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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationSexual Health
A collaborative study which included researchers from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) West Midlands and is published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), shows an increasing rate of sexual infections in people over 45 years in the West Midlands.
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationSexual Health
Speaking about the launch of Lord Darzi’s Report High Quality Care for All, Julie Bentley, Chief Executive, fpa said: “We are delighted that Lord Darzi’s report has recognised the importance of sexual health and included it as one of six key goals for the NHS, as part of the commissioning of comprehensive wellbeing and prevention services. This is a tremendous step forward.
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationSexual Health
Black women taking low-dose oral contraceptives have a risk of side effects that can lead to heart disease and diabetes, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology, Reuters Health reports. For the study,
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Jun 30th 2008Drug InformationSexual Health
Physicians advertising hymenoplasties to Muslim women in an effort to prove virginity prior to marriage are not only “accomplices in private deceptions, they are accomplices of those who keep the reins of sexuality out of women’s own hands,” syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman writes in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette opinion piece.
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Jun 30th 2008Drug InformationSexual Health
Some Planned Parenthood Federation of America affiliates nationwide are “rebranding” their clinics to expand their appeal beyond the teens and low-income women who have traditionally constituted the majority of patients to more “affluent” clients in an effort to increase both revenue and “political clout,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Jun 30th 2008Drug InformationSexual Health
About 40% of New York City residents who have multiple sex partners did not use a condom during their last sexual encounter, according to a report released Tuesday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the
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Jun 30th 2008Drug InformationSexual Health
The U.S. has “seldom been shy in lecturing others in the world about human rights abuses,” but “it has zigzagged between compassion and confusion in its handling of women seeking refuge from” female genital cutting — also known as female genital mutilation and female circumcision — a New York Times editorial says.
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Jun 30th 2008Drug InformationSexual Health
Responding to the recent announcement of a Healthcare Commission- regulated website selling contraceptive pills online, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) recognises that there are some benefits to such a service. When used safely and appropriately, online access to medicines and healthcare advice can offer benefits to patients in terms of convenience and accessibility, especially for people who are busy and can not get to the doctor.
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Jun 30th 2008Drug InformationSexual Health
Jamaica will not decriminalize and regulate commercial sex work in the country, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said recently in response to a suggestion from a Ministry of Health and Environment official, the Jamaica Observer reports.
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Jun 30th 2008Drug InformationSexual Health
Many states are opting out of funding from the federal Title V abstinence education program amidst “doubts that the program works” and “frustrat[ion] by chronic uncertainty that Congress will continue to fund the program,” the AP/Google.com reports. According to the AP/Google.
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