New test to diagnose 'the most common STI you've never heard of'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A quick, cheap test test has been developed to diagnose “the most common STI you’ve probably never heard of”. Read More
Surge in gonorrhoea cases recorded across Scotland
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of cases of gonorrhoea recorded in Scotland has soared since the end of Covid lockdown restrictions. Read More
Get your coil or implant from your pharmacist! Huge shake-up of NHS contraceptive rules will free up GPs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pharmacists will be able to fit women with coils and implants under NHS plans to free up GPs. Read More
5 Most Common Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): What You Should Know
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Reading Time: < 1 minute For what were formerly called sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or venereal diseases (VD), the correct term is now sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Read…
76% rise in number of STIs recorded so far this year
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has risen by more than 75% in 2023 so far. Read More
Black people have highest rate of STIs in Britain. Is enough being done to change that?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Black people have the highest rate of sexually transmitted infections in Britain and officials are not doing enough to address the issue, sexual…
February 13 – Condom Day: the meaning and traditions of the holiday
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Reading Time: < 1 minute On February 13, the world celebrates Condom Day – a holiday designed to remind the population of the countries of the…
Webpages showing children sexually abusing themselves ‘up 1,000% since 2019’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute There has been a 1,000% increase in webpages showing self-generated sexual abuse imagery of primary school children since 2019, a safety group…
How a virus caught during sex in your 20s can trigger cervical cancer decades later: Study shows 3/4 of women in the UK are unaware of human papillomavirus... and its potentially devastating effects
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Recently, I was diagnosed with an avoidable cancer. Avoidable had I known more about a common cancer-causing virus — and had I not…
The women who lived as sex slaves to an Indian goddess
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Dedicated to an Indian goddess as a child, Huvakka Bhimappa’s years of sexual servitude began when her uncle took her virginity, raping…