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Bikini Waxing Is Wiping Out Pubic Lice, Say Doctors

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 16.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Bikini Wax, Stds, UK News, Waxing, Pubic Hair, Bikini Waxing, Brazilian Waxing, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sex and the City, UK Weird News, Crabs, Brazilian Bikini Waxes, Beauty, Pubic Lice, UK Lifestyle News

Pubic lice (or crabs), are on their way to becoming an endangered species, partly thanks to the popularity of bikini waxes and other down-there groomi...

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Circumcision Health Benefits 'Outweigh The Risks'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Circumcision Ban, HIV/AIDS, Islam, Video, UK News, Judaism, Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Male Circumcision, UK Islam, Poll, Circumcision, UK Health, UK Religion, Orthodox Judaism, UK News

Health benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks of the surgery on baby boys, according to a new American study claiming it may prevent diseases lik...

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Have the Birds and the Bees Been Replaced With Sex Toys?

Sophia Moseley | Posted 28.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Stds, UK Teachers, Biology, Student Living, Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pornification, Schools, UK Schools, Porn, Sex Education, UK Universities & Education News
Sophia Moseley

When someone recently told me a local secondary school used a dildo to demonstrate how to put on a condom during their PSHE (personal, social and health education) class, my jaw hit the floor with incredulity.

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Unfaithful Partners Are Less Likely To Practise Safe Sex

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah O'Meara | Posted 18.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Women, UK News, Relationships, Sex, Partners, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Cheating, UK Health, Affairs, Gonorrhea, UK Lifestyle News

People who are sexually unfaithful are less likely to practice safe sex, suggests a new study. In a statement, researchers from the University Of ...

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Young People Still Unaware of STI Risks

Emma Thomas | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Young People, Sex, Alcohol, Morning After Pill, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Contraception, Stis, Young People Health, UK News
Emma Thomas

Young people get drunk and have sex. There. We've said it. The question is, why are they still unaware of the risks?

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Toast Buttering and Knife Licking - The Impact of East 17 on a Nation's Sexual Psyche.

Jon Spira | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Stds, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, UK Music, UK Entertainment, UK Comedy, East 17, UK Lifestyle, UK Comedy News
Jon Spira

Sometimes it's only through the study of historical documents that we can truly appreciate how, societally we find ourselves locked into certain modes of behaviour. Recent medical reports have identified a 20 year identifiable rise in sexually transmitted diseases.

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Morning-After Pill On Wheels: Courier Service That Delivers ‘Pill-By-Bike’

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 17.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Emergency Contraception, UK News, Contraceptives, Unwanted Pregnancy, Morning After Pill, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Innovation, UK Women, Slidepollajax, Dred, UK Health News, Oral Contraceptives, UK Lifestyle News

Women can now order the morning-after pill online and have it personally delivered to their homes (or direct to their desk) by courier. The new spe...

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Risky Christmas: Stock Up On Morning After Pill, Women Told

PA | Posted 04.02.2012 | UK
Read More: HIV/AIDS, UK News, Sex, Christmas, Morning After Pill, Unprotected Sex, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pregnancy, Holidays Canada, UK Lifestyle, UK News

Women embarking on the festive party season are being invited to stock up on free supplies of the morning-after pill. The British Pregnancy Advisor...

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Simple HPV Screening Could Cut Number Of Smear Tests

PA | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Hpv, Women, Ukhealth-News, Colposcopy, Smear Test, Press Association, Pa, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Ukwomen, Cervical Cancer, UK Lifestyle News

Thousands of women every year could be spared invasive tests thanks to simple screening for the virus that causes cervical cancer. I...

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