEachran, Juliet March 1, 2006 700+ words
...in new cases of HIV and other STDs. (3) Obviously, ongoing...transmission of both viral and nonviral STDs. (4) (Human papillomavirus...indicated that the prevalence of oral sex is increasing. For example...have shown that the practice of oral sex is common in both heterosexual...
- STDs: exposed; yes, virgins can catch them too! Here's what to look out for....
- Magazine article from: CosmoGirl! Almasi, Mary Rose February 1, 2003 700+ words
...re up against, and get tested for STDs whether or not you're going "all...RECEIVING GRINDING KISSING HIS GENITALS ORAL SEX ORAL SEX GENITALS CHLAMYDIA...teens currently do not get tested for STDs. Call 800-342-2437 for a clinic...
- How to talk with teens about oral sex.
- Magazine article from: Contraceptive Technology Update May 1, 2001 700+ words
...Control, the risk for HIV and other STDs from oral sex can be lowered by using latex condoms...prevent transmission of HIV and STDs..sup.1 Reference 1. Centers...AIDS. What You Should Know About Oral Sex. Atlanta; December 2000.
- Things every teen (and parent) should know about oral sex.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) October 3, 2002 700+ words
...to evaluate (the risk of STDs through oral sex) because not that many people...the penis or vagina during oral sex. Likewise, STDs normally found in the genital...pass it on to others through oral sex. _STDs such as herpes and HIV (which...
