Sexual HealthOneWorld.net - BARINGO, 1 August (IRIN) - August is when Nchoo Ngochila would normally be gearing up for the traditional female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) season in her Ilchamus community in Kenya's Rift Valley Province.
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Lab-on-a-chip a game-changer in disease detection (AFP)
AFP - A cheap, highly portable blood test kit has proven as accurate as expensive hospital-based analyses in detecting HIV, syphilis and other infectious diseases, according to a new study.
Strange Insect Incest May Spell the End for Males (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A bizarre bug that looks like a rolled-up gym sock with a red, cartoonish face has an equally unusual sex life. Scientists recently discovered that the insect called the cottony cushion scale isn’t hermaphroditic – it's incestuous.
Court backs WV school in online bullying case (AP)
AP - A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the suspension of a West Virginia student who created a web page suggesting another student had a sexually transmitted disease and invited classmates to comment.
Take-home chlamydia tests tied to more screening (Reuters)
Reuters - Women at risk for chlamydia infections are more likely to get tested if they can do it at home instead of going to a clinic, suggests new research.
$1.75M settlement in Calif. penis enlargement case (AP)
AP - A California diet supplement maker that promises its ExtenZe pills increase penis size is paying $1.75 million in penalties to settle consumer protection law violations.
Philippines warns against geckos as AIDS treatment (AP)
AP - The Philippines warned Friday against using geckos to treat AIDS and impotence, saying the folkloric practice in parts of Asia may put patients at risk.
STD rate twice as high in older women, US study finds (AFP)
AFP - A sexually transmitted disease known as Trichomonas vaginalis is twice as common as previously thought, and is particularly prevalent in women over 40, US doctors said Tuesday.
Scientists find first superbug strain of gonorrhea (Reuters)
Reuters - Scientists have found a "superbug" strain of gonorrhea in Japan that is resistant to all recommended antibiotics and say it could transform a once easily treatable infection into a global public health threat.
First drug-resistant gonorrhea strain emerges (AFP)
AFP - For the first time, international researchers have identified a strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to treatment with antibiotics, scientists announced at a sex disease research conference Monday.
Gonorrhea's Growing Resistance to Antibiotics Concerns CDC (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Gonorrhea appears to be
growing increasingly resistant to drugs called cephalosporins, the only
remaining class of antibiotics available to treat the sexually transmitted
disease, according to a new report.
Brooksie's booboo! Has Murdoch tabloid gone too far? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The News of the World, a British tabloid juggernaut owned by Rupert Murdoch, has long made a habit of skirting ethical lines by using private investigators to hack into the cellphone messages of celebrities, politicians, and royals to write about their private thoughts and sex lives.
Appeals court: US can't force anti-sex-work pledge (AP)
AP - The United States cannot force partners in its international fight against AIDS to denounce prostitution as a condition to get funding, a federal appeals court said Wednesday, citing the First Amendment.
Finger Length Linked to Penis Size (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Men: Hold up your right hand. Are your index and ring fingers close to the same size? Congratulations, you're more likely than men with mismatched digits to have a long penis.
Aussie doctor imprisoned for genital mutilation (AP)
AP - A former Australian gynecologist was sentenced on Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison for mutilating a patient's genitals, indecently assaulting two other patients and ignoring a ban on practicing obstetrics.
Life after prostate surgery worse than men expect (Reuters)
Reuters - Nearly half of men who undergo surgery to treat prostate cancer find themselves with greater incontinence problems and less sexual function than they had anticipated, according to a new poll.
Bad Gums Linked to Erectile Dysfunction (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - But periodontitis, an inflammation or infection of the gums, may hamper your sex life in another way: it may be a cause of erectile dysfunction, a new study suggests.
In SD, abortion counseling meant to discourage (AP)
AP - The small sign outside the Alpha Center in Sioux Falls quietly announces a roster of available services: "Free pregnancy tests, abortion information, STD testing."
Denmark sees doubling of chlamydia cases: health board (AFP)
AFP - Denmark has registered a doubling of cases of the venereal disease chlamydia over the past decade, Danish health officials said Thursday, saying the rise was very worrying.
Impotence Linked to Restless Legs Syndrome (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Men who struggle with
restless legs syndrome face a higher risk of impotence, a new study
suggests.
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