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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 ...
Trichomoniasis is a common STI that is caused by infection with a protozoan parasite called Trichomonas vaginalis. [70] Trichomoniasis affects both women and men, but symptoms are more common in women. [71] Most patients are treated with an antibiotic called metronidazole, which is very effective. [72]
The Centers for Disease Control is responsible for many studies on the topic of STDs as well as the effect of STDs on women and girls. [61] STDs are defined by the CDC as “infections you can get from having sex with someone who has an infection”. [62] There are more than twenty types of identifiable STDs caused by bacteria, parasites, or ...
We’re talking sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), which are at an all-time high for the sixth consecutive year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said in a new report released Tuesday, day ...
Overall, 68 pregnancies occurred per 1,000 girls aged 15–19 in 2008. Nearly 7% of 15–19-year-old girls become pregnant each year. Pregnancies are much less common among girls younger than 15. In 2008, 6.6 pregnancies occurred per 1,000 teens aged 14 or younger. In other words, fewer than 1% of teens younger than 15 become pregnant each year ...
Story at a glance Sexually transmitted disease rates are rising among adults 55 years old and older, according to data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cases of gonorrhea ...
Although ephebophilia is not a psychiatric diagnosis, [2] the term pedophilia is commonly used by the general public and the media, at least in the English-speaking world, to refer to any sexual interest by significantly older adults in minors below the local age of consent, regardless of their level of physical or mental development. [11]
In the United Kingdom, 196 per 100,000 males 20 to 24 years old and 133 per 100,000 females 16 to 19 years old were diagnosed in 2005. [19] In 2013, the CDC estimated that more than 820,000 people in the United States get a new gonorrheal infection each year. Fewer than half of these infections are reported to CDC.