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Sexually transmitted infections are becoming more common in older adults. Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in people ages 55 and up more than doubled in the U.S. over the 10-year period ...
Senior citizens are more sexually active than ever before – but the sex education standards of 50 or 60 years ago may not serve them well ... The number of seniors with STDs jumped a whopping 24 ...
After reaching a low point in 2000, syphilis infections have increase almost every year since State and local health departments […] The post Syphilis and other STDs are on the rise. States lost ...
There is little evidence that school-based interventions such as sexual and reproductive health education programmes on contraceptive choices and condoms are effective on improving the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. Incentive-based programmes may reduce adolescent pregnancy but more data is needed to confirm this. [96]
Research indicates that sexual messages contained in film, television, and music are becoming more explicit in dialog, lyrics, and behavior. In television programming aimed at teens, more than 90% of episodes had at least one sexual reference in it, with an average of 7.9 references per hour. [102]
Teens (ages 13–15) in the United States, use entertainment media as their top source for education in regards to sexuality and sexual health. Additionally, a study found that 15–19-year-olds in the U.S use media far more than parents or schools to obtain information about birth control. [43]
In men, discharge with or without burning occurs in half of all cases and is the most common symptom of the infection. [22] This pain is caused by a narrowing and stiffening of the urethral lumen. [23] The most common medical complication of gonorrhea in men is inflammation of the epididymis. [21]
State and local health departments across the U.S found out in June they’d be losing the final two years of a $1 billion investment to strengthen the ranks of people who track and try to prevent ...