Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Are You At Risk?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) continue to be a major health concern in the United States and throughout the world. Although a great deal of progress has been made in recent years toward the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of many STDs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia estimate that approximately 19 million new STD infections occur each year, almost half of them among young people ages 15 to 24.

Although articles appear all over the news about …