Health matters: preventing STI's
Focuses on the prevention of 5 common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) - gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, genital herpes and genital warts. It also covers the public health challenge of antimicrobial-resistant STIs and the commissioning and improvement of sexual health services. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health matters: preventing STIs
This edition of Health Matters focuses on the prevention of five common sexually transmitted infections (STIs): gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, genital herpes and genital warts. It also covers the public health challenge of antimicrobial-resistant STIs, and the commissioning and improvement of sexual health services. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spotlight on sexually transmitted infections in London: 2018 data
More than 131,400 new infections were diagnosed in London residents in 2018. Number of new infections rose by 12% between 2017 and 2018. Large rises were seen for gonorrhoea (by 23%) and chlamydia (by 19%). Syphilis diagnoses have increased by 44% since 2014. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health Matters: preventing STIs
The latest edition of the Health Matters newsletter focuses on the prevention of five common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, genital herpes and genital warts. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - August 21, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Scientists find way to suppress dormant HIV
Advances made in HIV epigenetic regulation Related items fromOnMedica Promise to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030 Sexually transmitted infections double in the over 45s Over 45s take risks with their sexual health London has highest rate of new STIs, report shows Gonorrhoea becoming difficult or impossible to treat, warns WHO (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - August 6, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Amazon slammed for selling unproven homeopathy remedies
MailOnline found Amazon's UK page listed four different products claiming to be medorrhinum - a remedy prepared from the urethral discharge of a man with gonorrhoea. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sexually transmitted infections and screening for chlamydia in England, 2018
In 2018, there were 447,694 new diagnoses made at sexual health services, up from 424,724 in 2017 (5%). The most commonly diagnosed were chlamydia (218,095; 49%), first episode genital warts (57,318; 13%), gonorrhoea (56,259; 13%), and genital herpes (33,867; 8%). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Almost 400M New Cases Annually of Four Curable STIs, WHO Says Almost 400M New Cases Annually of Four Curable STIs, WHO Says
Globally, more than 1 million people contract a curable sexually transmitted infection each day, amounting to more than 376 million new cases annually of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and syphilis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - June 6, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
A million people a day get sexual infections, WHO warns
More than a million people every day worldwide catch a sexually transmitted infection, with rates of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and syphilis the most worrying, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Gonorrhoea cases reach a 40 YEAR high in England
Figures released today by Public Health England revealed there were 447,694 sexually transmitted infections diagnosed in England last year and gonorrhoea was spreading fastest. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sex diseases on the rise in England
Cases of sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhoea, are going up. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kissing with tongues is more likely to spread gonorrhoea than oral sex
Researchers from Monash University and Melbourne Sexual Health Centre in Australia surveyed around 3,000 gay men and found they were more likely to have gonorrhoea in their throat than elsewhere. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Deep kissing - a neglected route for throat gonorrhoea
Public health campaigns focused on genital contact Related items fromOnMedica Concerns over UK young adults ’ readiness for first sex Well over half of people have never had an STI test Promise to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030 JCVI recommends universal HPV vaccination HPV programme linked to dramatic fall in cervical disease (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - May 9, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New drug combination could be effective for treatment-resistant gonorrhoea
Gentamicin with azithromycin was found to be almost as effective as the currently used first-line treatment for gonorrhoea Related items fromOnMedica Promise to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030 Use condoms to cut spread of drug-resistant gonorrhoea HPV programme linked to dramatic fall in cervical disease Uptake of PrEP coincides with less condom use Gonorrhoea becoming difficult or impossible to treat, warns WHO (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - May 6, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trial drug combination is created to treat super gonorrhoea
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have tested a new combination of antibiotics on 720 patients at 14 sexual health centres in England and found it is almost as effective as the current drugs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
