Women of all ages are most at risk of UTIs because our urethra (the tube from the bladder to the outside of our bodies) is much shorter than the guys’ so the bacteria can more easily make the trip from our vagina and up into the system.
Continue readingStrep–Not Just a Sore Throat
Strep is short for Streptococcus, a bacterium identified in four groups–A, B, C, and G. A and B cause most of the strep infections in humans.
Continue readingAre You a Herpes Expert? Take the Quiz
Who is more like to have genital herpes, HSV-2? Test your knowledge!
Continue readingIs it a Stomach Bug or Food Poisoning?
A more common cause of stomach distress is food poisoning, which does have a dramatic, secret agent kind of sound to it. It just means that something got into your food (accidentally!) that has made you sick.
Continue readingThe Bugs of Summer – Avoid the Bites
Tiny Vampires We are gathering carefully outdoors more than ever this summer in order to stay COVID-safe. And who else likes to have a meal outside on a warm evening? Mosquitos. All they want is a little of your blood, but what they leave behind under your skin is an unwelcome parting gift –their saliva. […]
Continue readingStrep in the Vagina?
Many people have heard of strep throat, which is caused by Group A Streptococcus.
Continue readingCervical Health
What’s the cervix and where is it?
Continue readingWhat Does Obesity Have to do With the Flu?
Being very overweight is often seen as a factor in many health problems, but now is seen as a factor in people’s risk of getting, transmitting, and dying from influenza.
Continue readingMeasles Outbreak
Most adults have been vaccinated, but aren’t sure if they’re still immune and need a booster.
Continue readingTreating and Preventing Herpes
The word Herpes and people stop in their tracks. It’s one of those infections that carries with it a lot of sexual baggage.
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