Tag: "sexually" at medical news

Pharmacists to take over Treatment of Long-Term Illnesses

...healthcare advice and treatment for things such as sexually transmitted infections, substance misuse and diabetes, or heart attack and stroke prevention through monitoring anticoagulation medicines." A Department of Health spokeswoman said that the move was designed to ease the pressure on GPs and give pat...

Rise in Use of Female Condoms in South Africa

...ual intercourse, providing protection against both sexually transmitted infections as well as HIV/Aids. In fact the condoms have been reported to be used by gay men as well. NLA...

The fate of an accused in a murder case to be decided

...said he found proof that indicated that Sjodin was sexually assaulted. McGee told the jurors on Monday that the assault could have happened up to 36 hours before her death or after her death. Prosecutors are expected to argue that McGee’s findings and other proof along with the language of the federal law t...

Gardasil, a cervical cancer vaccine, hits the market

...is vaccine is powerful in containing the spread of sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV), the main reason behind cervical cancer. Further this vaccine will also protect against HPV, which causes genital warts. An ecstatic Fraser said 'The vaccine will be available from today so if someone turns ...

Controversial Vaccine Raises Fury of the Church

... is administered to young women before they become sexually active...

Indian Doctor in Britain Jailed for Molesting Patients

...s of indecent assault against six women and one of sexually assaulting a patient by kissing her. But he was found guilty of indecently assaulting three of the women and of the sex assault. Judge Simon Lawler told him: "It is sad indeed to see a man such as you in a criminal dock." Reports say that Deodhar ...

Researcher Hits Bulls-Eye for Antibiotic Target

...prosy, food poisoning, whooping cough, meningitis, sexually transmitted diseases, respiratory infections and stomach cancer, said David Sanders, an associate professor of biology. Sanders, who is part of the Markey Center for Structural Biology at Purdue, detailed his research in a paper published in the Aug....

New Cervical Cancer Vaccine Won’t Replace Pap Test

...gh girls as young as 9 could receive it if they’re sexually active. For “catch-up,” the CDC also recommends that girls and women ages 13–26 be vaccinated. The vaccine works best before an individual has been exposed to HPV. Older girls and young women are included in the CDC recommendations because even if ...

PM Stresses Need for More Awareness on Human Sexuality

...ians, however, showed better awareness about other sexually transmitted diseases and social ills like large-scale practice of violence against women, gender-based violence and son-preference that are leading to a decline in female sex ratio in many parts of the country. The report by the Indian Association ...

Genital Herpes Rate Down In US

...l sex. 'The surest way to stop the spread of any sexually transmitted disease is abstinence,' Xu added. 'Consistent and correct condom use can reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of transmission.' The study appears in the latest 30 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association....

Usage Of A Condom By A Teenager Varies With Their Perception Of Partners

...ournal of Adolescent Health. Over thirteen hundred sexually active adolescents (between fifteen and twenty-one years of age), from Miami, Atlanta and Providence, were recruited for this study. Researchers divided them into two groups: the sixty-five percent who reported sexual activity with main partners only...

Need for Change in Social Norms to Prevent Spread of HIV

...g, access to condoms and treatment for their other sexually transmitted diseases. This may explain why the fir...ation, condoms, HIV testing and treatment of other sexually transmitted disease. Even the best prevention programs typically reach only 10 to 30 percent of the ...

Safe Sex and Good Sex is the Talk of AIDS Conference

...cation is only limited to prevention of pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and sex being a no-go area in many societies?" The Pleasure Project first shook things up at the Barcelona AIDS conference in 2002, where people involved in HIV prevention work in Africa, Asia and Europe were asked to draw a...

More than 3% of US Teens Have Exchanged Sex for Money or Drugs

... same sex experience and had been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection. One in 10 of the boys had forced someone else to have sex with them, while around one in six of the girls had been forced into sex. “The present findings indicate that considerable numbers of youths in the general populatio...

Vietnam Takes a Major Step to Prevent HIV/AIDS

...es so that they can avoid unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. In recent years, approximately 39,000 new HIV infection cases are reported annually in Vietnam. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reported this. At present, around 3,00,000 Vietnamese are affected by HIV/AI...

Venereal Cancer in Dogs Transmitted by Contagious Cancer Cells

...stems on rare occasions raising the possibility of sexually transmitted prostate or cervical cancer tumors in humans. However as Weiss said there is no proof and it would be difficult to study. Usually as cancer develops, chromosomes in the tumor cells tend to become more unstable with repeated divisions. B...

Teens In UK Do Not Know How To Use A Condom

...exposing themselves o the risks of pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STI). The study that has...regnancies in teenagers were reducing the rates of sexually transmitted disease are rising. Professor Roger Ingham, of the Centre for Public Health Research, at...

India Launches A Massive Campaign Against HIV/AIDS In Rural Areas

...them more vulnerable to the many diseases that are sexually transmitted. Official reports have indicated that though India has suffered from HIV/AIDS from the past 20 yrs, the measures to control the disease had only begun in a serious note from the past 6-7 years or so. It had also reported that most of the ...

Race May Influences Cancer Risk From HPV

... region. HPV is common infection in about 50% of sexually active women aged between 18 and 22. Though the body’s immune system clears up the infection, some may remain to cause cervical cancer. The study was conducted for a period of 2 years in over a 1000 women infected with the virus. Samples from eac...

Demand for More Widespread Use of HPV Vaccine

...enters for Disease Control and Prevention HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that is ubiquitous in the United States and about 20 million men and women are currently infected. In addition it has been estimated that about 80 percent of U.S. women by age 50 will be exposed to one of the 100 strains of HPV,...

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