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Pelvic pain in women
I care for a lot of women. Many present with pelvic pain. This is a challenging diagnosis because symptoms and signs are vague and hard to tease out. I was taught to always rule out the urgent...
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Are those lesions down there. . . herpes? Gulp!
I saw a patient this week. Bright, engaging, and single. . . . she admits how dirty she feels since genital herpes was diagnosed. “Good people get this!” I tell her. And, indeed it is true. In a...
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Treatment of herpes isn’t quite like a walk on the beach
How can I treat herpes? (And. . .will effective therapy have me skipping down the beach with a companion like the TV ads show?) Treatment is antiviral medications taken orally. There are three on the...
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What side effects to expect from your hormonal contraception?
Hormonal contraceptives are medicines (with hormones in it)that decrease your risk of getting pregnant. This can be in the many forms: a pill, a patch, a ring inside the vagina, implants under the...
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Gonorrhea. The G word.
Nuts-and-bolts about gonorrhea. Sexually transmitted. Symptoms are different for men and women. For men, the most common symptom is pain with urination. In women, less than ½ have symptoms. When...
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Circumcision may lower prostate cancer risk
Interesting study involving 3,399 men. It was found that men who are circumcised before their first sexual intercourse have significantly lower risk for prostate cancer than do uncircumcised men (or...
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Need sexually transmitted infection screening?
If you are a sexually active woman under the age of 24 you most likely need STD screening. A federal task force is suggesting that STD screening should be regularly done in all American women who are...
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Who should get screened for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
It depends on your age… The US Preventive Services Task Force is the organization that reviews the most cost-effective, efficient treatments. They suggest that all sexually active women, ages 24 or...
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A syphilis resurgence!
Las Vegas is experiencing the highest rate of syphilis in the Western United States. Other sites with a significant increase in cases are Kansas, Pennsylvania and Hawaii. Syphilis is a sexually...
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Three HPV vaccine types to choose from…
There are three HPV vaccines. The vaccines cover a different number of HPV subtypes: One of them covers for two , one with four and the newest one that covers NINE subtypes. The 9 subtype vaccine...
View ArticleUniversity of Nevada Reno school of Medicine free health clinics!
University of Nevada Reno school of Medicine is offering free health clinics! And 200 free flu shots. Who is invited? Underinsured, uninsured and those without social security numbers are welcome!...
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