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'Open' discussion would reduce STIs
Encouraging people to talk openly and freely about sex is fundamental to decreasing the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), it has been claimed.
Spinvox, a service that captures spoken messages and sends them to destinations as texts, urged young people to be more open about sex, after research revealed that 14 per cent of 18-30 year-olds have booked a holiday simply to have sex with a stranger.
The research - conducted in collaboration with standbywhatyousay.com, a website encouraging people to be open about sex – indicated that there has been a six per cent rise in the number of STIs diagnosed in the UK.
Jonathan Simnett, global head of communications at Spinvox, said: "One of the reasons that people are at risk from STIs and HIV and AIDS is because they are not open about sex and the subject of safe sex in particular."
Although many young adults exercise responsibility in taking out life insurance policies, some are less careful when it comes to sexual relations, a factor that is blamed on celebrity culture in a new report by the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV.
Those concerned about sexual health might consider taking out UK life insurance.
Breastfeeding 'can reduce risk of breast cancer'
New research presented at the annual conference of the American Association of Cancer Research suggests that breastfeeding can reduce the risk of breast cancer for those women who have their first children after the age of 25.
Based on a study carried out by the University of Southern California (USC), the results suggested that breastfeeding seemed to have a protective effect against hormone-sensitive and hormone-insensitive breast cancers.
The women whose data were analysed were aged over 55 and 995 of them had invasive breast cancer.
Dr Giske Ursin, associate professor of preventative medicine at the USC's Keck School of Medicine, said: "Breastfeeding may have a protective effect that negates the increased risk of breast cancer associated with late pregnancies.
"As more women may choose to delay pregnancy until after 25, it is important to note that breastfeeding provides protection."
The survey appeared to show that breastfeeding can in fact have a protective effect regardless of a woman's age when giving birth for the first time.
'Statins may also lower blood pressure'
The life insurance policies of patients who take medications to lower their cholesterol levels may be affected by the news that the drugs could also reduce blood pressure.
Scientists at the University of California noticed a modest but rapid reduction in both top and bottom blood pressure readings for patients taking statins.
"It really looks very clearly that there is a consistent but modest improvement," Dr Beatrice Golomb told Reuters.
"This may be especially important for explaining the stroke benefits of statins," she added.
The study involved 973 patients who were assigned a course of either statins or a placebo for six months between 2000 and 2004.
Their blood pressure was measured at the beginning of the study, at one and six months during the treatment, and again two months after ending treatment.
Among the individuals assigned to take statins systolic - or top number - blood pressure decreased by an average of 2.2 mm of mercury while diastolic - bottom number - blood pressure decreased by an average of 2.4 mm of mercury.
The study has been published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Direct Life and Pensions Services Ltd are one of the UK's leading providers of life insurance, term life assurance, mortgage protection, critical illness and life insurance advice online
Encouraging people to talk openly and freely about sex is fundamental to decreasing the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), it has been claimed.
Spinvox, a service that captures spoken messages and sends them to destinations as texts, urged young people to be more open about sex, after research revealed that 14 per cent of 18-30 year-olds have booked a holiday simply to have sex with a stranger.
The research - conducted in collaboration with standbywhatyousay.com, a website encouraging people to be open about sex – indicated that there has been a six per cent rise in the number of STIs diagnosed in the UK.
Jonathan Simnett, global head of communications at Spinvox, said: "One of the reasons that people are at risk from STIs and HIV and AIDS is because they are not open about sex and the subject of safe sex in particular."
Although many young adults exercise responsibility in taking out life insurance policies, some are less careful when it comes to sexual relations, a factor that is blamed on celebrity culture in a new report by the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV.
Those concerned about sexual health might consider taking out UK life insurance.
New research presented at the annual conference of the American Association of Cancer Research suggests that breastfeeding can reduce the risk of breast cancer for those women who have their first children after the age of 25.
Based on a study carried out by the University of Southern California (USC), the results suggested that breastfeeding seemed to have a protective effect against hormone-sensitive and hormone-insensitive breast cancers.
The women whose data were analysed were aged over 55 and 995 of them had invasive breast cancer.
Dr Giske Ursin, associate professor of preventative medicine at the USC's Keck School of Medicine, said: "Breastfeeding may have a protective effect that negates the increased risk of breast cancer associated with late pregnancies.
"As more women may choose to delay pregnancy until after 25, it is important to note that breastfeeding provides protection."
The survey appeared to show that breastfeeding can in fact have a protective effect regardless of a woman's age when giving birth for the first time.
The life insurance policies of patients who take medications to lower their cholesterol levels may be affected by the news that the drugs could also reduce blood pressure.
Scientists at the University of California noticed a modest but rapid reduction in both top and bottom blood pressure readings for patients taking statins.
"It really looks very clearly that there is a consistent but modest improvement," Dr Beatrice Golomb told Reuters.
"This may be especially important for explaining the stroke benefits of statins," she added.
The study involved 973 patients who were assigned a course of either statins or a placebo for six months between 2000 and 2004.
Their blood pressure was measured at the beginning of the study, at one and six months during the treatment, and again two months after ending treatment.
Among the individuals assigned to take statins systolic - or top number - blood pressure decreased by an average of 2.2 mm of mercury while diastolic - bottom number - blood pressure decreased by an average of 2.4 mm of mercury.
The study has been published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Direct Life and Pensions Services Ltd are one of the UK's leading providers of life insurance, term life assurance, mortgage protection, critical illness and life insurance advice online