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Dr. Marcos Del Rosario Santiago

It’s no secret among doctors and other health-care professionals that sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in the U.S. and other countries. As a urologist, I have certainly noticed an uptick in patients coming in with STIs. 

As I recently scrolled through Twitter, however, I came across a USA TODAY news article referencing a study in the New England Journal of Medicine on the preventative use of an antibiotic (doxycycline) to reduce sexually transmitted infections. 

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