Demand for sexual health services up as government spending is cut
Figures show that a record number of people accessed sexual health services during 2017 whilst funding for the service continued to be cut. According to reports over 3.3 million people in the UK visited a GUM clinic …
Tragic Death of Newborn Highlights Herpes Pregnancy Dangers
The tragic death of a ten day old baby boy in Manchester has highlighted the dangers of herpes during pregnancy. It was reported in the Manchester Evening News, that 22-year-old mother Kira Aldcroft …
Which demographic is most likely to contract STI
According to a recent report published by Public Health England in 2016, the number of people who were diagnosed with STDs went down. However, amongst 15-24 year olds the rates are still quite high …
Promising Breakthrough Made in Development of HIV Treatment
In what has been described by the International AIDS Society as a “promising breakthrough”, scientists have developed a new antibody that may be effective in preventing and treating infection from the HIV virus …
Archers storyline highlights STI issue
The popular and long-running radio soap, The Archers, has put sexually transmitted infections into the public eye with its latest storyline …
UK Think Tank criticises “Reckless” cuts to STI testing
Your Sexual Health offers convenient alternative to NHS testing With many STIs on the rise in the UK, it’s no wonder that a public health think tank has deemed cuts to sexual health services “reckless” …
Could Latest Dating App Help Stop The Spread Of STDs?
The invention of Tinder has left many of its users exposed to STDs, but it looks like there’s an app on the way to combat the issue. It’s only in the concept phase, but NeatClub will be able to pull in a user’s STD testing history …
Could men be more embarrassed than women about STIs?
According to the University of Huddersfield, men are more reluctant to visit their local GUM clinic than women. The Yorkshire university conducted a survey which found that many of their male students were either too embarrassed …
GUM research highlights the need for better STD testing services
According to research carried out by New Scientist magazine it is getting harder to access sexual health services in the UK. A large number of genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics failed to meet government standards …
Government make sex education compulsory for more pupils
The government is making sex and relationship education compulsory in all schools across England. The classes will start with lessons about safe and healthy relationships for children aged four and up …
Cocaine users more likely to have STIs according to study
A leading medical university in the US has found that cocaine users are more likely to have sexually transmitted infections than non-users. Researchers at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine found that the drug …
Private STD Testing vs. GUM Clinics
If you’re sexually active and you’ve had more than one partner in the last six months then you’re amongst a group of people who should take an STI test. Without regular testing many sexually transmitted infections …