Thus far, much of the molecular diagnostics field has concentrated on infectious diseases, detecting HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia.
The alarming rates of sexually transmitted diseases among teens call for immediate action, health officials say.
The agency focuses on promoting HIV testing, screening for sexually transmitted diseases and other measures.
The ban also restricts entry and travel for people with sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy.
It has gone on to specialize in DNA probes for sexually transmitted diseases and other microbial infections.
They were also given condoms and advice about sexually transmitted diseases, and tested for HIV once a month.
Other unintended consequences might include pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, the report said.
Moreover, while you can't get pregnant this way, you can certainly pass on many types of sexually transmitted diseases, even HIV.
HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis pose silent but deadly ongoing health threats, especially for the most vulnerable people in our society.
More seriously, though no one disputes that abstinence protects you from sexually transmitted diseases, many doubt the wisdom of promoting abstinence and nothing else.
The result may be teens and young adults who are less likely than their peers to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancies.
The negative consequences of risky behaviors -- for example, getting sexually transmitted diseases or becoming pregnant -- should make teenagers wary of taking unnecessary risks.
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But previous research from RAND showed that content that includes negative consequences, such as sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies, can be educational for teens.
Though a physician would have tested the sperm for sexually transmitted diseases and certain genetic disorders, there are disincentives associated with going through a physician.
Sometimes programs are measured by how many teens take virginity pledges, not whether the teens stick to them, avoid sexually transmitted diseases or unplanned pregnancies, says Rosenbaum.
In June, the ministry's Public Health Council also gave its approval, provided a number of minor conditions were met, such as giving publicity to sexually transmitted diseases.
But he notes that young adulthood brings many health risks and behaviors that can have lasting effects, from sexually transmitted diseases to eating disorders, substance abuse and mental-health issues.
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While teen pregnancy rates in the state have declined steadily over the past decade, rates of sexually transmitted diseases among California teens ages 15 to 19 are rising, the council said.
The research showed that all the most commonly used health textbooks are stubbornly silent on the subject of condoms or other contraceptives as methods of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases.
The chairman of the Commons Health Select Committee David Hinchcliffe said that in some parts of the country - including London and Manchester - the clinics dealing with sexually transmitted diseases were near to collapse.
Tory Nadine Dorries told the Commons that while secondary school pupils were shown how to put condoms on bananas and to self-diagnose sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), they should also be told "how to say no".
When everyone is good and ready, let's supply them with birth control that allows them to decide when and if they want to have children together and, as an extra bonus, protects them from sexually transmitted diseases.
The hopeful news Dr Bearman's work brings is that it should be easier to stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases through a teenage-type graph than an adult one, since the spindly chains of connection between individuals can more easily be broken.
And because drinking too much is associated with disruption, disease, and death, they calculate that doubling the tax on alcohol will produce 35 percent fewer traffic crash deaths, 11 percent fewer deaths from sexually transmitted diseases, and 6 percent fewer deaths from violence.
It's a big problem, not just in Africa, but even in the United States where a lot of women who are faithful to the men in their lives end up contracting sexually transmitted diseases and having to be the one sometimes to break the news to their partners.
Purity balls are one of the newest ways that Christians are trying to keep their children chaste and free of sexually-transmitted diseases.
You do not have to have a forensic examination if you go to a SARC, hospital accident and emergency department or your GP, but you may need to receive treatment for any injuries, emergency contraception or to check for sexually-transmitted diseases.
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