01-03-2014, 07:36 PM
"You can be young without money but you can't be old without money"
Maggie the Cat from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." by Tennessee Williams
Maggie the Cat from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." by Tennessee Williams
Someting to cheer up your New Year
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01-03-2014, 07:36 PM
"You can be young without money but you can't be old without money"
Maggie the Cat from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." by Tennessee Williams
01-04-2014, 05:12 AM
Nothing beats a happy new year, like a deadly sex virus.
I think I am turned off of sex completely now, after reading that.
01-04-2014, 12:30 PM
MisterTinkles Wrote:Nothing beats a happy new year, like a deadly sex virus. Apologies for my irony but I think that it is an important thing for everyone to know.
"You can be young without money but you can't be old without money"
Maggie the Cat from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." by Tennessee Williams
01-04-2014, 03:15 PM
This is the obvious consecuence of the indiscriminate use of antibiotics..
We already have Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as one of the more aggressive examples NCBI shows reports from research groups that have been finding increasing antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae since the 70s http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1045427/ more so, this particular bacteria does a good job in decreasing the immune system's capability to respond to an infection http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15953032 Now, Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a gram negative bacteria, that can be particularly sensitive to cationic antimicrobial peptides.. antimicrobial peptides are usually very good in a wide range of antibacterial activity even in strains that are resistant to antibiotics, with very low cytotoxicity.. the human immune system naturally produces some of these AMPs to fight infection..others can be produced synthetically.. so there are 2 places to go from here: first, end the fight that some conservative and religious groups have against proper sexual education so as to put a focus on preventing the disease beforehand second, AMPs need to be the focus of pharmaceuticals over antibiotics (something that is slowly starting to happen) specially since AMPs are biodegradable and don't present the side effects that some antibiotics have for example in liver or kidney damage.. most specially, it's particularly rare that a bacteria can develop AMPs resistance
01-04-2014, 05:00 PM
southbiochem Wrote:This is the obvious consecuence of the indiscriminate use of antibiotics.. STOOOOOP!!!!! You know what "geek talk" does to me!!!!!!
01-04-2014, 09:01 PM
Here is some better information about the issue: http://www.ncsddc.org/sites/default/file..._sheet.pdf And this from the US Center for Disease Control: Quote:Gonorrhea is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the United States, where more than 800,000 gonorrhea infections are estimated to occur each year. Although some men and women may have symptoms (such as discharge or burning when urinating), most people infected with gonorrhea do not. As a result, many infections go undetected and untreated. Left untreated, gonorrhea can cause serious health problems, particularly for women, including chronic pelvic pain, life-threatening ectopic pregnancy, and infertility. Gonorrhea infection also increases a person’s risk of contracting and transmitting HIV.
Thanks for your input Geminize. The important thing is that people should be made aware of any STD. Too many people are taking unecessary risks these days having unprotected sex. As you say, gonorrhea can go for a long time without being detected so on the whole, I don't think that sensationalising the subject can do much harm. It might do some good.
"You can be young without money but you can't be old without money"
Maggie the Cat from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." by Tennessee Williams
01-05-2014, 07:09 AM
Don't get me wrong, Londoner, I'm glad you brought this up. I just have a problem with the headline and the way the article was written. I think there is a potential for harm from sensationalizing this kind of thing. It's like the boy who cried wolf, if we keep hearing about potential health threats that never materialize.
The basic advice is still the same: the safest sex (other than no sex, which isn't sex) remains --
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