More than 1.5 million women living with HIV in Asia were infected by their partners and 50 million more are at risk of infection, according to a report released on Tuesday.
The “HIV Transmission in Intimate Partner Relationships in Asia” report by UNAIDS said the women at risk are either married or in long-term relationships with [...]
London (PTI): When it comes to matters of heart, men are more prone to heart diseases compared to women of similar age — blame it on sex hormones, says a new study.
The findings of a study by Maciej Tomaszewski of the University of Leicester, suggest that this “male disadvantage” may be related to the [...]
A diet that is high in arginine causes herpes simplex. Arginine-rich foods which should be avoided are nuts, sesame and sunflower seeds, peas and lentils, cereals including oats, corn, buckwheat and barley, chocolate and coconut. The diet should be supplemented with lysine-rich foods which include fish, especially halibut, poultry, milk, lima beans, shrimp, mung bean [...]
Couples often worry about having sex during pregnancy . They may be afraid that having sex could cause a miscarriage or harm the baby. With a normal pregnancy, sex is safe into the last weeks of pregnancy. In fact, some studies suggest that having sex during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of delivering [...]
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Anything that interferes with the normal menstrual cycle, causing pain, unusually heavy or light bleeding, or missed periods.
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Typically, a woman of childbearing age should menstruate every 28 days or so unless she’s pregnant or moving into menopause. But numerous things can wrong with the normal menstrual cycle, [...]
LONDON — Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person’s HIV risk. But a new study that tested this strategy found the assumption may have been wrong.
“It’s a significant, disappointing finding,” Francis Ndowa, coordinator [...]
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