Posted
3/12/2008 05:44:00 PM
by Douglas
Here's a heartwarming Women's
Herstory Month story for you: A
quarter of teenage girls have the nasty women's disease:
The first national study of four common sexually transmitted diseases among girls and young women has found that one in four are infected with at least one of the diseases, federal health officials reported Tuesday.
Nearly half the African-Americans in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected with at least one of the diseases monitored in the study — human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, genital herpes and trichomoniasis, a common parasite.
The two most common sexually transmitted diseases, or S.T.D.’s, among all the participants tested were HPV, at 18 percent, and chlamydia, at 4 percent, according to the analysis, part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Empowerment, ladies. Feel the power! Empower yourself without the itchy red bumps on your junk.