Chlamydia Stories
- The symptoms of chlamydia in men can be easy to overlook, but if untreated, this sexually transmitted disease can lead to more serious health problems.
- Although most individuals infected with the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia do not show any symptoms, for those who do, here's what to expect.
- A new combination strategy for chlamydia, including a vaccine, might be able to provide protection against multiple strains.
- By acquiring genetic mutations, Chlamydia trachomatis, which causes the sexually transmitted infection, can transform into a strain causing blindness.
- Although Americans are healthier than ever before, there are certain diseases that have been on the rise in recent years.
- Wyoming's billboards are catching a lot of attention, which is what the health department was hoping for when it commissioned them in the first place.
- National health test guidelines starting recommending women start getting pap smears at age 21, perhaps not realizing the adverse effect it has when it comes to STDs.
- App users have access to information regarding common STDs, at-home tests, as well local pharmacy and health center locations in the event their test comes back positive.
- It's unusual, but untreated STDs can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and death.
- Johns Hopkins research suggests standard tests aren't enough to keep sexually active men and women healthy.
- Many cases of chlamydia are going undiagnosed, and women are most at risk of contracting the disease.