Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey has welcomed a paper published by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) about sexual health.

The NICCY report highlights the need to develop appropriate sexual health services for young people and calls for the implementation of a sexual health strategy.

Commenting on the report, the Minister said: “There is no doubt that sexual health in Northern Ireland is poor. Teenage pregnancies rates are high, but have been decreasing, while the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are growing, resulting in greater demand for services. Read more…

‘Total Control of the Epidemic’ has reached Eight Million People in Africa and Asia WASHINGTON, May 27

“‘Only the People can Liberate Themselves from AIDS’ — this is what reality has taught us and it represents the building block of our model to fight HIV & AIDS,” says Marie Lichtenberg, Director of International Partnerships, of the Federation Humana People to People.

It also is the overarching message Ms. Lichtenberg conveys in her presentation of why the struggle against HIV/AIDS must be community-driven and how a systematic, targeted and comprehensive response, building on individuals, is extremely effective in turning the tide against HIV/AIDS. Read more…

It’ is within the winks and the friendly touches that an outsider can see the love Oakland resident Shannon Wentworth has for her 16-year-old adopted daughter, Lexi Gibson.

Two years ago, Lexi never knew such love. She was born HIV-positive and grew up in an abusive home. She was teased, tormented and assaulted by schoolmates. When she was 14, her father dumped her at Child Protective Services and drove off. She bounced from foster homes to friend’s homes. She lived with uninvolved extended family and on the streets. Read more…

Two new studies indicate that erectile dysfunction in men with type 2 diabetes may be a precursor to future heart disease and death.

In the first study, researchers from Hong Kong recruited 2,306 men with type 2 diabetes. At the start of the study, just over one-quarter of the participants had E.D. None of the participants had a history of heart disease, vascular disease or stroke.

Over a four-year period, researchers found that 123 of the men either suffered a heart attack, died from heart disease, developed chest pain caused by clogged arteries, or needed bypass surgery or a catheter procedure to restore blood flow to the heart. Men with E.D. were 58 percent more likely to suffer coronary problems over the course of the study. Read more…

International experts from ten countries have teamed up to develop the first ever evidence-based definition of lifelong premature ejaculation (PE) in the hope that it will aid future diagnosis, treatment and research.

The results of their in-depth study, conducted by the Standards Committee of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, have just been published online by two leading Wiley-Blackwell publications, the urology journal BJU International and The Journal of Sexual Medicine. Read more…

Erectile dysfunction is always a matter of the heart, but new research shows that more than romance is at stake. Two new studies of men with type 2 diabetes found that erectile dysfunction (ED) was a powerful early warning sign for serious heart disease, including heart attack and death.

One of the studies also showed that cholesterol-lowering medications could cut the risk of heart problems by about one-third–and suggested that Viagra and other compounds in the same drug family might offer similar protection. Read more…

Helping people making informed choices about their sexual health and reducing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases will be the key focus of a new strategy.

Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey, said that the draft Sexual Health Promotion Strategy, which was presented to the Assembly Health Committee today, pointed to the need for everyone in society to play their part in promoting good sexual health. The strategy will be published shortly.

He said: “Our sexual health is very poor. We are seeing increasing numbers of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and high rates of teenage pregnancies – some 147 births to teenagers under 17 years of age in 2006 alone. Read more…

International Society For Sexual Medicine Issues Its Definition Of Male Sexual Dysfunction

The International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) has written a definition for premature ejaculation.

An international panel of 21 premature ejaculation experts wrote the definition after reviewing research on the topic and meeting in Amsterdam in October 2007 to discuss the issue. Here is their definition: Read more…

Obesity is the name of overly excessive weight gain which gives birth to many diseases. Obesity is caused due to inactive life style and eating disorder. Sedentary lifestyle makes a man lazy and he avoids healthy activities like sports, games, camping, swinging etc.

Obesity is the name of overly excessive weight gain which gives birth to many diseases. Obesity is caused due to inactive life style and eating disorder. Sedentary lifestyle makes a man lazy and he avoids healthy activities like sports, games, camping, swinging etc. Therefore, he gradually gains weight and this weight gain leads to an excessive bulk formation of his body. Flabs around his waist look ugly and he gets a shapeless body.

Obesity causes many diseases like gouts, cardiac-failure etc. A recent study shows that erectile dysfunction is also caused by obesity. During the study two groups of people were formed; the one was obese and the other was a bit oner-weight. The sexual activities of both the groups were observed for a couple of weeks and it transpired that the obese person gained very little or no erection whereas the slightly over-weight group performed all their sexual functions well. Read more…

A working class suburb of Chile’s capital began handing out free Viagra to senior citizens on Wednesday. Lo Prado Mayor Gonzalo Navarrete said he launched the program because “an active sexuality improves the overall quality of life.”

About 1,500 residents of the working-class area are eligible to receive as many as four pills of the erectile dysfunction drug each month, the mayor said. They have to be at least 60 and be registered with the municipality’s health service.

“A doctor will have to certify that they suffer from erectile dysfunction and that their condition would not put them in danger of suffering cardio-respiratory side effects,” Navarrete told The Associated Press by telephone. Read more…