Health

For World AIDS Day (December 1) Terrence Higgins Trust is launching a new campaign aimed at raising awareness of the levels of undiagnosed HIV in gay men. The campaign, ‘THIVK you’re still negative?’ will include adverts in gay press, condom packs, posters and scratch cards.
 
The aim of the campaign is to get men to consider if they have HIV without realising. The Health Protection Agency estimate up to 10,000 gay men in Britain have HIV without knowing. Many gay men are still being diagnosed late, at the point where they should already be on treatment.

Late diagnosis brings a much higher likelihood of serious illness and premature death, it can reduce treatment options and obviously has an effect on onward transmission of the virus.

Read more: THIVK you’re still negative?

World AIDS Day - Dec 1st is fast upon us.

There are 80,000 people in the UK living with HIV, a third of which do not know they are infected. Worldwide there are 33 million people living with HIV - many of which do not have access to treatment. There is still no cure for HIV.
 
Healthy Gay Cornwall has a selection of posters, leaflets and red ribbons to create awareness about HIV. If you would like some of these, or would just like a ribbon or two sent in the post to wear this season - just email Al.
 
Healthy Gay Cornwall are also holding an awareness/fundraising event on Nov 29th @ Bar Q-Dos, 13 Newbridge Street, Truro - 8pm til 11.30pm with an Abba-tastic 1970's theme! Please come and raise awareness and support people living with HIV.

Read more: World Aids Day - Cornwall

Read more: City & Guilds and THT team up to launch a new course about HIV and Aids

Survey shows rise in demand for nose jobs, liposuction and male breast reductions in the UK.

Economic slowdown or not, for some there's always the money for self-improvement. While some 60 per cent of US plastic surgeons may be complaining of a slowdown, their British counterparts are confident that the pink pound will see them through the recession – as new research reveals that nearly a quarter of gay men in Britain have gone under the knife.

The survey found that 69 per cent of gay men would like to have cosmetic surgery, with 22 per cent confessing that they have already succumbed to the surgeon's scalpel.

Read more: Pink pound finances new surge in plastic surgery

Now the he Islamic Medical Association (IMA) is distancing itself from its former president after he wrote to a magazine saying homosexuals spread disease.

Dr Muhammad Sidiq is denying misconduct at a disciplinary hearing in Manchester, following claims he said homosexuals should feel "the stick of the law" to protect people from their "ravages".
 
The 65-year-old, who trained in Pakistan, is denying the allegations and claims it was a spoof by his son. He has already been suspended, and faces being struck off the General Medical Council.

The Sikh Times