A research project that will investigate why teen pregnancy rates are higher in Yarmouth is contacting local people to participate in a survey.
“We are now in the process of contacting larger numbers of youth to obtain their views about what factors might be behind high rates of teen age pregnancy,” says Don Langille, professor, community […]
A NEW website has been launched to tackle the ’scary’ rise of chlamydia sex infections among young people in Dorset.
Around one in eight people under 25 in the county are affected - and the number diagnosed is on the up every year.
Now health bosses - fearing the rise is nearing epidemic proportions - have introduced […]
An accord has been signed by the Ministry of Public Health and the Clinton Foundation to provide second-line treatment to adults suffering from HIV/AIDS whose strains have developed resistance to treatment.
The accord was signed by Cameroon’s Public Health Minister, Urbain Olanguena Awono, and Regional Manager of the Francophone Africa Team of the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS […]
For a man, ability to maintain good erection is affected by many factors. Sade Oguntola reports that drugs for hypertension may also lead to inability to achieve full erection and sexual satisfaction.
IT is a taboo for men to own up that they have poor erection whenever they are to have sex. But it is a […]
Congenital syphilis is a major preventable public health problem in many developing countries, frequently causing stillbirths or neonatal death and disabling children who survive.
Often undiagnosed or untreated, syphilis is passed from mother to child — even when mothers take part in prenatal programs to prevent the spread of HIV.
Now, new research from Weill Cornell Medical […]
This just in, from a global study on sexual well-being released last month: More than half of Americans are unhappy with their sex lives.
Or are they? Last year, another international survey reported that more than two out of three are quite satisfied.
So it goes in the relatively new world of research on sexual satisfaction. For […]
People in need of blood transfusions are often in no state to decline them. But given the alarming findings of a recent study, they may be better off avoiding transfusions if at all possible. Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Sana’a University have found that a disturbing number of blood donors […]
A recent launch of a new website is creating a buzz among men everywhere. http://www.OptimumVirility.com/ was created as a site specifically designed to educate and offer support for men looking to get past infertility issues and sexual health problems. Co-creator Sam Criddle is very excited about the site and all the hard work that has […]
Q. I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I’m getting low scores in the husband department, if you get my drift. Is this happening just because I’m getting older?
A. First, you have no reason to be embarrassed. And I definitely get your drift; I’m going to guess that you don’t mean you’re forgetting to put the […]
Doctors will prescribe Viagra to male patients for various different levels of erectile dysfunction. On a recent visit to my physician for a physical I explained a problem I was having and his immediate response was erectile dysfunction. He prescribed Viagra and even included a sample pack for me to try. The sample pack was […]
