Student Times Life & Health: Sex

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Safe sex in a virtual world

Sexual health campaigner and Salford senior nursing lecturer Barbara Hastings-Asatourian is re-locating to the virtual world in a bid to advise more young people on practising safe sex.

In a ground-breaking move, Barbara, former nurse and managing director of Contraception Education, will be hosting a live seminar on sexual health on Thursday 13 December in the cult social networking site Second Life.

Condoms keeps splitting

Student Times with www.studenthealth.co.uk answers your health and wellbeing questions – including all those embarrassing questions you were too afraid to ask…

Emergency Contraception

If you have unprotected sex or your normal contraceptive method fails, there are two methods of emergency contraceptive that might still prevent a pregnancy.

What is it and how does it work?

Posted 31.01.07

One million people are infected with STIs around the world every day of the year. Oral sexually-transmitted gonorrhoea is on the rise in the UK.

Posted 31.01.07

Talking Dirty

If you have unprotected sex or your normal contraceptive method fails, there are two methods of emergency contraceptive that might still prevent a pregnancy.

Posted 31.01.07

You've been hearing about HIV and Aids for so many years that you might think it's danger has been reduced. You're wrong. It's still just as deadly, just as incurable, as ever

So what is this deadly virus hellbent on stopping us getting it on with anyone anytime anywhere?

Posted 31.01.07

It can be very embarrassing talking about sex and sexual health, but you need to think about it and be prepared! Young people don't always feel comfortable talking to parents or carers and your mates might pretend to know all the answers, but they are usally in the same situation as you!

Posted 31.01.07

Your bedroom's a highlight in the local tourist guide and you've got so many notches on your bedposts you could use them as toothpicks.

Posted 30.01.07

Hitting the spot

OK, we all know the ultimate erogenous zone in a man, but there are a lot more that often get ignored. We did some research to find out which areas send a fella into overdrive. Here's the top ten.