…antibiotic resistance, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new recommendations for health professionals to follow that reflect the most effective antibiotic treatments of these STDs.5 Both WHO and the CDC encourage national, state, and local health departments to track the patterns of antibiotic resistance to improve detection of the diseases. Safe sex practices, like using condoms and having open dialogue about STDs within the community…

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…anxiety in women, as have reproductive diseases, such as uterine fibroids and endometriosis.3,4,5 And as if being from Mars and Venus weren’t enough, a woman’s brain chemistry differs greatly from that of a man’s, as do our coping mechanisms. When women face stress, they’re more likely to ruminate about their problems, writes Olivia Remes, anxiety researcher and doctoral candidate at the University of Cambridge in England.6 This can amplify anxiet…