February 09, 2011

Safe Sex: Lay Down Some Rubber!

 
 

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via WH Latest Items by Cari Wira Dineen on 2/8/11

In terms of safe sex, are you smarter than a 12th grader? Maybe not. Groundbreaking new research on sexual health from Indiana University found that condom use is routine for teens, but not for adults.

While female teenagers use condoms nearly 60 percent of the time, women ages 25 to 34 use this kind of protection for a mere 24 percent of their sexual encounters, according to the study, which was published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. And even though condoms don't offer 100 percent protection against sexually transmitted infections, they're your best bet for helping prevent the spread of chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, HPV, and herpes. "You need to have zero tolerance for anyone who is unwilling to use a condom," says urologist Jennifer Berman, M.D., an expert in female sexual medicine, who points out that one in five adults has an STD and that many of these diseases, such as gonorrhea, are on the rise.

Not-So-Safe Sex

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