Syphilis is a complex sexually transmitted disease (STD). It is caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum. Syphilis has often been called "the great imitator" because so many of the signs and symptoms are indistinguishable from those of other diseases. There was a significant rise...

Sexual abuse involves forcing, tricking, bribing, threatening, or pressuring a child into sexual awareness or activity. Sexual abuse when an older or more knowledgeable child or an adult uses a child for sexual pleasure. The abuse often begins gradually and increases over time. It is always the off...

Significant Social Issues Teens Face When a person thinks of a drug abuser one usually pictures a person that looks like they had just jumped out of a garbage bin. What most people do not realize is that most drug users are the people who have steady jobs and are professionals such as do...

Sexually transmitted diseases affect many Americans today. The United States has the highest rates of STDs of any developed nation. By age 21, 25% of all people will have an STD. Some of these include Chlamydia, the most common infection, gonorrhea, and Hepatitis B. Chlamydia trachomatis causes ...