If the prospect of gonorrhea already worries you, you better prepare for a world with a gonorrhea superbug. A doctor in Japan has discovered a strain of the STI that is not treatable with any of the antibiotics currently used to treat gonorrhea. Gonorrhea is one of the most common STIs; 340 million people contract it each year, and in the US at least 700,000 do. And while gonorrhea can cause Read more

This week's confession comes from our anonymous Confession Booth group in the TrèsSugar Community. Weigh in with your advice below. Well . . . OK. I have a past like everyone else, but mine is a bit more shocking cause its so far out of character from the person I am now. Through a suicidally depressing, rebellious period senior year and a few years out of college, with an "I don't give a sh*t Read more

If warm, sunny weather is inspiring you to get hot and heavy, you may want to skip getting it on in the pool, and save your nookie time for dry land. Although making sweet love in the water sounds sensual and natural, since you're wearing next to nothing already, it's not exactly the safest way to get it on. Here's a mood killer for you: lake, river, ocean, and pond water contain bacteria, so Read more

I Have Herpes Ex-Boyfriend and STDs — What to Do? My Husband Gave Me an STD Should I Date a Guy With HPV? Was I Right to Tell a Guy He Gave Me an STD? New Dating Partner and HPV Read more

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I have been dating this wonderful guy for the last two months and we were going to get intimate for the first time last night. He goes on to tell me that he does not want to because he has HPV and does not want to infect me. Little does he know that I also have HPV. I didn't tell him Read more

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! The guy is very macho, from South America. We had sex once and I caught an infection because it was my first time. He got really offended and stopped talking to me. I'm heartbroken. Have a dilemma of your own? Post it anonymously to Group Therapy for advice, and check out what else is Read more

This is exactly the type of fear-mongering PSA I predicted Monday when the news came out that one strand (out of 130) of HPV can be transmitted through oral sex and cause oral cancers: an attack on all HPV. But it's in Taiwanese, so it's kind of awesome. Especially when an old man's heart-shaped sunglasses turn into a 69. Besides, it's not technically a PSA, just a humor video by Next Media Read more

Move over knee replacements and diabetes medication. It's time to add tests for syphilis, gonorrhea, or hepatitis B to the list of healthcare afforded America's senior population. The US is considering a plan to cover STD tests under Medicare. Recent research found that a higher percentage of older Americans remain sexually active, and last year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Read more

Oh, HPV. There are 130 types of you, but a few spiteful strains won't quit. While various lead to genital warts, only a few like HPV-16 and 18 can cause cervical cancer. Now researchers say HPV-16, transmitted through oral sex, can cause oral cancer. So HPV-16 is a monster, worse than 18, but there are still plenty of strains of HPV that don't cause cervical or oral cancer. I'm not saying don't Read more

In 1973, the United States Navy was in the business of making cartoons, namely The Return of Count Spirochete. The short film starring a vampire named after the bacterium that causes syphilis was meant to scare sailors out of sleeping around. The 20-minute spot starts with Count Spirochete winning the award for "Communicable Disease of the Year." The cartoon for adult men then goes on to Read more