Medical News Today offers a great video that reviews your testing options for HIV:
Click here: Fast and Easy HIV Testing
Health Services offers testing services for Wesleyan students at low and reasonable costs.
Posted in drugs, sexual health on Apr. 24, 2008 by Lisa Currie
Go Ask Alice!, Columbia University’s Health Q & A Internet Service, answers a question from a person who is curious about the effects of her prescribed Adderall on her sexual feelings and behavior.
Q: Dear Alice,
I am a teenage girl currently taking Adderall (20 mg) to treat my ADHD. My question: does taking this medication [...]
Posted in sexual health on Apr. 21, 2008 by Lisa Currie
No matter how you feel about Williams, their Peer Health program has a great web page on keeping oral sex safer. While their focus is on HIV prevention, using barrier protection during oral sex can also reduce your risk of contracting other sexually transmitted infections. Go here to read it.
If you are a Wesleyan student and need [...]
Posted in sexual health on Apr. 18, 2008 by Lisa Currie
The Mayo Clinic, in answering a question from a male reader named John, indicates that it is possible – though relatively uncommon – for a man to contract a genital yeast infection through sexual activity. Read on…
Q: Can I get a yeast infection from my girlfriend? I thought only women got yeast infections.
A: It’s possible for a man to contract [...]
Posted in sexual health on Apr. 16, 2008 by Lisa Currie
Go Ask Alice! , Columbia University’s Health Q & A Internet Service, answers this great question about HPV:
Q: I have read a lot about HPV. I have read that most strains clear within 2 years. Does this mean that the genital warts associated with the virus will clear also? I understand that it is types [...]
Posted in sexual health on Apr. 10, 2008 by Lisa Currie
There is a gem of a sexual health lesson buried in this story about oatmeal from WebMD’s Sex Matters blog…
Nearly twenty-five years ago, when I was studying for my comprehensive exams for my Ph.D. in sexology, I had to learn a certain amount of history as it pertained to cultural beliefs about sexuality. I learned [...]
Posted in sexual health on Apr. 4, 2008 by Lisa Currie
From WebMD…
Nearly 6% of sexually active people surveyed reported that they have been diagnosed with genital warts, with 25-to-34-year-old women reporting the greatest percentage.
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey looked at 8,849 sexually active men and women aged 18 to 59 from 1999 to 2004.
Ten percent of young women aged 25-34 reported being diagnosed [...]
Posted in services, sexual health on Mar. 27, 2008 by Lisa Currie
From MayoClinic.com…
Q: Can men get HPV? If so, what are the health risks associated with HPV in men?
A: Yes, men can become infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). In fact, most sexually active adults — both men and women — will acquire HPV at some time in their lives.
Men with healthy immune systems rarely develop HPV-related [...]
Posted in sexual health on Mar. 21, 2008 by Lisa Currie
According to the Mayo Clinic, the life span of sperm after they’re ejaculated depends on the environmental conditions. Sperm ejaculated into the vagina remain alive in the mucus of the cervix and are able to fertilize an egg for three to five days. Sperm ejaculated outside the body — onto skin, cloth or into a condom [...]
Posted in sexual health on Mar. 19, 2008 by Lisa Currie
Vegan? Sexually active? Concerned the two are mutually exclusive?
Not at all!
Check out the Sensual Vegan for safer sex products that are never tested on animals or use animal byproducts. And they also donate 5% of all sales to Scarleteen, a friendly and sex-positive sex education resource site aimed at young people.