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Deidre Faust, MD, reminds patients with genital herpes to avoid sexual contact during outbreaks and use condoms to reduce the risk of transmission.
Dr. Tyshunda Manning says that many STDs are treatable or curable. "Early detection and treatment can lead to fewer long-term consequences," she says, but prevention is of primary concern.
Although 15-to-24-year-olds represent only one-quarter of the sexually active population, they account for nearly half of all new STDs each year.
In about one-third of cases infertility is due to female factors; in another one-third of cases, infertility is due to male factors. The remaining cases are caused by a mixture of male, female, and unknown factors.
In a study of emergency departments, African American males were 25 to 30% less likely than non-African American males to receive non-invasive diagnostic tests.
"There are good reasons to feel sad," says Thomas Heinrich, MD. "There's never a good reason to suffer from major depression. Major depression is a pathological disease state that has adverse health consequences."
Years of research have led to a deeper understanding of HPV -- and a vaccine. Dr. Fredrik Broekhuizen explains that even though it's still too early to tell whether it offers 'lifetime' protection against cervical cancer, the vaccine could change screening policies.
"Probably 80% of the population, at some time in their lives, will have been exposed to HPV," notes Dr. Fredrik Broekhuizen. "That makes HPV itself not only a disease, but almost part of the human condition."
Unfortunately, the PSA test is imperfect, says Dr. Julie Mitchell: "It does not pick up all prostate cancers, nor does an abnormal test always predict prostate cancer."
"It's important to realize that early sexual activity crosses all demographics - urban and rural, rich and poor, boys and girls. It's not about someone else's kids - it's about our kids," says Dr. LuAnn Moraski.
While African American men are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease, they have fewer cases of coronary obstruction than clinically similar white men, according to a new national study led by a Medical College researcher.
"Most any man who wishes to return to intimacy and intercourse can do so with appropriate treatment," says Peter Langenstroer, MD, MS, FACS, Medical College of Wisconsin Assistant Professor of Surgery (Urology) and a specialist in ED treatment.
Dr. Julie Mitchell discusses the role of dietary calcium in preventing osteoporosis and speaks with Joan M. Neuner, MD, MPH, about celiac disease as a potential cause of osteoporosis.
A high percentage of infertile men can be effectively treated, thanks to progress made in recent years in discovering the causes of male infertility, in surgical techniques, and in methods used to locate and extract "hidden" but viable sperm.
"Not all the risk factors for heart disease can be changed," says Dr. Byung-il William (Bill) Choi. "Some are hereditary. But others stem from lifestyle choices, and here's where men could learn a lot from women."
With prostate cancer, "it's very critical to customize treatment recommendations to the individual circumstances of the patient in terms of their disease-specific variables and their overall health," says Dr. William See.
AIDS - the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - is a disease you get when the human immunodeficiency virus destroys your body's immune system.
"What we've learned is that PSA is not static over the course of a man's life," says Dr. William See. "It should be low when you're young and it gets higher as you age."
The key to finding breast cancer is early detection, and the key to early detection is a regular screening mammogram, along with a clinical breast exam by a doctor or nurse.
High-quality scientific research on nutrition is difficult to carry out. Still, notes Dr. Julie Mitchell, there are a few key principles that repeated research has borne out.
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