background: epidemiologic aspects of oral and pharyngeal cancers in iran have not been studied adequately. we evaluated age-adjusted incidence rates by sex using pathological confirmed cases between 1991 and 2002 in kerman province, south east­ern iran. methods: the information of cases was collected actively from all of the 18 histopathology departments around the prov­ince. the standardize ri...

This study aimed to assess the level of condomless sex advertised online by private sex workers (PSW) in Sydney. In 2015, 750 online profiles of PSW, including 339 female, 53 male and 39 transgender PSWs, were reviewed. It was found that PSWs advertise protected anal and vaginal sex. However, 50% of female PSW advertised condomless oral sex. Age less than 25 years was associated with advertised...

Objectives: To review the literature on the role of oral sex in the transmission of non-viral sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Method:AMedline search was performed using the keywords oro-genital sex, and those specific to each infection. Further references were then taken from each article read. Conclusions:Oral sex is a common sexual practice between both heterosexual and homosexual cou...

PURPOSE The anatomic origin for prepubertal vowel acoustic differences between male and female subjects remains unknown. The purpose of this study is to examine developmental sex differences in vocal tract (VT) length and its oral and pharyngeal portions. METHOD Nine VT variables were measured from 605 imaging studies (magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography) of subjects between bi...

BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes most oropharyngeal cancers in the United States. Oral HPV prevalence is associated with immunosuppression, and drug use can be immunosuppressive, but the epidemiology of oral HPV among people who use drugs is not well described. METHODS We enrolled men and women with a current or prior history of injection drug use in this cross-sectional sub-study...

OBJECTIVE To determine the contributions of genetic and environmental influences to variation in self-report of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms in a population-based twin sample of adolescent boys and girls. METHOD Self-report ratings on the eight-item Youth Self-Report Obsessive-Compulsive Scale were collected in Dutch mono- and dizygotic twin pairs who participated at age 12 (N = 746 twi...

BACKGROUND Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) of the pharynx are common among men who have sex with men (MSM); the degree to which these infections are transmitted through oral sex is unknown. METHODS We conducted a case-control study of MSM attending Public Health-Seattle & King County STD Clinic between 2001 and 2013 to estimate the proportion of symptomatic urethritis cases attributabl...