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Yikes: New Health Report Suggests 2 in 3 People Have Herpes
STDs and STIs are scary… especially in our current “hook-up culture” where people are having more casual sexual encounters with...
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How Do I Tell Him He Gave Me An STD!? [Ask a Dude]
I went to the health center and got my regular 6 month check up and I came up positive for…something.
If You’re Having Sex, Do It Safely
Whether you’re a freshman or a senior, college campuses everywhere will be packed with new people to party with, new people to study with, and yes, new people to have sex with.
Tuffy Luv Has Conniptions
Question for La Tuff? Email her at [email protected] for a chance to be featured in this column. Dear Tuffy Luv,...
WTF Friday: All Your Friends Have Herpes
...Or at least that's what CNN is saying in a recent article entitled "The Downside of 'Friends With Benefits.'" If reading about FWBs on CNN isn't disturbing enough, perhaps this will make you WTF:
The Doctor Is In: How Do I Know If He’s Clean?
Q: I recently started hooking up with a boy who has, well, gotten around. I asked him if he’d been tested recently and he said he did (and he was “all good!”), but I don’t know if I trust him. Maybe he’s just saying that to get in my pants?
Beer Pong Gets Swined
Swine flu is ruining everything. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, I can’t kiss without thinking I’m going to contract the disease of the pigs. And now, apparently, I can’t play beer pong. Officials at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have reported 21 cases of swine flu that they have cleverly traced back to a game of beer pong. One single game!
Strangers with Candy…Or Condoms
Remember when you were little, and your parents gave you that "Don't talk to strangers" lecture? Well, approximately a decade or so later, we find ourselves in college. At bars. Talking to strangers.
Everything You Need to Know About STD Tests
Do you have that burning, itching, inflamed, oozey feeling south of the border? Maybe you don't see or feel anything obvious but you just have that nagging suspicion that last week's man-whore frat-guy gave you more than his number.
The Doctor is In (Part 1)
Talking sex with your doctor isn't always easy. Whether you are afraid she or he will judge you, you just don't feel comfortable sharing the intimate details of your life between the sheets, or you can't think straight with a speculum between your legs, many people get tight lipped in the doctor's office.
The Truth About STDs
When I found out that 25% of college students have a Sexually Transmitted Disease, I laughed. Surely that statistic referred to the more promiscuous students, or those who were dumb enough not to use a condom during sex.
Circumcision May Lower Risks of STDs
As we all know from our high school sex ed classes–and some of you from experience– it’s a basic fact...
I Went and Got Tested
After reading about one CollegeCandy writer’s scary STD experience, I realized that I had not been tested in over 4...
The CC Weekly Weigh In: Most Unattractive Thing. Ever.
Everyone has that one thing they cannot stand in the opposite sex. It may not be rational (“His jeans are...
It’s All About Me
So, I have this friend (and no–this friend is not a hypothetical version of myself, thank god). The other night,...
