Syphilis
What is Syphilis? Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria called Treponema pallidum. It is spread by direct contact with an infectious moist lesion usually through sexual…
What is Syphilis? Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria called Treponema pallidum. It is spread by direct contact with an infectious moist lesion usually through sexual…
Tattoos & Permanent Makeup What the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Has to Say. From the US Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition —…
Tattoos: Think Before You Ink By Laura Fleenor Today is the age of tattoos. It seems that everyone has a tattoo, or is planning on getting one soon. You may…
Sixteen, Pregnant and a Mother by Age 17. My name is Amanda and I was a teenage mom. I am now 22 years old and I live with my 5…
Teen Pregnancy Rates in the USA by Victor C. Strasburger, MD University of New Mexico School of Medicine The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western…
Heroin and Teenagers A s early as 1996, it was evident that heroin use was becoming increasingly popular among younger Americans. In fact, from 1991 to 1995, heroin use…
Testicular Torsion: A Painful Medical Emergency Perhaps the most common testicular problem is torsion of a testicle. This condition usually occurs in childhood and the teenage years, but can occur…
What is Trichomoniasis or (“trick”)? The organism that causes this STD is a protozoa (a one-celled animal). It is called Trichomonas vaginalis. This organism causes an inflammation of the mucous…
Vaginismus In some women vaginismus prevents all attempts at successful sexual intercourse. Vaginismus is an involuntary contraction of the muscles surrounding the entrance to the vagina, making penetration painful or…
Margaret Louise Higgins was born on September 14, 1879 in Corning, New York to Michael Hennessey Higgins and Anne Purcell Higgins. When her mother died from tuberculosis at the age…