“Individuals should use the recommendations as a conversation starter with their health care provider to discuss risk and potential STD screening.” For more information, contact Shari Renton ...

Young adults who take virginity pledges as adolescents are as likely to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases as those who do not take virginity pledges, Yale and Columbia University ...

Rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea are higher than ever recorded in the U.S., yet it seems fewer people in a high-risk group -- females ages 15-24 -- are getting tested or recognizing the risk.

Take This Pop Quiz to See How Much You're at Risk for STDs. Because if you're sexually active, there's always a chance. by Macaela Mackenzie Published: Feb 01, 2016 4:44 PM EST.

How STDs Increase The Risk Of Becoming Infected With HIV. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2008 / 09 / 080905215948.htm. Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Despite increasingly high numbers of sexually transmitted disease cases, young women who are sexually active often do not talk to their clinicians about sex and STD risk, with 1 in 4 clinicians ...

About 10 percent tested positive for an STD, but there was no association between extreme grooming and the risk of chlamydia or gonorrhea, according to the study published Sept. 4 in the journal ...

Growing Numbers Of STD Cases Among Older Adults. Shockingly, more than 10 lakh sexually transmitted infections are acquired every day worldwide, says the World Health Organization (WHO).The bad ...

It’s also important to note that this was an observational study, so scientists can’t say that cleaning up your pubes actually increases your STD risk—they just noticed a link between the two.

However, all of these sex acts come with some degree of STD risk, and it's still important for people to protect themselves, according to an ACOG expert committee.