People have risky sex as they’re too shy to buy condoms

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - It may be time for men to split the contraceptive burden with women, for Scottish scientists have come up with a new 'Pill' that drastically reduces sperm count in men. Professor Richard Anderson, from Edinburgh University, is on the look out for men willing to try the revolutionary hormone injections, containing progesterone and testosterone, to be given in the bum every two months.

September 22nd, 2009 Consumer items shielded from health care taxesWASHINGTON — The Senate is backing away from a health care tax that would have affected consumer products like contact lenses, thermometers, condoms — and even scented maxi-pads. Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus says he will exempt consumer products costing up to $100 from his proposed $4 billion-a-year tax on manufacturers of medical devices.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - Condoms are the cheapest way to reduce carbon emissions, claims a controversial new report. According to the report for the UK's Optimum Population Trust, putting the brake on global population growth would be five times cheaper than any other method of tackling the world's greenhouse gases.

August 21st, 2009 Porn makers challenged for not mandating condomsLOS ANGELES — An AIDS advocacy group filed complaints Thursday with state officials against 16 production companies that show unprotected sex in porn movies. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed the action with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, alleging the practice amounts to unsafe behavior in a California workplace.

July 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Risky driving habits are more likely to injure or kill youths in car crashes than older drivers, said a study based on a survey of 20,000 young drivers. Researchers at The George Institute investigated the relationship between risky driving behaviour, risk perception and the risk of crash.

July 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Men under stress are more likely to take risks, correlating to such real-life behaviour as gambling, smoking, unsafe sex and illegal drug use, according to a new research. On the other hand, stressed women moderate their behaviour and are less likely to make risky choices, the study found.

June 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a novel study, researchers from The University of Texas School of Public Health have designed a game that will help create awareness among HIV+ youth and reduce secondary transmission of the virus. Dr Christine Markham, and Dr Ross Shegog, assistant professors of behavioural sciences at Baylor College have developed a game called +CLICK, which is adjunct to the youths' traditional clinic-based self-management education.

June 20th, 2009 Washington, June 20 (ANI): The National Institutes of Health is doling out a whopping 423,500 dollars to fund a study, aimed at finding out why men don't like to wear condoms during sex. However, the funding hasn't gone down too well with government watchdogs, which say that the study is a nearly-half-a-million-dollar waste of taxpayer money.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Parents are relaxed about their children carrying contraceptives, according to a new poll. The study of more than 1,000 people found that 20 percent parents have even bought condoms to keep at home for their youngsters.

May 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A sex theme park in China that exhibits naked human sculptures, giant genitals and boasts of a sex technique workshop has got some people hot under the collar. 'Love Land', billed as China's first-ever sex theme park, is scheduled to open October in the entertainment zone near the Yangtze River in Chongqing, reports the China Daily.

May 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fathers tend to tighten clamps on adolescents when they engage in risky sexual behaviour, according to a new study. Researchers at Boston College, Universities of Pittsburgh and Harvard who conducted the study, followed more than 3,200 teenagers aged 13 to 18 over a period of four years.

April 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - School-based drug education programmes for teens also help curb risky sex, according to a new study. Young adults exposed to a popular drug abuse prevention programme as adolescents were less likely to engage in risky sexual practices five to seven years later, according to researchers.

April 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health has shown that school kids as young as 12 are engaging in risky sexual activity. A team led by Dr.

April 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - School children as young as 12 are engaging in risky sex, a new study has found. Christine Markham, assistant professor of behavioral science at the University of Texas (UT) School of Public Health, and colleagues examined risky sexual behaviour among middle school students.

March 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actress Mena Suvari has inadvertently appeared in a Chinese advertisement - in which she seems to promote condoms. The American Beauty stunner is snapped wearing a backless dress and posing seductively on the contraceptive packets, sold by the Chinese firm Eyesome, reports Contactmusic.