This is the main weapon we've got against HIV by the moment, but how effective is it in stopping other STDs too? This is the topic of a recent debate in the British Medical Journal."For people who are sexually active, condoms remain our best solution to reducing risks of acquiring sexually transmitted infections... |
26 January 2008
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Homosexuality and heterosexuality seem to be artificial terms defined by human society obsessed by order. Human traits can be genetically determined in two ways: discrete, like eye color, or along a continuum, like height. Studies have shown that sexual orientation actually lies on a smooth continuum and the way peop... |
30 November 2007
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In the end there isn't a more effective method than the condom use to avoid getting infected or transmitting diseases (STDs), like HIV/AIDS. In casual sex, this is also the best way to avoid an unwanted pregnancy: only small amounts of semen can lead to pregnancy or transmit STDs. Men have an increased risk of g... |
28 November 2007
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While reading this article, you may be sipping your daily cup of coffee… but have you ever wondered where did coffee emerge from? Well, there's an easy answer to this question: in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. Now a US-based charity is using this 'coffee mania' in the fight against HIV infection and sp... |
5 November 2007
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There isn't any other way which is more efficient in impeding sexually transmissible diseases (STDs) like chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV. And it is the best solution for casual sex for impeding unwanted pregnancies. Still, convincing men and women to use condoms consistently and correctly is still a tric... |
11 September 2007
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See? Strawberry and banana flavored or spiky condoms are kids' stuff. A new condom goes to the point: not even longer, but larger erections, too!CSD500, the Condom Safety Device, will have an erectogenic chemical to help men keep a full erection during intercourse. The gel, to be licensed under the trademark nam... |
18 August 2007
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It's quite easy to tell apart Japanese and Chinese tourists: hairstyle and clothing. Still, Chinese designers are keen on proving us that they are creative, going to the limit of fashion (and somehow of the good taste). They decked out models in condom couture at the Fourth China Reproductive Health New Technolo... |
17 July 2007
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It seems that nowadays girls do not get fooled so easily anymore. A new report revealed that currently, less high school students are having sex, and condom use is on the rise. This triggered a record for the fewest teen pregnancies. Now more young people are also finishing high school and more little kids are being ... |
14 July 2007
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Scientists are struggling for over two decades to find a cure for AIDS, but what they have achieved till now rather seems to work against the stopping of the epidemics. A research team from Ohio University found that about 38 % of HIV-infected sexually active older adults practice unprotected sex, a risky behavior th... |
26 April 2007
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Many of those fanatics have all the personal reasons to be enraged on the western sexuality as a new research in the British Journal of Urology International reveals that men with normal, intact penises have more sexual sensitivity, as much as four times, than those circumcised. The researchers found that circumcisin... |
16 April 2007
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Half of the new HIV cases registered annually in the US are represented by adolescents and young, turning research and information on HIV prevention for this group of great concern. A new research at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University has revealed that emotional management on adolescents is crucial ... |
21 March 2007
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The South African inventor Sonnet Ehlers has just finished designing a female condom-like anti-rape device. After months of careful trials, the product is almost ready to be commercially launched.The device, called Rapex, has triggered controversy worldwide, but Ehlers is developing the final pre-production phase aft... |
20 March 2007
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A South African condom applicator (a device designed to put a condom on a human penis with ease) working in less than three seconds has been called the "most beautiful object" at a design show in Cape Town by Dutch designer Jurgen Bey. The plastic condom applicator was selected as the top prize at the Design Indaba B... |
5 March 2007
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