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Report says pharmacists should be able to use their judgment, as alternative is youths will have sex without any protection
Girls as young as 13 should be given the contraceptive Pill without having to see a doctor, according to an NHS report.
The contraceptive pill should be available at pharmacies without a GP prescription, including to some under-16s, suggests an NHS report.
No wonder it’s notoriously difficult to find. A doctor claims to have proved the G-spot really does exist – but says it measures a meagre 8.1mm by 3.6mm by 1.5mm.
The American gynaecologist discovered the elusive erogenous zone during a post-mortem examination.
"Projects for vulnerable, hard-to-reach teenagers and those at risk of being sexually exploited affected as cuts start to take hold"
"After decades of protecting the public from prophylactics, advertising regulators have confirmed there are to be less stringent rules governing condom ads on prime-time television."
"Today's young women have three times as many sexual partners on average as their grandmothers' did, a new survey shows. "
recommendations include:
* launching an online ‘one-stop-shop’ to allow the public to voice their concerns regarding irresponsible marketing which sexualises children
* encouraging the government to support the Advertising Standards Agency to take steps to extend existing regulatory standards to include commercial websites
* requiring broadcasters to ensure music videos featuring sexual posing or sexually suggestive lyrics are only broadcast after the watershed
* ensuring games consoles are sold with parental controls already switched on. Purchasers can then choose to unlock the console if they wish to allow access to adult and online content
"Badly fitted condoms do not just reduce the pleasure of sex for men and women - they raise the risks of infection and pregnancy, researchers say.\n\nMen are twice as likely to take the condom off midway through sex due to a poor fit, a poll of 436 men in Sexually Transmitted Infections journal reveals. "
"According to researchers at University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), Hv1, a molecule that activates sperm to swim also regulates intracellular pH levels is the likely missing link to prevent pregnancy and control male infertility."
"British couples are taking part in trials of a male contraceptive jab said to be as effective as the Pill.\n\nDoctors believe it will liberate women from the burden of family planning by letting partners share responsibility."
"NHS Wirral is celebrating ten years since the launch of its chlamydia screening programme - in this time more than 105,000 screening tests for young people have been carried out.
As a result, more people are having the sexually transmitted infection detected and treated earlier – helping them to reduce the risk of long term effects. "
"The first morning after pill which can be taken up to five days after sex has been developed, raising concerns it could promote promiscuity and trigger a rise in sexually transmitted diseases. "
"The Government has no idea if a programme to drive down chlamydia infections is having an effect, MPs said today.
Inadequate measures are in place to check progress of the screening programme across health trusts in England, they said."
"A new morning-after pill can be used up to five days after sex, longer than any protection against pregnancy developed so far, doctors claim.
The tablet is more effective than existing drugs taken by thousands of women each year, according to a major study. "
"A £100 million Government scheme which tested teenagers in clubs for sexually transmitted diseases has wasted millions and failed to cut infection rates, MPs have warned. "
"Government missed an opportunity to slash chlamydia rates in England by a botched attempt at screening for the sexually transmitted disease, say MPs.\n\nThe Public Accounts Committee says there was a lack of urgency in trying to reach the high volume of testing needed to curb the spread of infection. "
"NHS Warrington has supported a new campaign that encourages under-25s to say yes to chlamydia tests.
One in five people do not realise catching the infection can affect a woman’s fertility, according to a survey marking the launch of the ‘Chlamydia. Worth Talking About’ campaign. "
"This week in science and health, international forums and news sites lit up discussing five apparently important research studies coming from Oxford, King's College London, University of Bologna, University of California at Santa Barbara, Kaiser Family Foundation, Ghent University and Indiana University School of Medicine. "
"A LETTER writing campaign urging young people to get tested for a common sexually transmitted infection has been launched.
Health chiefs are writing to every 18 to 25-year-old in the borough — 27,000 people — in a bid to tackle the rise of chlamydia. "
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