Gonorrhea drug is becoming less effective, CDC says - The Washington Post: U.S. health officials are urging doctors to stop using a key antibiotic for routine cases of gonorrhea because of signs of bacterial resistance, leaving only one recommended treatment for one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the nation.
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The Beginning of the End of AIDS?
The Beginning of the End of AIDS? — NEJM: We are at a moment of extraordinary optimism in the response to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A series of scientific breakthroughs . . . have the potential to markedly expand the available preventive tools. There is evidence of the first cure of an HIV-infected person. And most important, the finding that early initiation of antiretroviral therapy can both improve individual patient outcomes and reduce the risk of HIV transmission to sexual partners by 96% has led many to assert what had so long seemed impossible: that control of the HIV pandemic may be achievable.
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Spread the word about STDs with Giant Microbes!
Pamela Palumbo, CEO of the Pregnancy Clinics in DC Metro, shared a resource for spreading the word about STDs on campus:
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| This is what Chlamydia looks like stuffed! |
I purchased cute stuffed 'critters' which each are tagged with their name & description and are "sperm', egg, HPV, syphillis, Trich, etc. . . . [W]e took them to the college health fair and put them on the table and WOW, everyone wanted to come see what 'stuffed things' were on the table and picked them up to look at them thinking they were pretty cute. Then as they read them they were shouting out to all thier friends to 'Get over here NOW & see this', gross, OH man....etc. Had amazing drawing ability and we gave out more client cards than ever and called back to the office and made appointments from the fair for STD testing. Who knew. :)
STDs affect more than you thought
STD's affect more than you thought | wzzm13.com: One out of every two sexually active people under the age of 25 - has one.
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Get to Know: Abstinence Works
Abstinence Works: This is a website of the National Abstinence Education Foundation, compiling news, research, and facts about abstinence education.
Parents sue after Quebec teen dies following Gardasil vaccination
Parents sue after Quebec teen dies following Gardasil vaccination | LifeSiteNews.com: Annabelle Morin died on December 9, 2008 after having received two doses of Gardasil under a program introduced by Quebec in September 2008.
Annabelle’s mother Linda said her daughter received the first shot at a clinic in October 2008, and that the teenager vomited, became confused and incoherent and was unable to speak or walk. She was taken to hospital where she was diagnosed with a migraine and sent home.
The lawsuit alleges that Annabelle received a second dose of Gardasil at her school on Nov. 24, 2008, and again became ill. Two weeks later her parents found her dead in the bathtub.
Annabelle’s mother Linda said her daughter received the first shot at a clinic in October 2008, and that the teenager vomited, became confused and incoherent and was unable to speak or walk. She was taken to hospital where she was diagnosed with a migraine and sent home.
The lawsuit alleges that Annabelle received a second dose of Gardasil at her school on Nov. 24, 2008, and again became ill. Two weeks later her parents found her dead in the bathtub.
True purity: Not my own
Daily Spurgeon: If, like the young man in the gospel narrative, we could say of the commandments, “All these things have I kept from my youth up,” yet would we count our virtues and obediences to be but dross that we might win Christ and be found in him.
Gardasil victims speak out in videos
In two new videos, Dr. Joseph Mercola notes that the U.S. government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System database indicates that Gardasil has been linked to 49 sudden deaths, 213 permanent disabilities, 137 reports of cervical dysplasia, 41 reports of cervical cancer, and thousands of adverse events reports, ranging from headaches and nausea, to outbreaks of genital warts, anaphylactic shock, grand mal convulsion, foaming at the mouth, coma and paralysis. He says it is also concerning that HPV vaccines protect against only two of the more common strains of HPV associated with cancer, HPV-16 and HPV-18, even though there are more than 100 different types of HPV, at least 15 of which cause cancer.
Charlotte Haug, writing in the September issue of New Scientist noted, “Vaccinated women show an increased number of precancerous lesions caused by strains of HPV other than HPV-16 and HPV-18 … what effect will the vaccine have on the other cancer-causing strains of HPV? Nature never leaves a void, so if HPV-16 and HPV-18 are suppressed by an effective vaccine, other strains of the virus will take their place. The question is, will these strains cause cervical cancer? Results from clinical trials are not encouraging. LifeSiteNews
Charlotte Haug, writing in the September issue of New Scientist noted, “Vaccinated women show an increased number of precancerous lesions caused by strains of HPV other than HPV-16 and HPV-18 … what effect will the vaccine have on the other cancer-causing strains of HPV? Nature never leaves a void, so if HPV-16 and HPV-18 are suppressed by an effective vaccine, other strains of the virus will take their place. The question is, will these strains cause cervical cancer? Results from clinical trials are not encouraging. LifeSiteNews
HPV vaccine cocktail targets not only HPV
HPV vaccine cocktail targets not only HPV: "To me this vaccine looks like a chemical soup that was not made to immunize but to sterilize the youth of the world."
Related videos and articles:
- Bill Gates Admits Vaccines Are Used for Human Depopulation
- BILL GATES: DEPOPULATION, VACCINES & DEAD BABIES
- New Study Finds Direct Link Between Vaccines and Infant Mortality
- Bill Gates Wants Depopulation Through Vaccines and Health Care - NaturalNews.tv
- Bill Gates Wants Major Depopulation Through Vaccines
- Depopulation Vaccine Pattern
- Lethal Injection: The Story Of Vaccination
- Depopulation & the vaccine connection (EUGENICS)
New graphic STD brochures from Heritage House
Why Today's Sex Education Won't Work
Why Today's Sex Education Won't Work | FoxNews.com: "I’ll never forget a patient that I cared for during my residency training -- 17 or 18 years old and pregnant for the first time, one of many pregnant teenagers who came to our prenatal clinic.
In the first trimester, we treated her for chlamydia; in the second, for genital warts. In the third trimester, we hospitalized her -- not for pregnancy complications but because she had planned suicide after being notified that the painful blisters on her private parts were incurable genital herpes.
“How could this happen to me?!” she said. “We used a condom almost every time!”"
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In the first trimester, we treated her for chlamydia; in the second, for genital warts. In the third trimester, we hospitalized her -- not for pregnancy complications but because she had planned suicide after being notified that the painful blisters on her private parts were incurable genital herpes.
“How could this happen to me?!” she said. “We used a condom almost every time!”"
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Why abstinence works
And how it can work for you! Science shows that it's best to wait. The Conservative Teen
The economics of family planning and underage conceptions
ScienceDirect - Journal of Health Economics : The economics of family planning and underage conceptions: No evidence is found that the provision of family planning reduces either underage conception or abortion rates.
Editor: Another oldie but goodie. This one basically says that family planning clinics increase STIs.
Scientists warn new strain of gonorrhea could be ‘global health threat’
Scientists warn new strain of sexually transmitted disease could be ‘global health threat’ | LifeSiteNews.com: "The most recent strain, dubbed “H041,” was discovered recently in Japan and has resisted typical antibiotics used to combat gonorrhea. Undetected, it can be passed on to unborn children during pregnancy.
H041’s antibiotic resistance was discovered by Magnus Unemo of the Swedish Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria at Orebro University Hospital, who warned the strain may cause a “future era of untreatable gonorrhea. If it spreads now, we don’t know what should be the recommended treatment."
Although gonorrhea has been known to develop resistance to drugs and adapt to new ones after ten to fifteen years, scientists could previously treated infections successfully with a drug called cephalosporins. However, the new strain does not react to the drug, said the Swedish researcher, who will now attempt to treat it using carbapenems, the most powerful antibiotic yet devised, to combat the new strain.
H041’s antibiotic resistance was discovered by Magnus Unemo of the Swedish Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria at Orebro University Hospital, who warned the strain may cause a “future era of untreatable gonorrhea. If it spreads now, we don’t know what should be the recommended treatment."
Although gonorrhea has been known to develop resistance to drugs and adapt to new ones after ten to fifteen years, scientists could previously treated infections successfully with a drug called cephalosporins. However, the new strain does not react to the drug, said the Swedish researcher, who will now attempt to treat it using carbapenems, the most powerful antibiotic yet devised, to combat the new strain.
"It's really worrying from a public health perspective," Unemo said.
Some Ob.Gyns. and Other Providers Misuse Low-Risk HPV Tests
Some Ob.Gyns. and Other Providers Misuse Low-Risk HPV Tests: Approximately one-third of health care providers conduct unnecessary low-risk HPV testing, based on results of a survey of 376 office-based health care providers and 216 outpatient clinics. A high-risk human papillomavirus DNA test, which detects cancer-causing HPV types, is generally used for screening and managing women with abnormal Pap test results, but there are no clinical recommendations for use of a low-risk HPV DNA test that detects five nononcogenic HPV types.
Bristol Palin’s memoir hits stores: Trail of bad choices
TRENDING: Bristol Palin’s memoir hits stores – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs: Bristol starts off her story with the night her virginity was 'stolen' by Levi Johnston, succumbing to the 'woozy charm' of wine coolers. The book describes Johnston as a disloyal boyfriend who had 'occasional romps with other girls.'
To make up for it, he showered Bristol with gifts. In return, she forgave Johnston and started sleeping with him again with the hope that he would stop cheating. 'It was part 'thank you,' part 'security deposit,' she writes.
Later, Bristol, who was 17 at the time, realized she was one month pregnant–a fact confirmed by the eight home pregnancy tests she bought with her friend. Bristol was shocked by the results, claiming she had been on birth control.
To make up for it, he showered Bristol with gifts. In return, she forgave Johnston and started sleeping with him again with the hope that he would stop cheating. 'It was part 'thank you,' part 'security deposit,' she writes.
Later, Bristol, who was 17 at the time, realized she was one month pregnant–a fact confirmed by the eight home pregnancy tests she bought with her friend. Bristol was shocked by the results, claiming she had been on birth control.
Editor: Where was her mother (and father) in all this?
Get to Know: Love Facts
Love Facts, Things you need to know: Empower yourself and friends. Even if your aren't currently sexually active, you should know what modern research shows regarding sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, abortion effects and the emotional fallout that can come from premature sexual involvement. You thought you had heard it all before? You'll be surprised at what you learn here!
An end to AIDS?
Special Report: An end to AIDS? | Reuters: This week, dramatic scientific advances since HIV was first discovered 30 years ago mean the virus is no longer a death sentence. Thanks to tests that detect HIV early, new antiretroviral AIDS drugs that can control the virus for decades, and a range of ways to stop it being spread, 33.3 million people around the world are learning to live with HIV.
The urgency of abstinence education in the Black community
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2009, Black Americans had 8.7 times the reported Chlamydia rates of Whites. (About 48% of all reported Chlamydia cases occurred among Blacks.) Also that year, Black Americans had 20.5 times the reported Gonorrhea rates of Whites. (About 71% of all reported cases of Gonorrhea occurred among Blacks.) Black Americans had 9.1 times the reported Syphilis rates of Whites. (In 2009, 52.4% of all cases reported to CDC were among Blacks and 30.4% of all cases were among Whites.)
Walter Hoye asks, "Are we preaching and teaching abstinence, the only Biblical prescription for sex? God is not wrong. Abstinence works. We need to step up our game. Here's help. Dr. La Verne Tolbert, is the founder of Teaching Like Jesus Ministries, Director of The Society for Children's Spirituality, a former board member of Planned Parenthood, New York City (1975-1980) and a member of the National Black Pro-Life Coalition. As author of Teaching Like Jesus: A Practical Guide to Christian Education and Keeping You & Your Kids Sexually Pure, a life-changing resource for parents and pastors. Professor Tolbert teaches children's pastors and youth pastors as an adjunct at Azusa Pacific University's graduate school."
Critics blast state-funded sex-ed website
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