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Progress in detecting new cases of tuberculosis is slowing, threatening to increase the risks of transmitting drug-resistant strains, the World Health Organization said Monday

Those diseases, along with syphilis, whose incidence continues to increase, are 'a major threat to gay and bisexual men's health,' said Dr. Kevin Fenton, a top official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Fenton noted that such diseases increased the risk of contracting and spreading H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. Screening for sexually transmitted infections is a critical part of medical care for sexually active men. The C.D.C. recommends annual blood tests for H.I.V. and syphilis, and other tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia. 'Let's be honest, resources are a challenge at a federal, state and local level,' said Dr. [John M. Douglas Jr.], of the disease control centers. 'We are trying to be as innovative as we can with public health resources,' but 'we need help from others.'

Nearly half the blacks in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected with at least one of the diseases monitored in the study - human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, genital herpes and trichomoniasis, a common parasite. The two most common sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, among all the participants tested were HPV, at 18 percent, and chlamydia, at 4 percent, according to the analysis, part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 'High STD infection rates among young women, particularly young African-American women, are clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk,' said Dr. John Douglas Jr., who directs the centers' division of sexually transmitted disease prevention

Nearly half the blacks in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected with at least one of the diseases monitored in the study - human papillomavirus, or HPV; chlamydia; genital herpes; and trichomoniasis, a common parasite. [...] the diseases, which are infections caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites, can produce acute symptoms such as irritating vaginal discharge, painful pelvic inflammatory disease and potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy.

The two most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among all the participants tested were HPV, at 18 per cent, and chlamydia, at 4 per cent, according to the analysis, part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Women may be unaware that they are infected. But the diseases, which are infections caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites, can produce acute symptoms like irritating vaginal discharge, painful pelvic inflammatory disease and potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy. The infections also can lead to long-term ailments like infertility and cervical cancer. 'High STD infection rates among young women, particularly young African-American women, are clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk,' said Dr. John M. Douglas Jr., who directs the centers' division of STD prevention.

''High S.T.D. infection rates among young women, particularly young African-American women, are clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk,'' said Dr. John M. Douglas Jr., who directs the centers' division of S.T.D. prevention. ''The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure,'' Ms. [Cecile Richards] said, ''and teenage girls are paying the real price.'' ''Far too many young women are at risk for the serious health effects of untreated S.T.D.'s, '' she said

The melanoma removed in 2000 was Stage IIa on a standard classification that makes Stage IV the most serious. For Stage IIa melanoma, the survival rate 10 years after diagnosis is about 65 percent. But the outlook is much better for patients like [John McCain], who have already survived more than seven years. Even if the melanoma returns, McCain would not be the first sitting president to have had cancer. From what information he has disclosed, he is at increased risk for melanoma and other skin cancers because of his medical history, fair skin and prolonged sun exposure at a young age - long before the wide use of sunscreen. The most serious melanoma was spotted on his temple in 2000 by the attending physician at the U.S. Capitol after it had escaped the eye of McCain's personal physician at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, in Arizona

The melanoma removed in 2000 was Stage IIa on a standard classification that makes Stage IV the most serious. For Stage IIa melanoma, the survival rate 10 years after diagnosis is about 65 percent. But the outlook is much better for patients like [John McCain], who have already survived more than seven years. Even if the melanoma returns, McCain would not be the first sitting president to have had cancer. From what information he has disclosed, he is at increased risk for melanoma and other skin cancers because of his medical history, fair skin and prolonged sun exposure at a young age - long before the wide use of sunscreen. The most serious melanoma was spotted on his temple in 2000 by the attending physician at the U.S. Capitol after it had escaped the eye of McCain's personal physician at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, in Arizona. The Capitol physician also spotted the melanoma on his left arm

The operation was performed mainly to determine whether the melanoma, a potentially fatal form of skin cancer, had spread from his left temple to a key lymph node in his neck; a preliminary pathology test at the time showed that it had not. In 1999, during McCain's first race for president, he gave the public an extraordinary look at his medical history - 1,500 pages of medical and psychiatric records that were amassed as part of a U.S. Navy project to gauge the health of former prisoners of war.

The operation was performed mainly to determine whether the melanoma, a potentially fatal form of skin cancer, had spread from his left temple to a key lymph node in his neck; a preliminary pathology test at the time showed that it had not.