Male condoms are 98% effective with perfect use and 85% effective with typical use. Female condoms are slightly less effective — 95% with perfect use and 79% typically. People make mistakes with ...

Public health authorities are confronting a rise in sexually transmitted infections in a world where condom use has steadily declined. WASHINGTON - The basket of free ultrathin and studded condoms ...

June 21, 2006 — -- College junior Kelsey Innis knows the facts about sexually transmitted diseases but finds that many students don't. "There's an attitude of real fear out there that doesn't ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For women who have a high risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, their risk of developing bacterial vaginosis and the associated changes in vaginal microflora ...

July 14 -- MONDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- People who use condoms regularly can reduce their risk of getting genital herpes by 30 percent, a new study finds. The herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two UK surveys, 10 years apart, indicate that there's been a substantial increase in the rate of condom use, particularly among young people. However, condom use is ...

OXFORD, Miss — It's hard to miss the overflowing bowl of condoms at the entrance of the gym. Some University of Mississippi students walking past after their workout snicker and point, and the few who ...

Some 8 in 10 sexually active teen boys reported using a condom the first time they had sex, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and... Teenagers can, in fact, make some mature decisions ...

In an ideal world, a pro-masker would present an anti-masker with logical arguments and scientific evidence, and the latter would see the error of their ways and ...