Sexual Conditions

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11### [Sexual Conditions Overview](http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/guide/default.htm)
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33Sexual conditions, such as STDs and sexual problems, need a medical evaluation and treatment. Frequently, there are no STD symptoms, although there's sometimes a discharge from the vagina or the penis and burning or pain during urination. Doctors use STD tests to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis. Whereas STD treatment can help resolve these sexual conditions, practicing safe sex can prevent STDs.
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7[Oral Sex Cause of Throat Cancer Rise](http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/news/20090729/oral-sex-cause-throat-cancer-rise)
8Changing sexual practices have led to a dramatic rise in throat cancer in the United States over the past two decades, and experts say they fear an epidemic of the disease.
7[Is HPV Vaccine Benefit Exaggerated?](http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/news/20090818/is_hpv-vaccine-benefit-exaggerated)
8Critics say medical groups helped Merck oversell Gardasil as a cancer vaccine, but other experts call the HPV vaccine a "revolutionary advance" in cervical cancer prevention.
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3838### Sexual Health: Your Guide to Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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4040Sexually transmitted diseases, commonly called STDs, are diseases that are spread by having sex with someone who has an STD. You can get a sexually transmitted disease from sexual activity that involves the mouth, anus, vagina, or penis.
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4242According to the American Social Health Organization, one out of four teens in the United States becomes infected with an STD each year and by the age of 25, half of all sexually active young adults will get an STD.
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44Learn how one doctor vaporizes the infection.
44#### Women's Health Newsletter
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46Find out what women really need.