The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a ruling that mandates manufacturers of some contraceptive gels, films, foams, to carry a warning that the products do not protect against infection from HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires the warning on OTC (over-the-counter) stand-alone vaginal contraceptive and spermicidal products containing the chemical ingredient nonoxynol 9 (N9), utilized in several stand-alone spermicides

ccording to a new study in the November issue of Pediatrics, circumcised males are less likely than their uncircumcised peers to acquire a sexually transmitted infection.

The researchers report that circumcision may reduce the risk of acquiring and spreading sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV, syphilis and genital ulcers by up to 50 percent. However, the results are more mixed for other STDs, prompting the American Academy of Pediatrics to call the evidence "complex and conflicting

A new dating website dedicated to people with sexually transmitted diseases is now online.

According to a woman who remains anonymous, she came up with the idea when she feared she would find it hard to find a new partner after she was diagnosed with genital herpes

A survey of New York City men finds that nearly one in 10 who identify themselves as "straight" have sex only with other men.

About 70 percent of these men are married. Ten percent of all married men reported have sex with men during the past year.

D. Preeti Pathela, with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and colleagues write that safe-sex messages are likely missing this subgroup

A study by researchers at University of Washington has shown that using condoms during sex can prevent the spread of the human papilloma virus, which can lead to cervical cancer in women. The study comes on the heels of Food and Drug Administration's approval of a cervical cancer vaccine earlier this month.

According to a report on Seattle pi website, the study which involved 82 students, aged 18 to 22, revealed that women whose partners used a condom every time they had sex were 70 percent less likely to contract HPV than those whose partners used a condom less than 5 percent of the time