A report regarding an increase in syphilis cases in Los Angeles County over the past several years was presented Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors.
Jonathan Fielding, director of the county Department of Health Services, addressed the board about the continuing growth of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases in the county, including Santa Clarita Valley.
Fielding […]

While some countries are experiencing a decline in HIV infection rates, others, which previously had stable or declining rates of infection, are now seeing a resurgence in new HIV cases, a new report has warned.
According to the 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update from UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 39.5 million people are […]

The Tanaiste Michael Mc Dowell has told the Dail that Health Minister Mary Harney has instructed her officials to prepare legislation on assisted human reproduction.
The High Court, in a judgement in the ‘embryo case’ yesterday, ruled that frozen embryos do not have the same right to life under the constitution as those in the womb.
The […]

Over 500 teenagers in Ireland will join with thousands of other young people around the world to perform a dance this weekend, which is aimed at promoting education and awareness of HIV and AIDS.
Dance4Life began in 2004 and the initiative aims to have one million young people performing the dance by World AIDS Day 2012. […]

There has been an increasing number of cases of syphilis in Chilliwack, and while there hasn’t been a case in November, the outbreak may still be around.
“We don’t know that it’s over yet,” said Dr. Andrew Larder, medical health officer for Fraser Health. “We need to monitor the situation very closely.”
There have been 20 cases […]

The 9th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM) willbe held from 3rd - 6th December 2006 at the Hofburg Congress Center inVienna. Leading European experts will discuss the latest scientificdevelopments in human sexuality and function. Subjects studied include: thescience of women’s sexual response; the relationship between sexual function,satisfaction, and quality of life; […]

Being horny is something we’ve all experienced. It’s nice when you can take care of that horny bug with someone else, but every now and then there comes a time when it just doesn’t happen that smoothly.
The other person is tired, stressed out, just doesn’t feel like making the sexy and, well, that horny […]

Sex education should start in 6th class in primary school, Irish teenagers have said.
Furthermore unbiased information on sexually transmitted infections (STIs), pregnancy, sexual orientation and the consequences of sex should also be available in schools.
The teenagers had taken part in a series of consultations on the issue of the age of consent for sexual activity. […]

Malawi has managed to increase the number of HIV/AIDS-infected people receiving free life-prolonging drug to 70,000 by the end of September this year, Malawi’s National Aids Commission (NAC) revealed on Thursday.
“We are set to reach this year’s target of putting 80,000 infected people on free anti-retroviral drug (ARVs) by the end of December,” NAC Executive […]

People who drink large quantities of fizzy drinks or add sugar to coffee or tea run a higher risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, Swedish research showed on Wednesday.
Researchers at the Karolinska Institute studied the diets of almost 80,000 men and women between 1997 and 2005. A total of 131 developed pancreatic cancer, a […]