AFP - Malaysia’s HIV/AIDS infection rates are on the rise, dealing a blow to the country’s bid to achieve the UN’s Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to eradicate the virus, according to a UN official.
AFP - As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, the fight against the disease remains stymied by the of adequate treatment in poor countries and setbacks in finding an effective vaccine, experts say.
AFP - Savitha was born a boy but became a girl at the age of 16. Nine years on, she sells cheap sex to lorry drivers at a dusty truck stop outside the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
Reuters - China has executed the leader of a bogus scheme for breeding ants to make aphrodisiacs that conned investors out of 3 billion yuan ($439 million), the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
AFP - Pfizer has dropped its bid to market its potency pill Viagra over the counter in Europe, the US pharmaceutical giant announced Thursday.
AFP - The Roman Catholic church on Thursday said it has sufficient support in the Philippine congress to defeat a controversial family planning bill promoting sex education and the use of contraceptives.
Reuters - When health care providers are talking with adolescents about sexual health, alcohol must be a part of the conversation, conclude two researchers from the UK based on a survey of boys’ and girls’ attitudes about sexual relationships.
Reuters - Eight of Britain’s fattest pets are to embark on a 100-day diet and fitness regime in a bid to crowned this year’s pet fit club champion. The seven dogs and one cat, who are all more than 30 percent overweight and weigh a combined total of 191 kg (30 stones), were picked by veterinary charity PDSA who are running the slimming contest.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) — Teenage girls treated for
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) become highly vulnerable to sexually
transmitted infections (STIs), sometimes just weeks or months after
treatment, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center report.
AP - Mexico City is giving out free Viagra and other impotence drugs to men 70 and older.