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Porn makers challenged for not mandat... - The Associated Press

(World health - EU Monitor 21/08/2009)

LOS ANGELES - An AIDS advocacy group filed complaints Thursday with state officials against 16 production companies that show unprotected sex in porn movies. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed the action with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, alleging the practice amounts to unsafe behavior in a California workplace. "We will not stop until there is a policy of requiring condoms to be used in porn," foundation president Michael Weinstein said.

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Gonorrhoea down as herpes rises

(BBC 24/07/2009)

The number of gonorrhoea and syphilis infections has fallen, latest figures for the UK show, although diagnoses of genital warts and herpes are up. Statistics from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) showed the number of new gonorrhoea infections was the lowest in nearly a decade. Overall sexually transmitted infections was up last year by 0.5%, mostly due to the increase in herpes and warts. Those aged between 16 to 24 are still disproportionately affected by STIs.

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'Secret' exit created to boost attendance at sexual health clinic

(The Scotsman 13/05/2009)

A "SECRET" corridor is being created at a new sexual health clinic to enable patients to attend without being spotted, it has emerged today. The first images of the ?9 million "one-stop shop" on Lauriston Place (NHS Lothian) have been released today. Following consultation with patients, a separate exit area has been planned for those concerned about walking out after treatment.

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Over-45s ignore sex disease risks

(BBC 02/04/2009)

Many middle-aged people are continuing to take an irresponsible attitude to their sexual health, say experts. Sexually transmitted infections have doubled in under a decade in people over 45 and have been rising at a faster rate than in the young, recent figures from the Health Protection Agency show.

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Call for higher circumcision rate

(BBC 26/03/2009)

Circumcision should be routinely considered as a way to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections, argue US experts. They spoke out after research found circumcision significantly cut the risk of infection with herpes and the cancer-causing human papillomavirus.

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Older couples 'use condoms less'

(BBC 12/11/2008)

London researchers found two thirds of men and women in their late teens used a condom when they first had sex with a new partner. But only a third of men and women aged 35 to 44 in new relationships did so. Experts said the International Journal of Epidemiology study showed a worrying trend - people should practise safe sex at any age - because of the risk of sexually transmitted infection.

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Play highlights threat of STDs

(The Scotsman 10/09/2008)

A PLAY about sexually transmitted diseases has formed the centre point of a conference about the issue.

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Children catch gonorrhoea

(The Scotsman 09/09/2008)

HUNDREDS of children under 16 contracted sexually transmitted diseases in Scotland last year, according to figures from the Scottish Government.

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STIs 'rife in young Scots'

(BBC 08/09/2008)

A total of 281 children under the age of 16 contracted a sexually transmitted infection last year, new figures reveal.

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