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HIV treatment might boost susceptibility to syphilis, say researchers

17th January 2017 Mark Ward

HIV treatment might boost susceptibility to syphilis, say researchers Date: January 16, 2017 Source: BMJ Summary: The antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV infection might inadvertently be boosting gay/bisexual men’s susceptibility to the bacteria responsible for syphilis, Treponema pallidum, conclude researchers. Full story: The antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV infection might inadvertently be boosting gay/bisexual men’s susceptibility to […]

Answers About Grapefruit and Drug Interactions

17th January 2017 Mark Ward

Answers About Grapefruit and Drug Interactions by Dr. Stephen Sinatra Filed Under: General Health, Q&As, Heart Health QUESTION: HOW DOES GRAPEFRUIT JUICE AND MEDICATION INTERACT? The grapefruit juice and drug interactions arise because grapefruit contains a compound called bergamottin, which blocks the action of an enzyme in the liver. (Cytochrome P450 3A4, in case you’re interested.) This enzyme is also involved in […]

Health

Ireland lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood

16th January 2017 Mark Ward

Ireland lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood Nick Duffy 16th January 2017, 4:18 PM The blood ban has been lifted Ireland has softened rules that permanently banned men who have sex with men from donating blood. Until this week, the Republic of Ireland continued to enforce rules introduced at the height of the AIDS crisis, which stipulate that men […]

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News

Contaminated Blood Scandal Petition

15th January 2017 Mark Ward

Contaminated Blood Scandal Hello everyone, Here we are in 2017, over 40 years since the mass infections to thousands of haemophiliacs through the use of contaminated blood products began. With your help I believe we can push this petition to the 10,000 signatures required to warrant a response from the British government. Please help if you can by signing. The […]

Haemophilia

Deaths Linked To Chemsex Drug GHB Have Risen By 119% In One Year

13th January 2017 Mark Ward

Deaths Linked To Chemsex Drug GHB Have Risen By 119% In One Year As a new study into GHB-related deaths in London reveals a dramatic increase, toxicologists call for radical action to stop more young men fatally overdosing. posted on Jan. 13, 2017, at 3:34 p.m. Patrick Strudwick BuzzFeed UK LGBT Editor haemosexual.com The number of deaths related to GHB, […]

ChemSex

Why do we have an appendix? Scientists have discovered its purpose and it’s really important

12th January 2017 Mark Ward

Why do we have an appendix? Scientists have discovered its purpose and it’s really important The appendix plays an important role in the immune system, researchers say Katie Forster @katieforster A diagram of the large intestine with the appendix visible on the left hand side Rex Features Scientists have discovered why humans have an appendix – the small, thin tube attached to the […]

Health

How to look good (nearly) naked – What underwear suits you?

12th January 2017 Mark Ward

How to look good (nearly) naked – What underwear suits you? 9:50 14th October 2016 by Zak Walton You may have been sporting the same worn-out boxers for the last couple of years but it’s time for an underwear refresh. Considering the amount of thought a lot of us men put into our clothes, little is spent on whats underneath. While a […]

LGBT Community

Donald Trump asks vaccine sceptic Robert Kennedy jnr to lead commission on ‘vaccine safety’

11th January 2017 Mark Ward

JANUARY 11 2017 – 8:38AM Donald Trump asks vaccine sceptic Robert Kennedy jnr to lead commission on ‘vaccine safety’ Abby Phillip and Lena H. Sun Donald Trump asked Robert Kennedy jnr, a proponent of a widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism, to chair a new commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, according to Kennedy. The stunning move would […]

Health

Should we be taking masturbation breaks at work?

10th January 2017 Mark Ward

Should we be taking masturbation breaks at work? Ellen Scott for Metro.co.uk Tuesday 10 Jan 2017 Are wank breaks *really* a wise idea? (Picture: MylesGoode/metro.co.uk) As we sit at our dimly lit desks squinting at years-old computer screens, we often find ourselves lusting over all the fancy offices offering perks to their employees. We dream of a workplace where it’s […]

Sexual Activities

Ambulance Today Magazine

8th January 2017 Mark Ward

Welcome to Ambulance Today magazine Launched in September 2001, the first edition of Ambulance Today was actually at press on the day of 9/11 and had to be recalled for very understandable reasons so that we could report on that event. Since then we have become Europe’s leading specialist magazine for anybody involved in pre-hospital ambulance care. Ambulance Today is published four times a year […]

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