One of the reasons why cervical cancer is more common among poorer women could be because they start having sex at a younger age than more affluent women, scientists have said.
Although deprived women are twice as likely to get cervical cancer as more affluent women, research has shown that their levels of infection with the [...]

Drinking alcohol increases the chances of young people taking risks, including with their sexual health, according to new research from alcohol charity Drinkaware and sexual health charity Brook. One in four (25%) 16 and 17 year olds had been drinking alcohol the first time they had sex without a condom and more than half (51%) [...]

During this month, more than 40,000 young people in Hillingdon will be receiving Chlamydia information through the post and a chance to order a free Chlamydia postal test kit. Young people can get tested for free at many sites in the borough including their GP, local Pharmacies, Contraception and sexual health clinics.

Nearly eighty per cent of girls say that having the HPV vaccine makes them think twice about the risks of having sex, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer.
The survey – the first to focus on girls’ views of the vaccine rather than their parents’ – showed that, despite speculation that [...]

On Wednesday September 2, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a course of workshops for gay men who feel they behave compulsively or addictively when it comes to sex. The group will take place each Wednesday for 8 weeks from 6.30 – 9pm in Central London.