Archive for June, 2006

CDC official calls for more STD screenings for gay men

Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, says it makes no sense that gay and bisexual men seeking HIV antibody testing are not offered tests for other sexually transmitted diseases, reports Southern Voice. “Why should a gay man come in for an HIV test and not be tested for […]

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Ulster’s sexual health crisis

Sexually transmitted infections are rapidly increasing in Ulster, where it can take six weeks to get an appointment because of a lack of doctors and nurses.
Consultant at the Royal Victoria Hospital Wallace Dinsmore, who has held a Genito-Urinary-Medicine (GUM) clinic there for almost 20 years, told the Telegraph that the service is reaching crisis point […]

Friday, June 30th, 2006

VAT reduction on condoms comes into effect

VAT on condoms and other contraceptive products is to be reduced from 17.5% to 5% from tomorrow.
Retail chemists plan to reduce the price of a packet of three condoms by around 30p and - pending reductions in the prices charged at vending machines - the vendors will increase their supply of free condoms to sexual […]

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Doctors can use the ‘Viagra visit’ to screen men for heart

If you’re thinking about trying Viagra or another erectile-dysfunction drug to boost your sex life, chances are you should be talking to your doctor about your heart health as well.
There’s a growing push in the medical community to use the “Viagra visit” — the time when a man asks his doctor for an erectile-dysfunction drug […]

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Role of Viagra Sildenafil In Pulmonary Hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension is due to increase in pressure of pulmonary artries. Some diseases can narrow the blood vessels in the lungs, which leads to high blood pressure in the lungs even when blood pressure in the rest of the body is normal. It may be due to lung diseases or heart diseases. Pulmonary hypertension […]

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Medical Services International Develops New Products

Medical Services International Inc is pleased to announce that though its Research and Development department that it has developed 15 new products that will be available though an online website as well as through its distribution network.
The new products have been extensively tested in SE Asia with excellent results. The new products give the Company […]

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Serial rapist was prescribed Viagra

A New York man convicted of multiple rapes was given a 50-year prison sentence as the court found out he was given taxpayer-provided Viagra.
Leroy Johnson was sentenced to the maximum number of years in prison Tuesday by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Renee White for the 1996 rape of two roommates in Greenwich Village.
Johnson’s attorney, Bryan […]

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Pfizer Sues Rush Limbaugh Over Viagra Use

As if his constant battle with drugs weren’t enough to irritate the bellicose radio host, Rush Limbaugh must now deal with a lawsuit from the Pfizer marketing department.
Limbaugh was recently detained by customs officials when he returned from the Dominican Republic with some unlabeled blue pills in his bags. In noting, “I was concerned about […]

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Panel to recommend age for HPV shots

Should a new vaccination against a sexually transmitted disease be given to girls as young as 9 years old? That question will be taken up Thursday by a panel that helps set government recommendations on what shots U.S. citizens should get — and at what age.
At issue is Gardasil, the first vaccine specifically designed to […]

Friday, June 30th, 2006

UN blames AIDS for southern Africa food shortages

The relentless toll of HIV/ AIDS means southern Africa faces more food shortages this year, with some 3 million people in need of aid despite improved harvests, the U.N. World Food Programme said on Wednesday.
Southern Africa is the epicenter of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, with some countries estimated to have more than 30 percent of […]

Friday, June 30th, 2006