PrEP: NHS ‘must urgently offer’ HIV breakthrough nationwide as study shows infections cut 25% in a year
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PrEP: NHS ‘must urgently offer’ HIV breakthrough nationwide as study shows infections cut 25% in a year

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/prep-hiv-drug-nhs-aids-truvada-trial-infection-symptoms-nat-lancet-sydney-australia-a8589046.html By Alex Matthews-King Health Correspondent ‘Unacceptable’ that PrEP provision in England is capped when there are no limits in other UK nations, National Aids Trust chief says HIV/AIDs charities have called for the NHS to immediately commit to a national rollout of a breakthrough preventative treatment after results from an Australian trial showed it cut new transmissions by 25…

Women ‘struggling to access contraception’
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Women ‘struggling to access contraception’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45447488 By Georgie Bevan , BBC East & Caroline Parkinson BBC News Doctors are warning that contraceptive access is at a “crossroads”, with services being cut across England. Figures seen exclusively by the BBC show half of councils have cut, or plan to cut, services, particularly affecting long-acting contraception. Leading reproductive health consultant…

Sexual health care cuts will stop me helping survivors of rape and FGM
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Sexual health care cuts will stop me helping survivors of rape and FGM

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/06/sexual-health-care-cuts-stop-helping-survivors-fgm By Guardian news Women will bear the brunt of these funding shortfalls. As a doctor, I know we’re cutting off a lifeline for them A record number of visits were made to sexual health clinics in England in 2017, the equivalent of an extra 1,500 attendances a week since 2013. It couldn’t be…

Rare sex disease Mycoplasma genitalium could become super-bug, doctors warn
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Rare sex disease Mycoplasma genitalium could become super-bug, doctors warn

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/rare-sex-disease-mycoplasma-genitalium-could-become-superbug-doctors-warn-a3884291.html By Alexandra Richards Doctors have issued a new warning about a rare sex disease which could be the next superbug if not treated properly. Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) presents similar symptoms to chlamydia and is more resistant to antibiotics. It can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and ultimately infertility in women if left untreated,…

‘Listen to women’: UK doctors issued with first guidance on endometriosis

‘Listen to women’: UK doctors issued with first guidance on endometriosis

ByMatthew Betteridge

Disease, which causes crippling pain and can lead to infertility, affects 176 million women worldwide and currently takes seven to eight years to diagnose Years of pain, but no diagnosis: one woman’s experience of endometriosis Doctors are being advised to listen to what women tell them about crippling pelvic and period pain and look out…