Improving perinatal sexual health assessment: PLISSIT model implementationPregnant persons have reported low sexual satisfaction, and sexual dysfunction has been measured in up to 91% of pregnant women.1…
Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of Mycoplasma genitaliumIn 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that Mycoplasma genitalium was a public health threat.1 Other…
Impact of negative messages about women and their bodiesWorking in gynecology as a women’s health nurse practitioner, it is commonplace for me to hear my patients make self-disparaging…
STD resources for testing, diagnosing and treating sexually transmitted infectionsOne in five people had a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in 2018, the CDC estimates, adding that the number continued…
Syphilis cases surged in 2021, CDC SaysCases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis continued to increase in 2021, with more than 2.5 million sexually transmitted infections (STI)…