Many Britons &#39;Have Had Unprotected Sex&#39;
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but almost half admit to having unprotected sex without knowing their partnerâs sexual history, a survey reveals today.
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Women aged 16 to 19 are 43% more likely to test positive for Chlamydia than women in their early twenties, show data from the first year of the Chlamydia screening programme in England, reported in Sexually Transmitted Infections.
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Johannesburg - In Britain, people who have had sex with a South African cannot donate blood for a year after the last sexual encounter, because of the risk of their blood being contaminated with the HI virus.
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More than 10 percent of Japanese  teenagers who were screened for a sexual disease that can cause  infertility tested positive, a newspaper reported, adding to  concerns about increasing sexual activity among Japan's youth.
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A large number of Britons would be  prepared to give up sex if it meant they would live to be 100,  according to a survey Friday.
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Many people mistakenly believe that oral sex is safe, unaware that they can readily catch or pass on syphilis in this manner, according to a report put out by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Providing women with easy access to the emergency contraceptive Plan B did not lead them to engage in more risky sexual behavior, a study of more than 2,000 women says.
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Genes play an important role in determining whether women cheat on their sexual partners, according to one of the largest studies of sexual behaviour undertaken in Britain.
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We know many of our youth are having sex and will have sex in the future. To teach abstinence without including education on the need for a condom and how to use a condom will lead to more HIV and STD infections.
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Doctors performed a record number of abortions in England and Wales in 2003, with almost two percent of women aged 15 to 44 choosing to end a pregnancy, according to health ministry figures published in the British press.
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A confidential survey of more than 1,600 pairs of female twins has revealed that genetic factors have a substantial impact on how likely women are to cheat on their partner and how many sexual partners they will have.
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NEW YORK  - A "substantial minority" of 15-year-olds have had sexual intercourse, according results of a survey of 33,943 adolescents from 24 European and North American countries.
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A US study finds significant numbers of people in their 70s and 80s say they are having sex regularly.
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More than 40 percent of people in the  European Union take no precautions against AIDS during sex, an  EU survey showed on Monday.
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One in five men in their early 20s in England has chlamydia, the results of a national screening programme suggest.
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Young people should be encouraged to consider abstaining from sex as one of the options for protecting themselves against the epidemic of sexually transmitted infections sweeping the UK, the Health Protection Agency suggested yesterday.
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An "increasing pool" of people in the UK are living with HIV and Aids, official statistics show.