The BBC reported yesterday with new hope for men wanting to avoid prostate cancer. Of 200 cancerous prostates, researchers found a specific virus in 27% of them. This virus was found in the more aggressive cancers, however, it was also seen in some non-cancerous prostates. Overall, this is a very preliminary finding, but it has the potential to ...
Amazon.com WidgetsCasino Royale is one of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels and I am reading it for the first time. I have always liked Bond and, although a womaniser and a bit sexist, I could overlook that because of all the exciting, sexy, heroic adventures that he had. A very small part of me wanted to ...
A survey recently done in the UK shows that huge amounts of wrong information are still circulating about contraception, including some women who think that chocolate, chicken skins, Coca-Cola, and kebabs could be used as contraception. The BBC reported on this survey done in the UK among 1,000 women from 18- to 50-years-old and the authors ...
It was reported yesterday in Time.com that scientists have found two new antibodies to the HIV virus. These antibodies have the potential to create a vaccine that could protect people from about 80% of the HIV viruses and is 10 times more effective than previous vaccine attempts. This is an important step in HIV medicine ...
Recently an engaged female friend of mine commented on her Hen’s Night that none of her friends had congratulated her on her upcoming marriage. Instead, there had been the usual jokes about “last night of freedom”, being trapped, no more sex, etc. I want to comment on how disappointed I am that this still continues ...
As of September 1 same-sex marriage was legalised in Vermont. This is the fourth American state and a fifth will follow on January 1, 2010. This is especially exciting because it was done through state legislators overruling the governor’s veto. And Washington has now also passed a law recognising same-sex marriages performed in states where ...
The BBC released two important articles today regarding the lives of teenage girls. The first states that British teenage girls are drinking more than their male counterparts and that alcohol abuse is higher in the UK than among other industrialised nations. The second states that many girls 13- to 17-years-old have been abused with 1/6 ...
As a sex educator in favour of comprehensive information I think it is essential that genitals are included in the information we give kids. An American commercial run by their US Department of Health and Human Services is trying to help parents by telling them that ‘parts’ are not essential in order to talk to ...
This week, for a change of pace, I’m looking at non-fiction online. Bookslut is an established and well-publicised e-zine...
The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet...
Happy Earth Day! Earth Day Network and Women Saving the World - Kathleen Rogers from Womensphere on Vimeo.
As I lay stricken in bed the other night, twisted in agony and gurning manfully at the grinding torment...
Sandwiches. Gender conspiracy. War on women. Let me explain. It was a sunny afternoon here in southern Germany. I’d...
Touch his penis! Men like it and it feels good. Plus sometimes they do need help getting hard and...
On rare occasions, television does reflect real life. A new series that debuted on HBO last weekend, Girls offers...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend seems to have a man-crush on one of his male friends who he really...
