R Kelly arrested for racketeering, trafficking minor girls for sex, giving them STDs
Robert Sylvester Kelly, AKA “R. Kelly,” was arrested in Chicago Thursday night following an investigation by the joint Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York and New York City Police Department (NYPD) More...
4 Tips for College Students that You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else
Let’s be real here for a minute: prospective college students need to understand that no matter how many brochures they read, no matter how many pep talks they hear from their parents, and no matter how many alumni More...
STD testing: why you should test yourself now
You have probably heard numerous warnings about unprotected sex, having multiple sex partners and using sex toys of unknown sources. Everyone has, at least once, become overtaken by pleasure and forgotten these More...
Liberty Counsel praises ‘pro-life provisions’ in Senate health care plan
Seven weeks after the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act, today the Senate released a “discussion draft” that would prevent women from using federal tax credits to buy plans More...
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe vetoes bill which would have stopped funding Planned Parenthood
A bill that would have shifted most of Virginia’s funding for abortion groups to public health groups, hospitals, and other organizations that focus on health care has been vetoed by Governor Terry McAuliffe. Planned More...
Domestic Violence an Understated Issue Nationwide
Did you know that in the United States, on average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, and stalking by an intimate partner? This data, which comes from the National Domestic Violence Hotline, More...
Substance Abuse In Women: Causes, Effects, Challenges & Solutions
The definition of substance abuse encompasses the excessive and addictive use of any substance that alters the individual’s behavior, mood, and lifestyle. The substance could be a prescription medicine, tobacco, More...
Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis up in Illinois: Health Department
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said Thursday that three sexually transmitted infections (STI), chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, are all on the rise in the state and they encourage residents to More...
CDC 2012 STD data: Syphilis in MSM; Gonorrhea and chlamydia in young people
Men who have sex with men and Americans between the ages of 15 and 24 are the two demographic groups that stand out in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) annual report, Sexually Transmitted More...
Trichomonas: the sexually transmitted parasite
This little flagellated parasite is a very common sexually transmitted infection (STI) worldwide, mainly causing symptoms in sexually active women. Trichomonas vaginalisImage/CDC Trichomonas vaginalis is the most More...
