Health officials fear that a man with HIV who has been a nightclub regular in Leicester and had unsafe sex with many partners encountered at the venues over six years could have put a number of women at risk.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA), which believes the man's partners might have totalled more than 100, is concerned about his level of unprotected sex.
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Being tested for STDs once or twice a year should be standard practice for anyone who's sexually active
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Children as young as seven were sent personally addressed letters inviting them for a chlamydia test and offering a free do-it-yourself testing kit.
A staggering 10,831 letters were sent to children that should have been sent to adults.
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Drug or alcohol abuse among children under the age of 15 is a cause and not an effect of a host of health and social problems, research has suggested.
Early drinking and drug-taking raise the future risk of addiction, teenage pregnancy, failure at school, sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) and crime, independently of other factors that might predispose to these outcomes, scientists have determined.
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Dating when you have an incurable sexually transmitted infection is a fraught business, with sufferers facing ignorance, humiliation and rejection. Three women talk to Louise Millar about their experiences – and an initiative that offers new hope
Dating can be complicated enough at the best of times. Add to that the worry of having to tell a new partner that you have an incurable sexually transmitted infection and it can become almost inconceivable. When should you tell your date - and how? How do you know they won't tell anyone? And what judgement will they make about you?
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A SEXUAL health clinic for the over-20s in Carlisle is extending its hours to include morning appointments.
The London Road Community Clinic at Hilltop Heights will now be open on Fridays from 9.45am to 11.30am.
Medical staff will offer a range of sexual health services, such as contraception, general advice and referral to specialist services.
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A total of 281 Scottish children under 16 contracted a sexually transmitted infection (STI) last year, according to new figures obtained by BBC Scotland.
Figures from the Information and Statistics Division show 181 youngsters tested positive for chlamydia.
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THE number of cases of HIV/AIDS in Merseyside is at its highest point in five years.
Statistics released by Liverpool John Moores University and the Health Protection Agency show the total number of cases leapt from 381 in 2003 to 664 in 2007.
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