News - North records rise in sex disease

More than 23,200 people in the north-east of England are being treated for sexually emergency medicine news
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an increase of 10% in just one year.

This is far higher than the national rise of 2%, a new report by the Health Protection Agency has revealed.

The biggest increase was in the spread of syphilis, […]

News - Young must research sex - Blair

Tony Blair has warned young people to take man sexual health product for their sexual behaviour and learn more about sex from the wealth of information on offer.

He told BBC Radio 1 - which has begun research into youth attitudes on sex - there were far more ways to discuss the topic compared to his […]

High Rate of Asthma in College Athletes

Newswise — More than a third of college athletes assessed for breathing problems had test results suggesting exercise-induced asthma, even in those athletes who had no previous history of asthma, a new study shows.
The findings, published in the September issue of the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, paralleled earlier findings of a […]

Many Parents At-Risk For Cancer Disclose Genetic Test Results to Children

Newswise — Predictive genetic testing for adult-onset diseases, including cancer, is generally discouraged until the age at which interventions are believed to be helpful. Yet, many children of BRCA mutation carriers learn of their parents genetic test results many years before preventive interventions are indicated.
A new study in the Aug. 20 Journal of Clinical […]

Treating Depression May Improve Recovery of Heart Rate Variability Following Coronary Syndromes

Newswise — Patients with depression appear to have an impaired ability to recover their heart rate variability following acute coronary syndromes such as heart attack, a factor that could increase their risk of coronary death, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, patients […]