Sistema autoctono para la deteccion asequible y sustentable de Chlamydia trachomatispor la reaccion en cadena de la polimerasa en Trinidad y Tobago.
RESUMEN Objetivos. Hacer una evaluación preliminar de un sistema autóctono para la detección de la infección asintomática por Chlamydia trachomatis mediante la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (RCP), como alternativa a los costosos sistemas comerciales, y ofrecer datos demográficos muy necesarios relacionados con los indicadores de...

APHA warns against family planning losses.
Federal funding for the nation's Title X family planning program should be increased by $28 million to help states and localities continue successful health services for low-income women and men, according to APHA and its fellow members of the Family Planning Coalition. In an October letter to...

Pregnancy and STD prevention counseling using an adaptation of motivational interviewing: a randomized controlled trial.
Women's health status in the United States is adversely affected by the occurrence of unintended pregnancies and STDs. Approximately half of all pregnancies in the (1,2) United States are unintended at the time of conception, ' and these pregnancies are associated with higher rates of induced abortion (2-4) and...

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.
Byline: The Register-Guard All Anna Nicole, all the time As all 6.5 billion of us know, Anna Nicole Smith is dead. As with the media coverage of Anna in life, I'm sure the media coverage for Anna in death will be a very big deal....

Christian Medical Association Outlines Principles for HPV Vaccine Policy.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As states consider mandatory vaccination policies for pre-teen girls with the newly developed human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Dr. David Stevens, CEO of the 16,000-member Christian Medical Association, today outlined principles that should guide those policies. Dr. Stevens said, "It's important that children...

Guarding girls' health.
Byline: The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran Feb. 12, 2007): The human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil is administered in a three-shot sequence over six months. The duration of the sequence was incorrect in a Friday editorial. An important debate is under way in Oregon and the rest of...

Religiosity may stem risky sexual behavior in girls.
ATLANTA -- Religious practices and beliefs play an important role in the sexual behavior of adolescent girls, Melanie Gold, D.O., said at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology In a study of 572 adolescent girls and young adults aged 13-21...

Risky sex, drug behaviors persist in young people after HIV counseling.
WASHINGTON -- The findings of a large survey reinforce the ongoing prevalence of risky sexual and substance abuse behavior among young people that could promote the spread of HIV infection, Angulique W. Outlaw, Ph.D., said in a poster at the Ryan White CARE Act meeting on HIV treatment. ...

More about molluscum contagiosum.
It usually affects the face, neck, armpit and hands, but may occur anywhere on the body. Molluscum contagiosum is a viral skin infection that causes raised, pearl-like papules or nodules on the skin. Lesions may persist from a few months to a few years. Molluscum contagiosum affects...

Deliverance assured.
Homeopathy can cure viral skin infections like Molluscum contagiosum. Molluscum contagiosum is a viral skin infection that causes raised, pearl-like papules or nodules on the skin. Lesions may persist from a few months to a few years. This infection affects around 17 per cent of young children...