As an academic, I am interested in the political and health nexus of conflict, and three years ago, I was working on an academic study concerning sexual and reproductive health amongst forcibly displaced communities in Greece. As I explored the high rates of survival sex amongst young migrants, it became abundantly clear that the entire […]
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Over the last few years we have begun to see some amazing news from London’s largest sexual health clinic. At 56 Dean Street there has been an 80% fall in the number of new HIV diagnoses since 2015 – something they’ve put down to intensive testing, high levels of people living with HIV being on […]
I’ve always advocated that people should be open about their HIV status, not least because it helps them access the support and help they may need, but also because it allows everyone else to see what it means to live with HIV today. Since my diagnosis, I have become a stronger person and I’ve paid […]
The annual National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) promotes HIV testing to gay and bisexual men and black African men and women. These groups make up seven out of 10 people in the UK living with HIV. For more information go to National HIV Testing Week. […]
Don’t overlook fertility problems in your man, says Dr Catherine Hood, a consultant in psychosexual medicine, health writer and broadcaster. ‘Women are often quick to blame themselves if they don’t get pregnant, and overlook the fact that it is increasingly likely that the problem lies with their partner.’ The number of men diagnosed with severe […]
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Urine is one of the most common diagnostic specimens. However there is a high rate of contamination in collecting urine samples, rendering them useless. A Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection of the urinary tract, most commonly the bladder, but occasionally the kidneys, (also known as pyelonephritis). UTI’s are treated with pain relief […]
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While the medical community searches for a reliable biological marker or a clinical test which could define Overactive Bladder Syndrome (or OAB), it is safe to assume that it is exactly what the name suggests, and it causes significant inconvenience, to say the least. Imagine embarking on a journey by public transport involving changes of […]
Should bigger babies be delivered early? A baby larger than predicted by a mother’s size can cause complications at birth. One of the major problems is difficulty with delivering the shoulders after the head has come out. To answer that question, a nationwide study of 4,000 pregnant women, ‘The Big Baby trial’, is to determine […]
Why do we lose interest in sex? Professor Cynthia Graham of the Centre for Sexual Health Research at the University of Southampton discusses how open communication and emotional closeness are linked to fewer low sexual interest problems. ‘Women living with a partner are more than twice as likely to lack interest in sex compared to […]
Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder and is a common type of urinary tract infection. Others UTIs include acute pyelonephritis, which affects the kidneys and can lead to loin pain and high fever, and urethritis, which is inflammation of the tube that carries urine from the bladder outside the body. ‘Cystitis, which is caused […]