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Youngsters, who save sex for married life, take less precaution while love making than their peers, a new study suggests.
These findings based on a comparative study of so-called virginity pledgers and non-pledging teens.
“The findings suggest that the virginity pledge has no effect on the sexual behavior,” researcher, concluded.
Sometime virginity pledges are part of self-denial sex educational programs in many churches, schools and colleges in the U.S. However, keeping in view the current finding researchers claim that, “virginity pledges can’t be taken as yard stick, in respect of effectiveness of the abstinence sex education program.”
abstinence sex education program, birth control pills, married life, save sex, sexual behavior, virginity pledgers
As men get older, they often have to suffer from enlarged prostate, as the gland often swells with age. This enlarged prostrate becomes the cause of many painful symptoms and it is essential for men with enlarged prostate to get medical treatment promptly.
According to a study, nearly 52% of men with an enlarged gland do not have any symptoms, but if they have to suffer from the following, they must reckon them as warning signs.
- Slow start of urination and with a weaker stream.
- To face difficulty when passing urine or even in some cases it becomes almost impossible to urinate.
enlarged prostate, extreme pain, medical treatment, urination, urine bladder
Three newly conducted studies strengthen the evidence that a minor procedure of circumcision protects men against deadly AIDS virus and the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in women.
Dr. Bertran Auvert and his colleagues examined more than 1,200 men visiting a clinic in South Africa.
They found that, less than 15 percent of circumcised males and 22 percent of uncircumcised men were infected and the carrier of HPV, which is the main cause of cervical cancer and genital warts in females.
AIDS, cervical cancer, circumcision protects men, heterosexual men, hiv infection, hpv, sex partners
Unsafe sex sets women at higher HIV risk than men, as the results of a study show that the virus can penetrate even safe vaginal tissue.
Previously, it was believed that just damaged vaginal tissue could pave a way for the virus. But now the current findings suggest that HIV can breach the healthy tissue as well.
Different HIV charities in UK urged women to avoid unsafe sex without knowing about the health of their partner.
Squamous epithelium, the vaginal lining was believed to keep the infection at bay, but the study says that the Virus can penetrate it as well.
damaged vaginal, HIV, infection, Unsafe sex, women’s vaginal skin
