Baby Boomers See Rise in STD Rates

Baby Boomer STD Rates Increase

People who came of age in the 1960s and '70s did so in an era of free love. Even the music blasting from the speakers inside those sweet street machines told them it was ok to have sex anytime, anywhere and with anyone.

Stephen Stills' first solo hit, in 1970, might have put it best: "If you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with.

Today, it appears that among those "kids" just weren't trained a lot concerning sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs. If the health educator did mention all of them, evidently many ended up resting in the course of class.

72% of HIV patients do not have disease under control

A long time ago in the 80s it would be common to see the late stages of AIDS in victims. But today due to the great advancements in HIV/AIDS research fewer people die from the disease and many live with HIV everybody like Magic Johnson.

To the contrary research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that a high number of Americans with HIV do not have the proper treatment.

America's nearly 1.2 million with living with HIV are not properly finding treament.  Only 28% have a suppressed viral load according to the recent research by the CDC.  With a suppressed viral load a HIV patient can live with an improved health and dramatically lowers the risk of transmitting the virus during sexual activity.

Boston.com "The Big Picture" World AIDS Day Photos

Over at The Big Picture they have put together a great series of pictures for World AIDS Day 2011.  An estimated 33.2 million people are living with the HIV virus.

The Big Picture

The Big Picture are news stories in pictures from Boston.com that are gorgeous high quality photos that make for great wall-papers.  Go have a look and see how other people from around the globe remembered World AIDS Day.

Risk of HIV From Fingering?

There are many myths out there concerning the risk of transmitting HIV from fingering.  There is at this time zero or extremely low risk of being infected with HIV from finger.

A lot of people are concerned about cuts on the hands or with areas around the fingernails.

Read more over at the blog post or find more information on this STD blog.

World AIDS day marked across globe

World AIDS day is being observed across the globe today on December 1st 2011.

World AIDS Day Youtube Event 10 am ET

Youtube AIDS Day Logo

Youtube.com has a event today for World AIDS Day that starts at 10 am ET.  Check out the videos and events scheduled in the morning.

Youtube even has a custom logo with the familiar AIDS ribbon next to the logo.