Word: stds
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Dates: during 1985-1985
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...descriptions of the diagnoses for many STDs (Zinner believes that STD should be used as common terminology for what was once called VD) is confusing at best, annoying at its worst. The way in which smear tests are applied to microscopic slides are of interest to perhaps a few physicians. But even to those with STDs, who may have had experience with the actual tests, Zinner's details of the procedures are still difficult to follow...
Zinner's recurring suggestions for prevention of specific STDs are of little help. After each chapter on a different STD (he covers more than 25 different varieties), Zinner recommends ways of preventing the disease. But he inevitably reverts to saying something such as "little is known about the disease, and therefore prevention is hard to suggest," or he advocates the use of condoms (which are only protective of the areas of the penis that they cover...
there are no sexual practices that are responsible for transmission of STDs in the absence of the creative organism. However the risk of contracting an STD associated with any particular sexual practice increases with the number of different sexual partners...