Tag: sexual health

  • PrEP – what is it, and why aren’t more women on it?

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    If you are a woman living in the Birmingham Area  and are interested in taking part in the Purpose 5 Trial, please contact the Research team at Birmingham Heartlands HIV service  at  coreresearchteambhh@uhb.nhs.uk Or call 0121 424 2847 to see if the study is right for you. To qualify, you must be a sexually active woman over the…

  • ‘Sex Unwrapped’: a new podcast series exploring the nation’s favourite activity

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    National HIV and sexual health charity, Saving Lives UK, launches a new podcast series – Sex Unwrapped. Sex Unwrapped is a podcast that takes a down-to-earth look at all matters sexual: from turn-ons to infections, hang-ups to health, we’ll take it all in – and keep our sense of humour while we’re at it. Presented…

  • Saving Lives joins calls for a national sexual health strategy

    Charities, including the British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH) and the Terrence Higgins Trust, have called on the Government to implement a new sexual health strategy to combat rising rates of STIs in England. A new report from the Terrence Higgins Trust and BASHH has detailed the challenges facing the sexual health &…

  • Dr Naomi, Saving Lives Ambassador takes to TV in The Sex Clinic

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    Saving Lives Ambassador, Dr Naomi Sutton, is taking the message that “testing saves lives” to the nation as the star E4’s ‘The Sex Clinic’ on Monday nights. Dr Naomi Sutton joined Saving Lives as an ambassador back in November 2018 at the start of National HIV Testing Week. We were delighted to have such a…

  • HIV News Update 24-Jun-2016

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    This was the week when the UK voted to leave the European Union, Sonic the Hedgehog turned 25 years old and astronaut Tim Peake returned to Earth from the International Space Station. Meanwhile in the world of HIV… Miss Universe gets an HIV test to promote HIV testing on American HIV Testing Day (Huffington Post) Born…