April 2002 Archives
A House committee has voted to renew a sexual abstinence program after turning back a Democratic attempt to let states decide whether to include discussion of birth control methods.
Foreskin, cervical cancer possibly linked
The study in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine found that men with intact foreskins were three times more likely than circumcised men to be infected with the human papillomavirus. That, in turn, may increase the risk of passing the virus on to their sex partners. --------Battling HIV/Aids With African Values
Okwuosa says his organisation believes that nothing, except a return to the very natural values for which Africans are known will eradicate these diseases. He claims that those who clamour for the use of condoms have various vested interests which are mostly economic. For every Nigerian, individual or organisation promoting the use of condoms, the PHD alleges a desire to just distribute condoms and make money at the expense of the people, while they continue to make us believe that this was a fool - proof to contacting STDs. For some of these organisations, the group identifies the provision of funds by foreign agencies as motive. They allege that developed countries are stiff- scared of the population of Africa, since the power of nations reside in their population. The aim of the advanced countries who promote condoms, they say, is essentially curtailing the growth of population in Africa. --------Gay Syphilis Surge Fans HIV Fears
Outbreaks of syphilis among gay men in large urban areas, particularly in California, are threatening to reverse progress toward eliminating the disease in the United States. --------GlaxoSmithKline pulls ads claiming swimmers can catch hepatitis A
Adverts are being withdrawn in New Zealand which say people could catch hepatitis A from water potentially contaminated with condoms and urine. --------
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ScrewDriver writes: Filchy, Can you imagine ? SCOTLAND: AGE MATTERS, TOO Scientists working the ancient rocks of Scotland have discovered fossils of the oldest known genitals, belonging to a 400-million-year-old ancestor of the daddy long legs. The arachnids were of an order called harvestmen, and long legs were not their only outstanding feature. Preserved within the male fossil was a penis two-thirds the length of its body, which New Scientist magazine said was similar to those of modern-day harvestmen. The previous oldest penis, which dated back 100 million years and was found in Brazil, belonged to an ostracod, a minute crustacean. Something to think about, and wish for there go I! Regards SD ~<>~
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