Word: chlamydia
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...More than 80% of U.S. women have an annual Pap test, but fewer than 20% are screened for chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that, left untreated, can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and reproductive complications. Now the FDA has approved a popular Pap test, ThinPrep, to screen for both cervical cancer and chlamydia, the most common bacterial STD in the U.S. today. --By David Bjerklie...
...then, around 1996, almost as quickly as the AIDS panic had materialized, it eased, and then slipped away. Around the world, AIDS-related deaths dropped by nearly 50 percent annually. The reemergence of other, less deadly STDs, like chlamydia and herpes, took over the pages of medical journals and newspapers, while advances in HIV and AIDS prevention were relegated to the back page summaries. Wealthy corporations and private donors, once dependable sources of AIDS research funding, began to ease off - a 1999 Gallup survey showed a 22 percent drop that year in the number of groups making donations...
TRANSMISSION TROUBLE The sexually transmitted infection called chlamydia has been linked to infertility. Now Finnish scientists say it may also increase a woman's risk of cervical cancer. What's more, chlamydia may make women more vulnerable to the human papilloma virus, the other STD linked to cervical cancer. Chlamydia is easily treated with antibiotics. If you suspect you have it, get to your doctor...
...Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that sometimes has no symptoms, but when there are signs, they appear five to 10 days after sexual intercourse...
Young adults, especially those under 25 years old have the highest rates of chlamydia...