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Michael Douglas says cunnilingus gives you cancer – but is he right?

Michael Douglas, who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2010, says oral sex was the cause. But what's the risk?

Published
03 June 2013
From
The Guardian
Contraception
Programmatic and research considerations for hormonal contraception for women at risk of HIV and women living with HIV

In early 2012 WHO convened a meeting of experts to discuss research on use of hormonal contraception by women at high risk of HIV and those currently living with HIV. The conclusions and recommendations from the Consultation have already been published. However during the consultation multiple programmatic and research issues emerged, including priority knowledge gaps. This brief serves to highlight actions that programmes providing sexual and reproductive health and HIV-prevention services should undertake, in order to complement the Consultation’s recommendations. Directions for future research to address current gaps are noted.

Published
03 June 2013
From
World Health Organization
Behaviour change interventions
Comedians enlisted to spread key sexual health messages with dirty jokes

Family Planning Queensland is working with 11 Brisbane comedians to make short videos that address sexual health. "Sexual health information is traditionally presented in ways your mother would approve of - and young men simply don't respond to that," Professor McKee said. "But they are online and they are responsive to dirty jokes."

Published
24 May 2013
From
Radio Australia
Sexually transmitted infections
For Gay Men, a Fear That Feels Familiar: Bacterial Meningitis

A new, casually transmittable infection — a unique strain of bacterial meningitis — has cast a pall over the gay night life and dating scene, with men wondering whether this is AIDS, circa 1981, all over again. Seven men have died in New York City, about a third of diagnosed cases, since 2010. And in the last few months, the contagion seemed to be accelerating. It has targeted gay and bisexual men, and nobody knows exactly why.

Published
20 May 2013
From
New York Times
Contraception
HPTN researchers: Don’t forget family planning in HIV prevention

“Unless family planning is increased in Africa, eliminating mother-to-child transmission will not be met,” FHI 360 President Emeritus Ward Cates said.

Published
20 May 2013
From
Science Speaks
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Higher rates of HIV in US black gay men may be due to smaller choice of partners and more age mixing

Limited partner choice, wider age gaps between partners, and mistaken beliefs about HIV status in regular partners are all driving the substantially higher rates of HIV in

Published
18 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Herpes viruses associated with shedding of HIV in the semen of gay men taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy

Low level HIV replication in semen persists in almost 10% of gay men taking antiretroviral therapy, investigators from the United States report in the online edition of

Published
09 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
High prevalence of oral HPV infection in Dutch gay men

Oral infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is common among gay men, Dutch investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. Prevalence was especially high among HIV-positive gay men,

Published
07 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
Sexually transmitted infections
Self-collection of samples for HPV testing shows promise in detection of cervical cancer in Kenya

A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that training women to self-collect genital samples to test for human papillomavirus, the causative agent of cervical cancer, can increase the coverage rates of cervical cancer screening.

Published
02 May 2013
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Behaviour change interventions
Let's be more open about the joy of sex

The discussion around the new sustainable development goals – replacing the millennium development goals – are forcing us to re-examine the issue of sexual health and rights as the key to alleviating poverty and empowering women. There is growing evidence that promoting pleasure alongside safer sex messaging can increase the consistent use of condoms and other forms of safer sex.

Published
29 April 2013
From
The Guardian
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