July 30th, 2010
The town of Helena, Montana is buzzing with tension as a proposed program for sex-education seems to be bringing about controversy. The proposed plan integrates sexual education in the curriculum for students as young as nursery. Fuelling the fire is the content of said program, which offers what some parents believe to be inappropriate information to children simply too young for the topic.
July 30th, 2010
A rise in the occurrence of the neck and head cancers related to the human papilloma virus has health professionals concerned. The correlation of the two ailments is assumed to be caused by oral sex. The rise is so significant that researchers at Duke University reported that 1in 3 cases of head and neck cancers are related to HPV.
July 30th, 2010
Just a few days ago, a Jerusalem District Court judge sentenced an Arab man to jail time for a highly unusual crime. His wrongdoing was having consensual sex with a Jewish woman. This is because she claimed that she only had sex with him after he lied to her about his ethnicity. She says she was duped into the act and filed a rape charge against the Arab man.
July 30th, 2010
Throughout Eastern Europe and Central Asia, an HIV epidemic is claiming the lives of young people and it is a problem that is escalating rapidly. From statistics gathered by the United Nations Children’s Fund also known as UNICEF, this is an alarming rate and one that should be investigated thoroughly.
July 30th, 2010
Statistics show that an astounding one in seven homosexual men in London is HIV positive. A new campaign has been launched since these statistics have been made public urging gay men to protect themselves against this virus, and to stop the figure rising any higher.
July 30th, 2010
England, Northern Ireland and Wales’s HIV infection rate for people over the age of 50 has more than doubled within the past decade. The 299 cases of HIV infection back in 2000 has raised to 710 in 2007 and these figures do not look like slowing down. Surprisingly, this number has increased faster than those in the younger age group.
July 30th, 2010
After a long process of negotiation, SSL International, the British company responsible for manufacturing the world’s best selling condom brand “Durex”, among other products, is being bought by the Anglo-Dutch producer of home cleaning products, Cillit Bang. This represents a new chapter in the long life of this condom brand. With ingenious campaigns and advertisements, they have achieved their goal of becoming one of the largest condom sellers in the world, with over 30% of the market. As a matter of fact, some time ago, there was an advertisement which was offering £500 to volunteers who were willing to test the quality of their latest range of products.
July 16th, 2010
Many people know there are drugs that are specifically for stimulation, however, not many know of foods that act as natural aphrodisiacs.
Amy Reiley who is one of only two people to hold a masters in Gastronomy says that she has found a few foods that are proven to boost sexual desire, some even more than prescribed medication.
July 16th, 2010
Many of Africa’s nations are raising the bar higher in the fight to prevent AIDS and HIV in their countries. In a study by UNAIDS this year, it is speculated that sixteen of the most plagued countries should hit the 25% HIV reduction mark by the end of this year. The nations that have already achieved this goal (The Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia) are set to be joined by The Bahamas, Lesotho, Swaziland, Burundi, Rwanda, and Haiti by the end of 2010. This is welcome news to a people struggling to fight decades of the disease and its further spread.
July 16th, 2010
Erectile dysfunction affects men all over the globe. The inability to attain and/or maintain an erection in order to carry out sexual intercourse can also be linked to depression in males. The combination of severe depression and erectile dysfunction has been attributed to cardiovascular issues in males who suffer from both afflictions.