First published on the Terrence Higgins Trust website, Dr Michael Brady gives information on the new virus, guidance for people living with HIV and answers to frequently asked questions. The situation with coronavirus (COVID-19) is escalating and changing on a daily basis. It is now clear that many of us will catch it and we […]
The main purpose of HIV Testing Week is to encourage as many people as possible to test especially those that may be in at risk groups. There’s now lots of way to test and it can be done in as little as 15 minutes! According to the latest figures from Public Health England, one in […]
A number of recent cases suggest that sex reassignment surgeries remain the most controversial tool of gender transitioning due to their irreversibility. Therefore the surgeons of the leading cosmetic surgery center Nordesthetics clinic suggest gradual and mostly reversible transitioning to their transgender patients. The growing phenomenon of transgender detransitioning has hit the headlines recently. Although […]
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As the Government pulls back from planned online porn controls, Priory psychiatrist says parents need to be prepared to talk to their children about explicit content · Priory adolescent psychiatrist Dr Hayley van Zwanenberg offers tips to parents on how to have conversations with children · New online porn controls would not have stopped some […]
Around forty per cent of transgender people have attempted to take their own lives at some point in time. That’s a shocking, harrowing statistic, supplied by the National Centre for Transgender Equality. And yet, having worked with such patients at my clinic for many years, it’s also not one that surprises me. We need to […]
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For some people, sex is a strong priority, others may experience it with difficulties and some tend to minimise sex in their life. For most of us, in the middle of this spectrum, we enjoy it as a life and couple activity, with reasonable ups and downs. Sadly, that’s not the case for an estimated […]
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Scientists have identified for the first time the details of an ‘alternative’ biological process required to develop male genitals in an unborn baby. The findings by researchers at the universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow along with French* and Swedish** collaborators also sheds more light on the reasons for babies being born with undescended testes or […]
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Sperm that live for longer before fertilising an egg produce healthier offspring – according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Uppsala University in Sweden. New research published today shows that longer-lived sperm in an ejaculate of a zebrafish male produce offspring with longer and healthier lifespans – who in turn produce […]
Multiple miscarriages may be linked to the poor quality of a man’s sperm, suggests new research. The early-stage study, from scientists at Imperial College London, investigated the sperm quality of 50 men whose partners had suffered three or more consecutive miscarriages. The research, published in the journal Clinical Chemistry, revealed that, compared to men whose […]
Smoking during pregnancy causes chemical changes to a baby’s DNA that affect its risk of smoking-related conditions in adulthood, a study has found. The research, led by scientists at Imperial College London and the University of Oulu in Finland, analysed data from more than 18,000 people in several countries, including the UK, US and Australia, […]