Archive for the ‘Sexual Health / STDs’ Category
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
In August Terrence Higgins Trust will be launching 'Bodyworks', a series of groups aimed at gay men. The three hour sessions lasting from 6 to 9pm cover a range of issues from sexually transmitted infections to prostates, the male G-spot and enjoying your sex life. All sessions take place in ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
The report (BBC 24 July 2008) that the national chlamydia screening programme has only reached a third of the people it should have is frustrating news for community pharmacists - who are able and willing to contribute to improving sexual healthcare and who can provide a particularly convenient point of ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a 2-1 decision on Friday ruled for the first time that laws that protect people with disabilities from discrimination should include "sexual relations," McClatchy/Houston Chronicle reports. The 1973 Rehabilitation Act, also known as the Americans With Disabilities Act, ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
Clinicians working in hospital and community settings can get involved in fpa's (Family Planning Association) Sexual Health Week (4-10 August 2008) themed It's My Right! The awareness week is campaigning on the issue of the rights of people with learning disabilities to have sex and relationships and enjoy good sexual ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
More than 500 members of the group NoToPope Coalition on Saturday protested the Roman Catholic church's ban on condom use and contraception during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Sydney, Australia, for Catholic World Youth Day, the AP/International Herald Tribune reports (AP/International Herald Tribune, 7/19). The protesters chanted and wore T-shirts ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
The Health Protection Agency has reported a 6% increase in the total number of new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) diagnosed in 2007 compared to 2007. To coincide with the launch of the Agency's fifth Annual Report and Accounts, figures are released today showing that across all age groups almost 400,000 ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Medill News Service/The Politico on Wednesday examined the emergence of the so-called "pro-choice spiritual left," which has "created a bridge between abortion-rights groups and those on the left who speak theologically about sex and abortion." According to Medill News Service/The Politico, this group of abortion supporters "draws from a pool ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
A House subcommittee and the full Senate Appropriations Committee this week approved fiscal year 2009 foreign assistance bills that "irked" some conservatives because they include more money for family planning programs and loosen restrictions on how the money can be spent, CQ Today reports.The House measure, which passed the House-State ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Contraceptives in the United States 2008" report to their offering.About this reportThe U.S. market for OTC contraceptives is in great demand, thanks to growing populations of young consumers who are the most likely to use contraceptives, but also due to an ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) announced today that it successfully has completed and reached an additional agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) process for its LibiGel (transdermal testosterone gel) program in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), specifically, hypoactive sexual ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
The antiabortion group Operation Rescue/Operation Save America is holding its national convention this week in Atlanta and protesting at several local churches, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The group also plans to protest at several clinics that perform abortions around the city this week, according to its Web site. According to ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
The Washington Post on Sunday examined a proposed amendment to the Colorado Constitution that would define a "person" to "include any human being from the moment of fertilization." According to the Post, Colorado is the first state to succeed in placing such an amendment on a statewide ballot (Surdin, Washington ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
The Bush administration is developing a regulation that would define abortion as "any of the various procedures -- including the prescription, dispensing and administration of any drug or the performance of any procedure or any other action -- that results in the termination of the life of a human being ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
New research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme is looking at behavioural approaches for preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in young people. Rates of STIs have doubled in the UK during the last decade, with over 1 million ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Commenting on the STI data released by the Health Protection Agency Julie Bentley, Chief Executive, fpa said: "Driving home the safer sex message is as relevant as ever. Education, information, accessible services and widespread STI testing are imperative in improving the sexual health of the population and especially the ...
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