The results of a new study show that six out of ten middle-aged Britons don’t use a condom in a first-time sexual encounter.

Some experts say that these numbers may be the same for Americans, as in the US rates of all STDs (including HIV) are on increase with an estimated 19 million new cases every year. The U.S Centers for Disease and Prevention say that almost of STDs new cases are occurring among people 15 to 24.

However, the older adults are also at risk. Study’s lead author, Catherine Mercer, who is a lecturer at the Centre for Sexual Health & HIV Research at University College London, says: “Usually it is assumed that STDs are only increasing among young people, but data suggests that sexually transmitted infection diagnosis rates are increasing in almost all age groups in the UK.”

The report has been published in online edition of the International Journal of Epidemiology. It shows that most Britons engaging in unsafe sexual relations fall in 30s and 40s age group and have relationships where age difference is of five and more years.

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According to a UK/German research, the cells found in a man’s testicles can do a lot aside from just producing sperm, as they may provide any type of cell in his body.

The researchers say that sperm cells can be altered into stem cells with the same sort of characteristics to those that are found in the embryo.

The Study, which has been published in the journal Nature, shows some ray of hope for a supply of “repair tissue” to the other parts of the body.

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During the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference in Chicago , the researchers at ‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’ presented a paper pointing out to an alarming increase in large number of cases of teenaged girls and adolescent women being infected by sexually transmitted infections. It also stressed upon on addressing the prevention of these diseases as an important public health goal.

The paper was based on an investigation of data reported in the ‘2003-04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey’ done among a sample of 14- to 19-year-old girl participants. It was found that approximately one-fourth of this population sample was infected by at least one of the sexually transmitted infections, the maximum number of instances reported in the case of human papillomavirus. Other major infections were reported for the infections like ‘Chlamydia Trachomatis’ and ‘Trichomonas Vaginalis’. A small chunk of this group was also had herpes simplex virus type II and the one infected by STD had more than one infections. It reported about 1 in 4 female adolescents being infected by at least one sexually transmitted infection.

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Under the drive to address the wrong beliefs about “Emergency Contraception”, OBG Management has teamed up with” The Journal of Family” to publish “Emergency Contraception: When and how to use it”. This would be distributed as a supplementary copy to the February 2008 issues of journals like “OBG Management” and “The Journal of Family Practice”.The purpose of issuing this supplement is to increase awareness among the patients about emergency contraception. This would decrease the incidence of unintended pregnancy.

The supplement has been distributed among the clinicians. This would enable them to tackle the subject of emergency contraception more intelligently. They would be able to create awareness as most of the people are misinformed or uninformed about it. So this supplement would also serve as an excellent guide for clinicians to explain about its usage, when to take it and how it works.

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“Aurium Pharma” has introduced “RepHresh Vaginal Gel” in Canada.  It has been made to fight the vaginal odor, a subject often considered to be embarrassing.”Aurium Pharma” already enjoys reputation for outspokenness and an underlying aim to spread awareness among women about their feminine health in the US. It has been able to create a dialogue between women, the doctors and the media. This would help in bringing awareness and ease among the women who had been suffering from the embarrassing problem of vaginal odor.

The response RepHresh has been receiving clearly indicates that women are left with few options due to reluctance which women feel while discussing a sensitive subject like vaginal odor. Aurium Pharma has provided with an open public forum to discuss. Jenny says that if such forums are not available, women suffering from odor would keep thinking that there is something abnormal with them which are not true.

Nearly all the women had been found more prone to develop odor as compared to yeast infection. Sometimes it might occur seldom, however if it turns chronic, it can be a cause of deep concern.  It may disturb their marital lives.

Products introduced on similar line till now are more like for covering the odor, they do not last however RepHresh has been formulated in a way that it can combat the odor at the source. Moreover it helps to fight the odor for 3 days once it is applied. This magic product has already won hearts of thousands of women.

The effect of RepHresh lasts three days per application and the major advantage is that it acts very fast, doesn’t carry strong fragrance, and is nongreasy

As reported by most of the women in the letters written to RepHresh, they shared that feminine odor occurs mostly after the period, after douching or right after the intercourse. This cause’s hard time to a woman, so using a product like RepHresh, which can fight feminine odor, is a boon.

One of the users, Cindy shared “The first time using RepHresh, I could instantly tell my odor was gone … I feel great. Something this amazing … is a gift for all Women.”

Rest most of the users admired the product. They agreed that after the first time use during the week, odor was found to be gone. They say that RepHresh has honestly changed their lives. They found the product to be amazing.

Fiorini said that talking about such a subject like vagfinal odor needed lot of guts as most of the women felt uncomfortable till now. However they had already decided to devise the solution.

Lil’ Drug Store Products, Inc. which is a major distributing company of innovative consumer healthcare products worldwide is responsible for the production and sales. It is working in alliance with Aurium Pharma which is one of the major health solution providers making RepHresh branded products now available to women in Canada.