Sometimes, new technology is released that is utterly superfluous. Sometimes it’s entertaining. And occasionally, it’s really damned useful!
A reader of Zelda Lily sent us an email yesterday wanting to share with you all that he has been involved with the thus-far quite successful development of a non-invasive cervical cancer scanner. It is being tested under the name “LightTouch,” and thus far has done …
When you hear the word circumcision, you probably think of a male infant having the foreskin of the penis surgically removed by medical professionals at birth or soon after. It’s become such a norm in the United States that many parents don’t think twice about the procedure; there are still debates about it, but it’s medically safe as far as we’re aware, no absolutely necessary parts are removed, and it has even been suggested that circumcision reduces odds of transmission of HIV and other STIs.
But what about “female circumcision?”
Well, it’s not the same thing. Female circumcision involves at the very least removing the clitoris, and at the very most, removing the clitoris and outer labia, as well as sewing the vagina shut and leaving small openings large enough only for urine and menstrual fluids.
It is aptly also known as female genital mutilation.
We never really hear about FGM because it doesn’t typically occur in the Western world. However, it was brought to my attention through an African …
Have I written this story before?
UK news outlets are reporting that young women are “particularly vulnerable” to contracting sexually transmitted infections.
The stats?
Two-thirds of new STI cases in women were among under-25s, including 73% of new cases of gonorrhea in women and 66% of new cases of genital warts.
Some 88% of new cases of chlamydia – the most common STI in the UK – in women were found in the same age group.
Re-infection is also an issue, with at least 11% of 16 to 19-year-old women in England becoming re-infected with an STI within one year of being treated for a previous one
Those are pretty significant numbers. And what, pray tell you, does the Health Protection Agency (HPA) have to say about it? That more needed to be done to encourage people to practice safe sex.
Remember earlier this week when I said I was going to …
So here we go again. Another sad story that just further supports the argument for better sex education (is this getting old for you guys yet? Cause it’s getting old for me. ARE YOU LISTENING TO ANY OF THIS, POLITICIANS? … Hello?).
43-year-old Stuart James McDonald of Sydney, Australia is currently being tried in court for eight counts of “endangering life,” after infecting eight other men with HIV.
All eight men, whom he met on the website Gaydar.com, as well as in notorious “homosexual meet up” spot Veale Gardens (Wikipedia’s words, not mine) and a “gay boarding house,” tested positive for HIV back in 2005, after having relations with McDonald.
It is being said that McDonald withheld the fact that he had HIV from to each of his partners because he “believed that no one would want him” if they knew. He is alleged also to have lied about using condoms during intercourse, which was found out by the other men after the fact.
McDonald, who is currently standing trial, is pleading …
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