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The study report — titled as “Are New Yorkers Having Safe Sex?” released by the NY Department of Health and Mental Hygiene asserts that 40% of New Yorkers with multiple partners didn't use a condom the last time they had sex.

The report, which came just a few months after the city warned about an alarming increase in H.I.V. infections among young gay men, articulates that over one-third — 36 percent — of New York City men who have sex with other men and have had five or more sex partners within the past year do not consistently use condoms.

According to the study, based on a telephone survey of 10,000 residents conducted by the department’s Bureau of Epidemiology Services, 11 percent of New Yorkers, or 610,000 adults, reported having more than one partner in the past year, and men were three times more likely than women to report multiple partners (17 percent vs. 6 percent).

The study found that young adults (18 to 24 years old) were four times as likely as older adults (45 and older) — 25 percent vs. 6 percent — to report having multiple partners. It found that Asian adults were less likely to report having multiple sex partners than any other ethnic or racial group.

The study articulated that New Yorkers with same-sex partners were nearly three times as likely (33 percent versus 13 percent) as those with opposite-sex partners to report having more than one partner in the past year. It found that 5% of New Yorkers who are married or in steady relationships say they’ve had two or more partners in the past year. It disclosed that men who have sex with men were more likely to have five or more sex partners in the past year than men who have sex with only women (23 percent vs. 6 percent).

A new study released by the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention articulates that HIV positive rates have been increasing among the young black gay men; HIV has been rising at a rate of 12 percent each year since 2001. The annual increase rate, at 15 percent, was even higher among the African-American gay men aged between 13 to 24.

"Its clear from the report that half of the American AIDS epedemic is occuring among a few percent of the adult population," says Dr. Ronald Stall, an epidemiologist and professor of public health at the University of Pittsburgh.

Phil Wilson, the head of the Black AIDS Institute in Los Angeles, says, "The figures clearly indicate that it's and epidemic out of control and no concrete steps have been taken to prevent the spread of the infection."

According to the C.D.C. report, Sex among men accounted for more than 97,000 new diagnosis over the six years, while on the other hand the diagnosis attributed to high-risk heterosexual contact and injection-drug use, declined annually by 4.4 percent and 9.5 percent, respectively.

The increase in the infection rates are also attributed to the lack of access to information. Because of the strong new treatments, some men believe that it's a less severe disease than it was once. "If you talk to some of these young men, they say, 'If I do get the infection, I will simply take the blue pill or the pink pill, like my friend," Ron Simmons says.

The number of young "men who have sex with men," or MSM, diagnosed with HIV infection is rising by 12 percent a year in the United States – says the study report recently released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC study articulates that male-to-male sex was the largest HIV transmission category in the United States between 2001 and 2006. The CDC health experts use the term "men who have sex with men," or MSM instead of homosexuals because many of these men are not strictly homosexual or even bisexual.

According to CDC, the increase is highest among boys and men between the ages of 13 and 24 years who had sex with other males, particularly among ethnic minorities. The double-digit rise in young gay men is about 10 times higher than in the homosexual community overall, where the number of new infections is going up about 1.5 percent a year.

The report describes trends in diagnoses of HIV/AIDS in 33 states including New York, Florida, New Jersey and Texas, all of which have large numbers of HIV-infected people. Of 214,379 diagnoses during the study period, 46 percent were among MSM.

Richard Wolitski, acting director of HIV-AIDS prevention at CDC, says, “These men represent a new generation that has not been personally affected by AIDS in the same way that their older peers were.”

In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, publication of the CDC, the health officials write, "To reduce transmission of HIV among MSM of all races/ethnicities, prevention strategies should be strengthened, improved, and implemented more broadly.” They add that testing is important because "after persons become aware that they are HIV positive, most reduce their high-risk sexual behavior.

According to a new study by the New York City Department of Health, one in four New Yorkers is infected with genital herpes i.e. a quarter of the NY adults are infected with the herpes virus — an incurable sexually-transmitted disease that can cause painful genital sores and can double a person’s risk for HIV.

The study reveals that 26 % of New York’s residents have the virus that causes genital herpes, with national figure standing at 19%. It also reveals that the infection is far more common among African-Americans, nearing 49 percent on average, and the infection rates are higher in women than men.

The director of surveillance for the Health Department's Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control, Julia Schillinger says, "Genital herpes alone will not cause serious problems for most people, but some people will have painful genital sores, and the infection fosters the spread of HIV."

Viewing the alarming statistics of the study, the New York Health officials advise the NY people to protect themselves and others. In the wake of the study, the health workers are encouraging safe sex and offering free condoms.

Julia Schillinger, the lead author of the study, says, “Using condoms consistently will help you avoid getting or spreading genital herpes.”

A recent study focusing on sexual practices of U.S. teens has rejected the notion that teens in United States engage in oral sex rather than intercourse to maintain "technical virginity”. Previous studies in 2002 - 2005 had articulated that teens engage in oral sex in order to preserve their "technical virginity," but, the new study that falsified the previous studies was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health; the study was based on a survey conducted on 2,271 females and males age 15 to 19.

According to the study, 55 percent of the teens said they had engaged in oral sex but that this practice was far more common among those who also had engaged in vaginal sex. Teens admitted that they began vaginal and oral sex at roughly the same time - by six months after first vaginal intercourse, 82 percent had also engaged in oral sex.

In a statement, Laura Lindberg of the Guttmacher Institute in New York, who led the study, said, “There is a widespread belief that teens engage in nonvaginal forms of sex, especially oral sex, as a way to be sexually active while still claiming that, technically, they are virgins.”

"However, our research shows that this supposed substitution of oral sex for vaginal sex is largely a myth. There is no good evidence that teens who have not had intercourse engage in oral sex with a series of partners," Lindberg said.

The study funded by the Guttmacher Institute studies sexual and reproductive health issues found that about one in 10 of the teens had engaged in anal sex. These teens were far more likely to have also engaged in vaginal sex. The study also revealed that teens of white ethnicity and higher socioeconomic status were the most likely to have had anal or oral sex.

The number of Minnesotans infected with sexually transmitted diseases has been surging since 1996, showed the report released by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) for National STD Awareness Month in April. The reportable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Minnesota are – Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis.

The report titled as “Minnesota Department of Health's 2007 Sexually Transmitted Disease Statistics” articulated that the number of cases of STDs in 2006 was 16,428. The number surged to a new high of 17,057 in 2007. More than 17,000 people became infected with chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis in 2007. That's a 3.8 percent increase over 2006. Adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19 had some of the highest rates of STD and comprised the majority of chlamydia cases.

“The rate of chlamydia, which can cause infertility, has more than doubled in the past 12 years and is the driving force behind these record number of STD cases. Chlamydia accounted for more than three-fourths of the total number of cases,” Peter Carr, director of the STD and HIV Section at MDH, said.

Minnesota Health Officials reported that among the 13,412-chlamydia cases, nearly 70 percent occurred in teens and young adults ages 15 to 24. Rates remain elevated among communities of color. The greatest increases for chlamydia, compared to 2006 data, have been in Greater Minnesota with an 8 percent increase, and in Twin City suburbs with a 4 percent increase.

It is really shocking that one in every four teenage girls in the United States is suffering from a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Certainly, it’s shocking, but it’s a bitter fact. There are more that 3 million teen girls suffering from sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. The number is really stunning!

The recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study shows that at least 25 % of teenage girls in the United States are suffering from STDs. Cervical cancer is the most common disease found in teenage girls; the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a virus that causes cervical cancer is by far one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in teen girls aged 14 to 19 in the United States. Cervical cancer affected 18 % of girls who were studied. Other STDs included chlamydia affecting 4 %; trichomoniasis affecting 2.5 %; and herpes simplex virus affecting 2 %.

According to CDC, the highest prevalence of STDs was found among black girls. Nearly half of the black girls in the United States are having sexually transmitted diseases. And, one in every five of white and Mexican-American girls is affected by STDs. The study, based on a sample size of 838 US girls who participated in a study, calls for both treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.

Health Risks And Stomach Fat
Oral sex is the term used for several sexual activities that involve stimulating the genitals with mouth, lips and tongue. Oral sex is used in both homosexual and heterosexual relationships.

Oral sex includes several sexual activities like fellatio, cunnilingus, anilingus, felching, facesitting, sixty-nine position, eighty-seven position etc.

A study report issued in September 2005 by the National Center for Health Statistics revealed that oral sex among teens is "on the rise". The study surveyed over 12,000 Americans between the ages of 15 and 44, and divulged that over half the teenagers questioned have had oral sex. The study also revealed that oral sex is very common among the dedicated virgins.

According to another study, 70% of women never or seldom achieve orgasm during intercourse, and cunnilingus may be a way for women to achieve orgasm with a partner. Some heterosexual couples use fellatio as a substitute for intercourse during the woman's menstrual cycle.

Oral sex may or may not include the ingestion of semen and vaginal fluids. Organically, semen contains water, small amounts of salt, protein, zinc, and fructose sugar. It is slightly alkaline which causes some to find the taste bitter or brackish, but neither male nor female sexual bodily fluids are in themselves harmful to a sexual partner, apart from concerns of STDs.

Studies have confirmed the fact that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV, can be transmitted through oral sex. Thus any kind of direct contact with body fluids of a person infected with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) should be avoided.

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease. In United States of America, 350,000 people suffer from this disease annually and 75% of all reported cases of gonorrhea are found in people between the age group of 15-29. Gonorrhea is caused by bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This bacterium infects the mouth, rectum and genital tract of the infected person. In women, this disease infects the uterus and spreads to fallopian tubes, which causes pelvic inflammatory disease.

Gonorrhea spreads during oral, anal or vaginal sex with infected person. The bacteria of this disease are carried in vaginal fluid and semen and cause a discharge. This disease is caused by sexual relations with an infected person. In women, the symptoms of this disease are: bleeding during sexual intercourse, burning sensation during urination and yellow colored discharge from vagina with pain.

In men, the symptoms of this disease are: yellow or white colored pus in the penis, which causes severe pain, burning sensation during urination and inflammation of testicles. This disease can cause infertility in men if it is not treated properly. People suffering from gonorrhea are at high risk of getting HIV infection.

This disease can spread from infected mother to the newly born baby. If this disease is not treated properly, then infection will spread to other parts of the body and it will damage reproductive organs, joints, heart valves and brain of the patient. Antibiotics are used to cure this disease. The following antibiotics are used to cure gonorrhea:

· Levofloxacin
· Ofloxacin
· Ciprofloxacin
· Cefixime

STD means Sexually Transmitted Disease or Venereal disease which is caused due to the sexual contact including vaginal intercourse, oral sex and anal sex among humans and animals. Adolescents and young adults are at higher risk for getting Sexually transmitted disease. There are many grievous forms of STDs, such as AIDS/HIV, Herpes Virus, Syphilis, Trichomoniasis, Pubic Lice and granuloma inquinale and Chancroid.

HIV/AIDS: Human Immunodeficiency virus or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is one of very harmful and fatal forms of STD. It occurs mainly through unprotected vaginal or anal sex, through breast milk, and sharing drug needles with an infected person. More than 40 million people worldwide are infected with the HIV virus; 50% women out of those infected. HIV virus doesn’t show symptoms for the first few years. Therefore HIV testing is the only way to know if you are infected. The symptoms which can be seen in a person who is suffering from HIV virus are high flu, swollen lymph glands, headaches, muscle aches, fatigue and fever. So to prevent HIV, you must have monogamous relationship with someone who is free of the HIV virus, always use condom for doing sex and avoid using sharing needles.

Herpes Virus: Herpes is another non curable STD. It occurs through direct skin to skin contact. The symptoms of Herpes Virus are red, sensitive skin that develops sores or blisters, swollen lymph glands in the groin, Headaches, Muscle aches, Fever and Lower back pain. There is no herpes cure. There are certain herpes medications which can shorten the length of the herpes outbreak and ease the discomfort of your symptom.

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