A joint effort between the CDC and the Office of Population Affairs has worked through public health laboratories, primary health care programs, STD health care programs, and family planning clinics to start an STD related infertility prevention program. For the prevention and treatment of Chlamydia, new urine tests have been developed which make testing of males less uncomfortable. Another recent advance is single-dose antibiotic treatment. The treatment of penicillin-resistant gonorrhea is evolving with other antibiotics. Since gonorrhea often occurs with Chlamydia, health care providers often prescribe a combination of antibiotics in order to treat both diseases.
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Once established as an expert in the field, one is only limited to what the market will bear. Establishing contacts with other health care professionals can be as easy as sending them business. Business principles apply to the psychological profession as well as to any other profession. One must take the care to develop an ability to fulfill the demand for a service, and then be available. Prevention through behavior modification is currently the most effective method of treating the problem of STDs.