Medical economics

Examining sexual health equity in emergency care

Research from experts at Michigan Medicine is highlighting the potential for additional at-home assistance for partners of those who are treated in the emergency department for a sexually transmitted infection.

Medical research

British sex lives revealed in new study

A new study titled "The relationship between age and sex partner counts during the mpox outbreak in the UK, 2022" and published in the journal PLOS ONE shows the number of sexual partners we have changes as we age—and there ...

Medications

Don't take chances: Why doxycycline is a great bet against STIs

If taken within 72 hours of condomless sex, the common antibiotic doxycycline drastically reduces the risk of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia among transwomen and gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, a recent ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Reducing the risks of sexually transmitted infections

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to rise the in the U.S and around the globe. The World Health Organization reports more than 1 million new sexually transmitted infections are acquired a day—with the majority ...

Oncology & Cancer

Preventing cervical cancer

Silent but deadly. These are words often used to describe cervical cancer—a slow-growing disease that rarely causes symptoms in its early stages.

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