First black lesbian mayor in America to marry her partner

Denise Simmons, the first black lesbian mayor in America, has announced she is to marry her partner next weekend.She was elected as mayor of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in January 2008. The state was the first in the US to legalise gay marriage.For more, click here.

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Female Genital Mutilation Arrest Made

Egypt has arrested the first person under its ban on female genital mutilation. I doubt the act would not have come to light if not for the heavy bleeding following the circumcision, according to Al Arabiya. WHO estimates that somewhere between 100 and 140 million women and girls are currently li

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New clues on how Hypnosis works

Hypnosis has been used to help with sexual anxiety and in treatments. Now functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) show that brain activity is different under hypnosis.The study concludes that hypnosis induces a disconnection of motor commands from normal voluntary processes under the influence

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HPV Infections linked to Penile Cancer

A worldwide review of studies has shown that one of the most common types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) is linked to about half of all penile cancers.Remember HPV affects both men and women. For the article, click here.

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Do you know your sexual rights?

Did you know that sexual rights are universal human rights based on the inherent freedom, dignity and equality of all human beings. Because health is a fundamental human right, so sexual health is a basic human right. I have abbreviated these rights as stated by World Association for Sexual Healt

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Oral Sex cause of Throat Cancer rise

Changing sexual practices have led to a dramatic rise in throat cancer in the United States over the past two decades.Increasing rates of HPV infection, spread through oral sex, is largely driving the rapid rise in oropharyngeal cancers, which include tumors of the throat, tonsils, and base of the t

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Would you change your last name?

Back in 2007, an USA Today article reported that more men were now taking their wives' last names upon marriage. Recently the same newspaper now reports that about 70% of Americans believe that it is beneficial for a woman to take her husband's last name when they marry, and, more surprisingly, abou

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Teens turn to Internet for sex ed

The USA Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that one in three teens say they've never received information about birth control.Sex ed classes are happening on the Internet.It can teach safe sex MTV style or less raucous sites like Scarleteen.com and even YouTube.com.For more, visit here.

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