SHINE SA, Posted on February 8, 2023 A new year presents itself with a great opportunity to raise awareness of the issues and topics we care about. Our Significant Dates Calendar is a list of 2023 events including Sexual Health Week, Mental Health Week, World Autism Day, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HIV Awareness Week to International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and...
July 2020 There are changes to Telehealth from Monday, July 20th which mean that clients who have not attended a service within the last 12 months – that is, new clients or clients who have not used a service in the last 12 months – will no longer be eligible for a Telehealth appointment. Marie Stopes Australia has written an open letter about the impact of this change access to...
The Guardian, Wednesday 26 July 2017 03.00 AEST Sperm counts among men have more than halved in the last 40 years, research suggests, although the drivers behind the decline remain unclear. The latest findings reveal that between 1973 and 2011, the concentration of sperm in the ejaculate of men in western countries has fallen by an average of 1.4% a year, leading to an overall drop of just over...
(Note; some spelling has been changed in this post to avoid automatic spam filters for email subscribers) PLoS ONE 10(9): e0133079. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133079 Abstract Women’s preferences for pen1s size may affect men’s comfort with their own bodies and may have implications for sexual health. Studies of women’s pen1s size preferences typically have relied on their abstract ratings or...
December 2014 Long-awaited consensus guidelines on prostate cancer have been released. The draft guidelines address prostate cancer testing, which extends from making a decision about whether to be tested, through to following a positive test result. Notably, they recommend against routine PSA screening and advise GPs to cease digital rectal examinations. Draft Clinical Practice Guidelines PSA...
NHS Choices
Researchers have found evidence of a link between the cancer and trichomoniasis – a common parasite that is passed on during unprotected sexual contact.
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