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09/30/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Sexual promiscuity on the rise among grandparents: STDs and HIV cases increasing among divorcees over 50

An increase in the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases among people over the age of 50 has led researchers to believe that this could be because of the surging sexual proclivity among the “silver splitters”. In a recent study that was conducted by researchers from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control […]

07/31/2017 / By Russel Davis

Powerful anti-HIV medicine discovered in Asian herb that might out-perform all synthetic drugs

An evergreen plant that grows abundantly throughout Southeast Asia contains a powerful compound that outperforms a clinically-used drug against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a study in the Journal of Natural Compounds revealed. The plant, known as willow-leaved justicia, is native to China and is found to grow extensively in India, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. Researchers said a newly-identified chemical called patentiflorin […]

07/26/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

New blood donation rules to allow gay men and prostitutes to donate blood just 90 days after unprotected sex

England and Scotland are set to relax the restrictions that are currently placed on blood donations from gay men and sex workers as part of a series of reforms that were recently announced by the government. Under the current rules, gay men must wait a full year after the last time they had sexual intercourse […]

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