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On brown and dark skin, genital warts are often brown or darker, not the pink bumps in most …
Black women develop uterine fibroids earlier and more severely than White women, and when a treatment registry offered …
Most ovarian cysts are ordinary, harmless, and gone within two menstrual cycles. What is worth knowing is which …
Nine methods of birth control work well, and the right one depends on your body, your health history, …
Syphilis is curable with a single penicillin shot in its early stages, but it hides behind a painless …
Gonorrhea is cured by a single injection of ceftriaxone, and that is the whole treatment. The regimen changed …
There is no routine chlamydia screening recommendation for men in the United States, so a man can carry …
Chlamydia almost never causes symptoms in women, so it is caught by a test you request rather than …
Genital herpes is described against red skin in nearly every medical photo, and that is not how it …
About one in three Black women carries HSV-2, the virus behind genital herpes, and most do not know …
Pelvic organ prolapse happens when the bladder, uterus, or rectum drops into or out of the vagina because …
Endometriosis causes pain that goes far beyond normal cramps, and Black women are diagnosed less often and later …
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