STD Awareness Month 2013 & Our 1yr. Anniversary

Celebrating STD Awareness Month & Our 1 yr. Anniversary!

STD Awareness Month is like Christmas for us here at The STD Project – er, that statement just seems odd… How about, it’s like Forth of July for The STD Project? Oh, bother – still odd. I digress. Needless to say, April is an exciting time for us – let’s just leave it at that! [...]

Testing for Hepatitis C – Diagnostic & Evaluative Tests

Diagnostic & Evaluative Tests for Hepatitis C

Hepatitis testing is a two-stage process: first diagnosing the illness, and then evaluating liver damage and treatment prospects. The first stage tests, antibody screening and confirmation, tell you if you’ve been infected by hep-C, and whether the virus is still present and active. Once you know that you have hep-C, the tests in the evaluative [...]

How To Get an STD Test in the UK

The STD Project - How To Get an STD Test in the UK

This guest post was written in true anonymity after the author experienced both of the services outlined below. So, for whatever reason you realize it’s STD test time (and let’s face it, there are loads of great reasons) and you are in the UK, what do you do? How To Get an STD Test in [...]

Think You Might Have an STD? Your Ultimate Reference Guide

Your Ultimate STD Reference Guide

If you think you may have contracted a sexually transmitted disease or infection, this guide will help you walk through the steps of learning about what you might have been exposed to, researching symptoms, looking at pictures, and getting tested to be sure. This is a compilation post, so we’ll be updating it as new [...]

Is There an Age Limit for Sexual Health, Safer Sex, or STI Testing?

Is There An Age Limit for Safer Sex, Sexual Health, and STI Testing

This guest post was written by Anthea Morris, Director of Better2Know. In Hollywood, the answer to that question used to very much be: yes, there is, and it’s about the time that no one will body double for you anymore, as body doubles are far too sensible (vain) and doing other things with their lives (having [...]

Normal Genital Spots Commonly Mistaken for an STD

Normal Genital Spots Commonly Mistaken for an STD

Many people only see their own genitals and very rarely examine other’s in broad daylight. Therefore, it is almost impossible for people to know if recent changes, new developments, color variations and lumpy bumpy bits are, in fact, a normal variant or something they should rush to the clinic with. This guide is intended to [...]

Safer Sex: Confessions of a Single Girl on the Prowl

Confessions of a Single Girl: Safer Sex

This guest post was written by Ms. Blue of MetAnotherFrog.com. Now, before I get into the ins and outs of how yours truly, a sex-lovin’ singleton, approaches the issue of safer sex (that’s what Jenelle asked me to talk about, don’t you know), I think I need to give you all a bit of insight into [...]

Where to Get STD Testing – Global STD Clinics

STD Testing Clinics - where to get STD testing

Where to Get STD Testing for Free/Income-Based STD Testing STD Testing in the US The National HIV and STD Testing Resources Web site (aka HIVtest.cdc.gov and FindSTDtest.org) is a service of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This Web site provides users with locations for HIV and STD testing and STD vaccines around [...]