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Article
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Madonna
(almost)
Keeps
Aging
At
Bay
With
Exercise
And
Cosmetics
Internationally
famous
recording
artist
Madonna
has
done
better
than
most
in
maintaining
her
youthful
looks
and
figure.
This
is
probably
due
to
her
strict
adherence
to
a
workout
regime
and
macrobiotic
diet,
and
partly
down
to
well
applied
skincare
and
cosmetics.
She
looked
positively
youthful,
celebrating
her
52nd
birthday
party,
surrounded
by
a
gaggle
of
people
half
her
age.
The
even
took
place
at
the
fashionable
and
exclusive
Shoreditch
House,
a
private
members
club
in
East
London.
Despite
her
glowing
face
and
fresh
complexion,
the
ravages
of
time
were
not
completely
hidden
from
us.
Clutching
her
expensive
leather
handbag,
it
was
easy
to
spot
arms
that
looked
almost
diseased,
frail
and
emaciated,
completely
at
odds
with
the
rest
of
her
glamorous
appearance.
The
celebration,
with
a
host
of
celebrity
guests
such
as
Paul
Whitehouse,
Claudia
Winkleman
and
Billy
Piper,
was
thought
to
have
cost
£100,000.
Guests
ate
scallops,
calamari,
crayfish
and
quails'
eggs,
and
the
merriment
went
on
long
into
the
early
morning,
finishing
at
4am.
The
Mysteries
of
Celebrity
Skin
Celebrity
skincare
is
almost
a
dark
art,
with
celebrities
taking
all
number
of
different
approaches.
Accomplished
musician
and
movie
diva
Queen
Latifah
insists,
"I've
been
washing
my
face
with
baking
soda
for
years.
It's
not
harsh
on
the
skin
and
gives
me
a
glow."
Jennifer
Aniston,
of
Friends
fame,
swears
by
Neutrogena.
Needless
to
say,
we
all
need
to
find
the
solution
that
works
for
us.
Quality
skincare
is
important
to
enhance
and
accentuate
our
natural
beauty
and
sensual
nature.
© 2010 Jack Oughton

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Article
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NHS
Health
Checker
Technological
initiative
The
launch
of
the
NHS’
online
sexual
health
symptom
checker,
in
July
promises
to
help
women
who
may
feel
too
embarrassed
to
approach
their
doctor
with
sexual
health
concerns.
The
website,
NHS
Direct,
allows
women
to
seek
advice
on
sensitive
issues,
such
as
sexually
transmitted
diseases,
loss
of
sex
drive,
pain
in
urination
and
complications
during
sex.
Helen
Nurse,
NHS
Direct’s
chief
Nurse
said:
“Our
health
and
symptom
checkers
can
provide
confidential
and
evidence-­‐based
advice
quickly
or
signpost
patients
to
the
most
appropriate
place
to
get
help.”
Big
demand
The
website
has
been
developed
using
the
same
protocol
used
by
NHS
Direct’s
Telephone
service,
and
is
of
course
free.
The
website
is
created
to
deal
with
the
high
demand
of
NHS
demand
calls
that
are
related
to
sexual
health
issues.
Of
the
12,000
calls
the
service
receives
a
month,
about
three
quarters
come
from
women.
Common
complaints
are
often
about
vaginal
bleeding,
painful
urination,
vaginal
discharge,
rectal
bleeding,
and
needing
advice
regarding
missed
or
emergency
contraception.
Other
options
are
available
If
women
wish
to
discuss
their
options
in
person
they
can
choose
to
request
call
backs
from
NHS
Direct
nurse
advisors,
and
it
can
be
done
anonymously.
Women
can
also
recommend
the
online
service
to
the
men
they
know
as
well,
as
a
male
version
of
the
sexual
health
checker
already
operates.
There
are
also
four
other
online
direct
services,
similar
in
nature,
which
cover
mental
health,
colds
and
flu,
contraception
advice
and
initial
assessments.
All
are
available
from
nhs.uk/nhsdirect
Fearless
This
is
not
the
first
time
that
the
NHS
has
tackled
sexual
issues
head
on.
In
2006
they
released
guidelines
for
busy
people
to
do
more
‘sexercise’,
stipulating
that
a
healthy
sex
life
lowered
the
risks
of
heart
attack
and
help
people
live
longer.
Taking
a
step
away
from
the
clinical
tone
the
NHS
often
uses
to
inform
it’s
readers,
suggestions
for
achieving
more
orgasms
included
practising
alone
in
advance
and
how
to
find
and
use
“pleasure
muscles”
—
pelvic
floor
muscles
—
in
order
to
“aid
sexual
arousal
and
make
orgasms
more
intense,
frequent
and
longer
for
you
both”.
© 2010 Jack Oughton

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Article
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Chlamydia
Outreach
Scheme
Awkward Problems..
In an inventive scheme to deal with the difficult problem of Chlamydia, the NHS is
testing a scheme of outreach teams in regions where youths at risk of contracting the
disease may be.
Chlamydia, with its particular lack of symptoms, is a great concern amongst
government officials, and has affected the older teen population especially. Many
young people are unaware they have contracted it until much later in life, when other
conditions caused by the disease are revealed.
Chlamydia can affect fertility, cause arthritis and in many cases, cause ectopic
pregnancies.
Sarah and Abbi
In Colchester, Sarah Robertson and Abbi Jones make the rounds of the local youth
haunts. A bubbly and enthusiastic pair, they are the perfect, outgoing types for their
unusual but deadly important job; inviting people to take a Chlamydia test when they
are in the toilet on a night out. Abbi, aged 20 comments about her job: “We want to
get the facts across, but not scare people. It’s amazing how many people know so
little about the disease.”
The scheme appears to be doing very well, with the pair having a guideline target of
85 people to test each night, and usually they exceed it by a comfortable margin.
How it Works
Abbi and Sarah’s approach to ensuring people take the test is quite simple. Abbi
explains: “We just say, ‘You are in the toilet anyway, why not take a test?’” And it
works.
David Cohen, the team leader at NHS North Essex where Sarah and Abbi work, is
proud of his team and pleased with progress. Explaining the scheme a little more, he
went on to explain that it works through an incentive system, and offers a pretty
reasonable deal for those who agree to take the test.
“They get two free condoms, a key ring and, at the moment, we are giving away
shades; so for the sake of a two-minute test, they walk away with all these things and,
most importantly, peace of mind they have been checked out.”
The test is pretty quick and simple to administer, with males providing a urine sample
and females using a swab. These are collected by and sent off for later analysis. The
only information required from subjects is a mobile number, name age and a postcode
North Essex is one of the first NHS areas to implement the scheme, which has done
so well that it is now going to be copied by other trusts about the country.
Should test results come back positive, treatment simply involves taking four tablets
and abstaining from sex for a week.
© 2010 Jack Oughton

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Article
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Erectile
Dysfunction’s
links
to
Coronary
Heart
Disease
Erectile
dysfunction
now
strongly
linked
to
risk
of
coronary
heart
disease
Worrying
news
has
emerged
in
the
Journal
Of
Sexual
Medicine
that
the
presence
of
depressive
symptoms
in
men
with
erectile
dysfunction
constitutes
a
series
risk
factor
for
major
cardiovascular
problems.
The
link
between
erectile
dysfunction
and
emotional
depression
has
been
clearly
made,
and
both
symptoms
are
associated
with
an
increased
risk
of
cardiovascular
problems
and
early
death.
Researchers
headed
by
Elisa
Bandini
at
the
University
Of
Florence
studied
approximately
2000
male
patients
using
a
structured
interview
which
scored
for
depressive
symptoms.
The
research
took
place
in
a
clinically
controlled
environment
and
aimed
to
make
our
understanding
of
the
relationship
between
impotence,
depression
and
coronary
heart
disease
further.
Elisa’s
results
Results
from
the
study
show
that
in
subjects
with
erectile
dysfunction,
depression
increased
cardiovascular
problems,
independent
of
other
risk
factors.
Moreover,
the
use
of
antidepressant
medication
didn’t
alter
the
relationship
between
severe
depressive
symptoms
and
potentially
fatal
cardiovascular
events.
Commenting
on
the
findings
was
Irwin
Goldstein,
Editor-­‐in-­‐Chief
of
the
Journal
of
Sexual
Medicine
and
director
of
sexual
medicine
at
Alvarado
Hospital
in
San
Diego.
"What
is
important
about
this
study
is
the
broader
concept
of
the
sexual
medicine
problem
no
longer
being
just
about
a
man's
performance
in
the
bedroom,
but
about
his
psychological
mood
and
his
cardiovascular
health.”
Irwin
also
added
"This
is
a
valid
reason
for
a
woman
to
encourage
her
partner
to
seek
help
for
his
erectile
dysfunction."
Further
evidence
is
easy
to
come
by
In
another
study
in
March,
German
researchers
found
that
men
with
cardiovascular
disease
and
erectile
dysfunction
(compared
to
those
with
normal
sexual
function)
were:
1.9
times
more
likely
to
die
from
cardiovascular
disease;
twice
as
likely
to
have
a
heart
attack;
1.2
times
more
likely
to
be
hospitalized
for
heart
failure;
and
1.1
times
more
likely
to
have
a
stroke
Commenting
on
the
findings,
Michael
Böhm,
M.D.,
lead
author
of
the
study
conducted
at
the
University
of
Saarland,
put
it
bluntly;
“ED
is
an
early
predictor
of
cardiovascular
disease.”
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Article
–
The
High
Rate
of
Unreported
Impotence
In
China
Intimate
problems
in
the
Orient
Provocative
findings
were
presented
in
July
by
Wang
Xiaofeng,
the
director
of
the
urology
surgery
department
at
Peking
University.
They
show
a
trend
towards
increasing
sexual
impotence
in
men
in
China.
Presenting
the
results
at
the
Fifth
China
Andrology
Forum
in
Beijing
over
the
weekend,
Wang
had
a
battery
of
unhappy
statistics
for
conference
attendees
to
digest.
The
released
figures
are
based
on
surveys
on
erectile
dysfunction
carried
out
in
11
cities.
They
follow
news
of
a
2009
survey
that
ranked
China
11th
out
of
13
Asian
countries
for
sex
life
satisfaction.
The
impotence
figures
where
higher
in
men
over
40
years
old,
with
over
40%
of
them
admitting
to
impotence.
Chinese
tradition
doesn’t
help
sufferers
Wang
continued
to
add
that
83%
of
sufferers
did
not
seek
medical
support
for
the
condition,
citing
social
stigma
and
poor
public
awareness
related
to
the
condition.
The
majority
of
sufferers
didn't
partake
in
any
vigorous
physical
exercise,
Wang
said.
The
study
also
reveals
the
possibility
of
underreporting
of
the
condition,
due
to
the
shame
associated
with
suffering
from
it.
This
is
the
same
shame
that
caused
a
Chinese
man
to
murder
his
wife
in
December
2009,
after
she
taunted
him
about
his
inability
to
make
love
to
her.
Considering
the
size
of
China’s
population
these
figures
suggest
there
are
about
78
million
people
unable
to
engage
in
intercourse.
Simple
changes
He
urged
that
sufferers
seek
medical
advice
and
stressed
that
simple
lifestyle
change,
such
as
increasing
exercise
and
cutting
down
on
smoking,
could
help
prevent
the
condition.
The
study
found
that
most
sufferers
had
at
least
one
risk
factor
for
cardiovascular
disease,
such
as
diabetes,
poor
cholesterol
or
hypertension,
all
of
which
can
be
alleviated
with
healthier
habits.
In
comparison,
according
to
U.S.
based
HealthDay,
in
a
study
conducted
in
2007,
just
18.4
percent
of
American
men
reported
erectile
dysfunction.
Aiming
to
put
a
positive
spin
on
the
results,
Wang
was
emphatic
the
condition
was
psychological
for
most
sufferers,
and
stated
that
only
7.2
percent
had
a
purely
physical
problem.
© 2010 Jack Oughton