Over 250,000 people die every month as a result of HIV and AIDS - this is akin to a tsunami occurring every month, the man who co-discovered the virus has said.
Prof Robert Gallo of the University of Maryland, who also developed the blood test for HIV/AIDS, made his comments in the Student British Medical Journal. […]

It was just seven minutes into her speech Monday, and Ruth West-heimer did not shortchange her audience of mostly twentysomethings.
“Mas-tur-ba-tion,” she said, rolling the “r” with her throaty Swiss accent. In a frank discussion about human sexuality, she said, “it is the most difficult subject to talk about. That’s why I’m […]

“Women don’t like you if you ejaculate prematurely. I’m embarrassed when I ejaculate after what seems like only an instant after I’ve put it in,” a 20-year-old university student told me. The three genital issues that most affect male confidence are small penises, pointy penises and premature ejaculation. Premature ejaculation shouldn’t be viewed as that […]

What causes loss of desire?
Too tired to care
No surprises here! Sleepless nights, demanding days, dirty nappies, sore nipples from breast-feeding not to mention new-parent anxiety inevitably take their toll on your energy levels.
Hormones, hormones, hormones
The drop of oestrogen and progesterone after childbirth can cause postpartum depression, which can interfere with your sexual drive. Postpartum depression […]

Around one in four people have unprotected sex on a regular basis, according to the results of a new poll by irishhealth.com.
A recent study of third level students revealed that just 60% of them had used a condom the last time they had sex, while just 49% said they always used a condom during sex.
We […]

“It’s difficult talking to sex workers and it’s even tougher to get them to sit down and listen to AIDS prevention training,” Xu Huifang, a health worker in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province, said with a wry smile.
Over the past eight months, Xu and her colleagues have been visiting the city’s entertainment […]

SHANGHAI reported significant jumps of both HIV virus carriers and new reported AIDS patients this year, the city’s disease control center said today.
The city had 621 new HIV carriers by November 20, compared with last year’s 370 patients, the center said.
The city also reported 46 new AIDS patients, doubling the number of last year.
The city […]

Annual UNAIDS Report Highlights Worsening Crisis on Continent; Inadequate Access to Essential Treatment Cost Millions of Lives Again in 2006
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - In response to yesterday’s release by UNAIDS of its annual “AIDS Epidemic Update”, Africa Action today expressed grave concern at the inadequacy of the international response to this growing global crisis, […]

Sexual health campaigners are calling for better HIV awareness programmes after a Health Protection Agency report revealed that an estimated 63,500 adults are now living with HIV in the UK , with an increase in cases for gay men.
This latest figure includes both those who have been diagnosed and also around a third (20,100) who […]

INDONESIAN prosecutors have graphically outlined child-sex abuse charges that could lead to the Australian teacher Peter Smith being jailed for 20 years.
South Jakarta District Court was told Smith had abused so many children - aged between 13 and 17 - he could not remember their names. The abuse occurred over the past six years and […]