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Taxis 'should give out condoms'
Free condoms should be given away in pubs, clubs and taxis to reduce the levels of unwanted pregnancies and sex infections, experts say. Research by the University of Southampton found strong links between binge drinking and unsafe sex.Researchers sa...
Sperm clue to 'disease immunity'
Sperm could provide a vital clue to how diseases like cancer and HIV spread through the body, a study suggests.UK researchers have identified markers on the surface of human sperm which prevent them being attacked by the female immune system. The mar...
World AIDS Day: the view from here - the grim truth about HIV in the UK
From PinkNews.co.ukAs we commemorate World AIDS Day across the world, the National AIDS Trust has highlighted the high rates of HIV infection among the London gay community. At a fundraising event on Wednesday, hosted by Gaydar parent company QSoft C...
Sex infections continue to rise
The sexual health of young UK adults worsened in 2006 despite a concerted public health effort to turn it around, figures show. In 2006, a total of 376,508 new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were diagnosed - up 2.2% on 2005, the Health Protec...
G.I. Jonny to the rescue
The BBC has teamed up with the HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust to develop a website called G.I. Jonny, which includes facts and information about HIV and interactive games. The version on the G.I. Jonny website is much better quality......
'Worrying' HIV ignorance in young
Nine in 10 young people rarely or never think about HIV when making decisions over their sex lives, a BBC poll shows. The findings from a survey of 1,500 people comes as the BBC and Terrence Higgins Trust launch a two-month UK campaign to raise aware...
HIV - bad news times two
International drug company Merck has halted trials on an HIV vaccine that was regarded as one of the most promising in the fight against Aids. Merck stopped testing the vaccine after it was judged to be ineffective. In trials, the vaccine failed to p...
Er... shall we use an, er...
A third of Britons find talking with a new partner about condoms so embarrassing it puts them off using one at all, a survey has suggested. Yet a third of the 2,169 adults polled by the Family Planning Association (FPA) said they regretted not using...
No sex, please... oh, go on then...
Sex abstinence programmes do not stop risky sexual behaviour or help in the prevention of unwanted pregnancy, a research team has concluded. The Oxford University team reviewed 13 US trials involving over 15,000 people aged 10 to 21. They found absti...
THT urges gay men to come out to their GP
The Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a campaign to encourage gayand bisexual men to come out to their doctors and better navigatetheir GP surgeries.44 per cent of gay men have not told their doctors, and could bemissing out on better care as a res...
Many 'still ignorant about HIV'
There is still widespread ignorance about HIV, particularly among young people, research has suggested.A survey by the HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust found more than 20% of people aged 18 to 24 mistakenly thought there was a cure for HIV.Among th...
