HPV, Genital Warts, Cervical Dysplasia and You.

 Posted by on June 2, 2013
Jun 022013
 
HPV, Genital Warts, Cervical Dysplasia and You.

by Dr. Brian

Warts. Mole’s ugly cousin is an all too common spoiler of the aesthetic of the genitalia. Warts, cervical cancer and some other afflictions are caused by the Human Papilloma Virus, or HPV. There are over 40 strains of HPV and it is possible for a person to be afflicted by several strains at the same time. HPV causes several types of cancer and genital warts. The news isn’t all doom and gloom, however and there are precautions that reduce the risk of infection, as well as surveillance measures and treatments available.

It’s All Fun and Games… Until Someone Gets Infected

 Posted by on April 6, 2013
Apr 062013
 
It's All Fun and Games... Until Someone Gets Infected

What kind of company markets itself with the line “Sex is Fun… Infection Isn’t?” That would be us, JustGetTested™. JustGetTested is a company created to offer fast, reliable, confidential and affordable STD testing.  And we do it online. (We know: “Online blood testing?”  More about that later.) Another part of what we do is to […]

Super Sex Bugs

 Posted by on July 25, 2011
Jul 252011
 

and the Mostly-Monogamous Conundrum that Affects Us All

By T.M. Bernard

Medically speaking, we all knew it was bound to happen; new strains of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted bacterial infection, have developed that are non-responsive to antibiotic treatment.

Sex education (or lack of) in my youth

 Posted by on November 9, 2010
Nov 092010
 

By Princess Kali

I remember the only sex-ed class I was given, which was in the 6th grade, at the rural school I attended as one of the few white students along with mostly Hispanic migrant children. We were grouped in with the 7th and 8th graders and still didn’t total more than 25 all together