Green tea? The title of a short story by J. Sheridan Le Fanu perhaps? An allusion to that story’s claims that the properties of green tea ‘open the inner eye’? What the…’fraid not, so don’t go dashing off to the nearest supermarket for a packet and a brew-up and expect to meet Vishnu whilst you [...]
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In the news this week – condom dispersal in taxis, pubs, and clubs – and binge drinking and its impact on the nation’s sexual health. The first piece of news – what an original and bright idea! Health Promotion departments (if any still exist following the purge of Health Promotion departments, sorry ‘health improvement’ – [...]
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STIs, young people, Chlamydia and teenage pregnancy – a Gordian Knot? A puzzle so complex, that it appears unsolvable? (Ancient history lesson – the Gordian Knot was an intricate, seemingly undoable knot in ancient Phyrgia; an oracle prophecised that the person who solved the puzzle of the Knot would become king of Asia. A bit [...]
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Browsing through the pages of the Independent on Sunday two articles hit me between the eyes; the first was a short article about the transmission of the HPV16 virus by kissing (HPV16 is one of the many versions of the HPV/wart virus – HPV 16 is one that is known to cause cancerous changes and [...]
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The morning headlines – Pill to be available over counter – Daily Telegraph – 13 – 12 -07 . So under 16s will be able to get the pill prescribed by a pharmacist. Moral panic hits the nation – or a brilliant concept? The nation holds its breath. Meanwhile the morning after pill has been [...]
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Amongst the furore of the ‘shock horror’ headlines of women being able to obtain the pill from trained pharmacists without a GP’s prescription, little mention has been made with regard to recent reports of the ever closer breakthrough to developing a male contraceptive pill. This one is possibly an urban myth, but let’s consider facts [...]
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