Archive for December, 2006

Syphilis marketing campaign a success for San Francisco gays

A social marketing campaign urging gay and bisexual men in San Francisco to get checked for syphilis has been branded a success.
Cartoons advocating the tests were placed in a gay newspaper, and poster-sized reproductions were posted on the streets, on bus shelters, on Webs sites and in gay bars.
In the cartoons, an affable penis interacts […]

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

LOVE MAKING: Why some men don’t last

Alcohol, money and sex are believed to be inseparable triplets that men crave for. But the latter seems to top the list of cravings of men, little wonder both the old and the young crave for it.
However, while many engage in it as a fleeting pleasure, others, once they start it, hang on for hours, […]

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Characters shaped like male genitalia get the word out on syphilis testing

An advertising campaign featuring cartoon characters shaped like male genitalia encouraged more men to get tested for syphilis in San Francisco, according to a new study.
In the neighborhoods where the Health Penis ads ran on billboards and bus shelters, men who saw the comic strips were most likely to have been tested for the sexually […]

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

AIDS Walk 2006 awards more than $50,000 in grants

The board of directors of the AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City recently awarded grants to nine local non-profit organizations totaling $50,100. Grantees and their respective award amounts are:?
Regional AIDS Intercommunity Network (RAIN) $5,000; AIDS Support Program/The Winds House $5,700; Red Rock Behavioral Health Services/Red Rock North $5,400; Northern Lights Alternative $6,100; Planned Parenthood of Central […]

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

He can’t have an orgasm

Dear Dr Mitchell,
My boyfriend has been unable to ejaculate inside my vagina. During our five-month relationship he has only ejaculated twice. He is 54-years-old and has a condition known as Addison’s Disease. Could this be caused by his disease? If so, is there something he can do to have an orgasm?
Failure to ejaculate (anejaculation) is […]

Monday, December 25th, 2006

Only for Women—Masturbation Is Good for You

Sex Secrets of an American Geisha
“All women are, by definition, sexual animals as one important part of their total selves,” says Py Kim Conant, the author of a just-released book, “Sex Secrets of an American Geisha: How to Attract, Satisfy, and Keep Your Man.”
Py Kim reveals her American Geisha sex secrets that help single or […]

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

He is far, far too quick

Q: Doc, I am a guy with a problem and the problem is that I discharge far, far too soon.
This has always been so. I first went with a woman when I was 16. She was an older lady, and it was all over within 30 seconds. She laughed at me and told me I […]

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

A futuristic treatment for an age-old problem

Back in the early ’90s, Arnold Melman and George Christ were mocked when they suggested using gene therapy to cure impotence. After all, the futuristic form of medicine requires an often-dangerous intervention into the genetic code. At the time, gene therapy was inspiring dreams of curing cancer, AIDS and other debilitating diseases, not something as […]

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Circumcision reduces HIV risk - study

A new study indicates that the medical circumcision of men reduces their risk of acquiring HIV during heterosexual intercourse by as much as 53%.
The study involved 2,784 HIV negative men in Kenya, all of whom were uncircumcised at the start. Half of the men were then circumcised, while the rest remained uncircumcised.
Over the next two-year […]

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

HIV conference determines Syphilis as measure of progress

New CDC recommendation serves as hot topic, patients ages 13-64 screened for HIV.
n the second day of a week-long conference about HIV and sexually transmitted disease prevention Tuesday, specialists discussed new health industry policies and pinpointed syphilis as an indicator of a society’s development.
The Texas Department of State Health Services kicked off the 15th biannual […]

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006