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Everything You Need to Know About HPV

Friday, February 15, 2013

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HPV is a tricky little STD: it takes a second to contract, but a lifetime to understand. So a few years ago, we broke HPV down for you, in video form. It’s worth a review — we even relearned a thing or two! MORE FROM EMandLO.com: Dear Dr. Kate, Can Hand Warts Be Transmitted to [...]

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Comment of the Week: Telling on a Cheat Could Save a Life

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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Reader Jay Bee said the following in response to our post, “Your Call: Should I Tell Her He’s Cheating on Her?” As someone who may die from the cervical cancer my cheating exhusband gave me from one of his mistresses, you NEED to tell the wife. I highly doubt you are the first person he’s cheated [...]

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Wise Guys: What Will Men NEVER Tell Their Partner?

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

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photo via flickr Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What are some sex-related things a guy will NEVER tell the person he’s dating?” To ask the guys your own question, click here. Straight Married Guy (James Glazebrook):  What he really wants to do. Openness is the key to any [...]

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GetSTDtested.com Has Excellent Taste in Blogs

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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Last week, GetSTDtested.com released their list of the Top 100 Sex&Love&Dating Blogs, and our little ol’ humble home siteEMandLO.com not only made the top 10, we were ranked third! (Excuse us while we do The Running Man.) Only OkCupid’sOkTrends(#1) and EmpowHER.com (#2) beat us out. Now, we know this was just a clever marketing technique by GetSTDtested.com to drum up some [...]

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Naked News: The HPV Edition

Friday, March 30, 2012

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poster via NCCC-online.org We’ve been writing about sex and sexual health for more than a decade, and HPV still makes our heads swim. It’s such a complicated subject — complicated further by the emotional and political climate surrounding the vaccine — and guidelines on HPV seem to be constantly changing. It’s been in the news [...]

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Dear Dr. Kate, Can Hand Warts Be Transmitted to Genitals?

Thursday, December 15, 2011

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photo via Flickr Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions every few weeks on EMandLO.com. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, My boyfriend has 2 warts on his fingers. We have been trying to treat [...]

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World AIDS Day Is Today

Thursday, December 1, 2011

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Today marks “the beginning of the end of AIDS”: Add a patch to the One and Red campaigns’ 2015 Quilt, pledging to buy at least one Red gift this holiday season, and you’ll get to choose one of The Killers six consecutive Christmas songs benefiting Red for free. You can watch events unfold live tody on the One [...]

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Dear Dr. Kate, How Long Do STDs Take to Show Up on Tests?

Thursday, November 17, 2011

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photo via Flickr Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions every few weeks on EMandLO.com. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, How soon after sexual relations would an STD test register a newly transmitted virus? [...]

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Dear Dr. Vanessa, Did My Girlfriend Give Me Herpes?

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

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photo via Flickr Every few weeks, Dr. Vanessa Cullins, a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist and vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood® Federation of America, will be answering your questions on EMandLO.com. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Vanessa, I’ve been with my current partner for six months, and I just got [...]

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Dear Em & Lo: My Booty Call Wants to Ditch the Condoms

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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photo by Alaskan_Dude Dear Em & Lo, I was celibate for the first 20 years of my life, so considering that, it was surprisingly easy to jump into bed with a guy who lives in my building…every few nights for the last two months. We have a nurturing and adventurous sexual relationship, I think, and [...]

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