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🧬 STIs & Testing
Understanding infections, testing and treatment
STIs & Testing
Long-term risks of chlamydia
Chlamydia is easily cured, but untreated it can cause PID, infertility and more. Here’s what the risks really are.
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STIs & TestingWhy chlamydia in Australia is on the rise
Australia’s most common STI is climbing. What’s driving it, and how testing turns the trend around.
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STIs & TestingChlamydia vs gonorrhoea: the difference
The two most common STIs are easily confused. How they’re alike, how they differ, and how each is treated.
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STIs & TestingCan you catch chlamydia from a koala?
Koalas are famously affected by chlamydia. Can you catch it from them? The honest answer, and the facts.
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STIs & TestingThe top 5 STIs in Australia
Chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhoea, HPV and herpes: symptoms, treatment and how to protect yourself.
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STIs & TestingWhy STI rates are rising in Australia
Syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia are all climbing. What’s driving it, and how testing helps.
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STIs & TestingThink you might have an STI?
What to do next, step by step: where to get tested, treatment, and how to notify partners.
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STIs & TestingWhat is Mgen?
Mgen (Mycoplasma genitalium) is common and usually silent — and deliberately left off the standard screen. Here’s why.
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STIs & TestingWhat is trich?
Trichomoniasis is the world’s most common curable STI, yet it’s left off the routine screen in most of Australia. Here’s why.
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STIs & TestingWhat’s in a full STI screen?
“Full” doesn’t mean everything. Exactly what a standard screen covers, what it deliberately leaves out, and the tests some people need.
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STIs & TestingSTD vs STI: is there a difference?
The two terms are used for the same thing, but there’s a real distinction. What each means, and whether it matters for you.
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🩷 Women’s Health
Sexual and reproductive health for women
💬 Prevention & Advice
Staying informed and protecting your health
Prevention & Advice
STIs are rising in the over 50s
Why STIs are climbing among older Australians, and how to protect your sexual health at any age.
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Prevention & AdviceTalking to teens about STIs
Practical, non-judgemental ways to have the conversation with your teenager.
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Prevention & AdviceWhat is DoxyPEP?
A dose of doxycycline after sex can cut some STIs. Who it helps, how it works and the resistance caveat.
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Prevention & AdvicePrEP vs PEP: what’s the difference?
Both use HIV medication to keep you HIV-negative, but at opposite ends of a situation. How each works, and which you need.
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