Cheap STD Treatment, We Hardly Knew Ye

This week, the World Health Organization warned Earth's genitalia that a new strain of drug-resistant gonorrhea was poised to unleash untreatable horror around the globe unless people were more careful with their junk. The good news is that "drug resistant" STD's aren't necessarily immune to all treatments. But the…
Bacteria Are Fighting a Giant, Mysterious War in Your Vagina Right Now
No matter how many abstinence pledges you've signed or purity balls you've attended, your vagina anything but pure, according to new research by, uh, vaginologists. In fact, your between-the-legs chute is the perfect hot, wet environment for an ongoing "dynamic battle" between various microorganisms. And scientists…
Facebook May Soon Tell You Which of Your Friends Has an STD
For those who bemoan the intrusiveness of social media into every nook and cranny of our modern lives, take cover: Facebook may one day develop an app that lets you know not just who among your checkered roster of sexual partners may be secreting an STI from boxspring to boxspring, but who in your social circle may be…
Oral Sex More Dangerous for Dudes
One in ten men are orally infected with the human papillomavirus, the nasty microscopic villain that can cause cancer of the genitals or throat. Because it's tough to test for the virus without a tissue sample and most of the infected don't know they have it, many don't think they're at risk for HPV-caused throat…
Rick Santorum Vows To Protect States' Rights To Outlaw Birth Control
Pennsylvanian political discharge Rick Santorum is having a great week. He's suddenly, grotesquely surging in Iowa, Rupert Murdoch and his steampunk propaganda machine Fox News have endorsed him, and people are finally showing up at his rallies. He'd like to take this opportunity to remind you, now that you're…
New Ad Campaign Helpfully Reminds You That Not Being Pregnant is Great
The good folks who brought you the "this is your brain on drugs" ad with the egg frying in a pan and the ad with the crying Indian who was actually an Italian have unleashed a new round of ads on the American public. But instead of inducing racial speculation or cravings for McMuffins, this time around, the Ad…
The Dark Ages: When We Knew Nothing About Our Vaginas
Those of us who had some form of sex ed in school learned the basics: what your period is made of, how fertilization works, how to put a condom on a banana. But there's a lot of ladybusiness that you just don't learn til you're older, from living, talking to people, and (shudder) trial and error. Herewith, a look back…
Probably Half Of All Men Have HPV
A new study of 1,100 men in the U.S., Brazil, and Mexico found that half were infected with HPV, which is quickly being seen as evidence that boys should be vaccinated with Gardasil.
Disturbing Evidence Of Race Bias In STD Screenings
A new study has found that young black or Hispanic women are more likely to be screened for chlamydia than white women, suggesting that providers could have biased ideas about who's likely to get an STD.
HIV-Positive Porn Actor Wants Mandatory Condom Usage
The porn actor who tested HIV positive in October has gone public — and he has some harsh words for the industry health protections for performers. He also says condoms should be required in all porn.
Poor, White Women Least Likely To Get IUDs
A study shows doctors recommend IUDs less frequently to poor white women than to wealthier white women, or poor black or Latina women. One author says doctors must consider "how their patients' characteristics may influence the care they provide."
This Daylight Saving Time, Check Your Condoms As Well As Your Clocks
The wonderful Natalie Dee, whose work you might recognize from our Saturday Night Social threads, has partnered with Planned Parenthood to bring you a very important, and potentially life-saving message:
