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Viagra could be the key to boosting countries' flagging economic performance, it's being claimed. Doctors at a medical health conference in Singapore have been warned sexual problems could take a high economic toll. Psychiatrist Emil Man-Lun Ng, from the University of Hong Kong, said: "If you are sexually not fulfilled, your quality of life will decrease, which leads to a dip in the resources of the country and the economy." The professor, who is founder of the Asian Federation for Sexual Health, is among the experts from Asia, Europe and the US attending the three-day Sex Health Conference. He said:...

“Man and Woman”, “Wife”, “Husband”, “Widow”, “Widower” Banished From all Ontario Law Terms, when referring to spouses, are banned from all government programs, services, documentsToronto, February 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the obscenely rapid, three-day introduction and passage of its same-sex “marriage” Bill 171, the Ontario government has advanced a revolutionary change in the way all laws and government programs and institutions refer to marriage and married persons. Everything referring to spouses must now be gender neutral. No longer can a married couple be referred to as “husband and wife” or “man and woman”. The terms “Widow” and “widower” are...

Rare Sexually Transmitted Disease Strikes 2 in N.Y. Wed Feb 2, 5:06 PM ET Health - Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two New Yorkers have been diagnosed with a rare sexually transmitted disease that is spreading among gay and bisexual men in Europe, the city health commissioner said on Wednesday. The disease, known as LGV or Lymphogranuloma venereum, is caused by specific strains of chlamydia and is often marked by painful, bloody rectal infection and genital ulcers. "LGV is a serious condition and its emergence in New York City reflects continuing high levels of unsafe sexual activity among men who...

New Jersey Physicians Publicize Dangers of Teen Sexual Activity “It’s a sad thing. STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) impact almost every patient I come in contact with,” notes Susan Bostock, M.D., a family practice physician who works in an inner-city hospital clinic in Newark. “In the patients I see, greater than 80 percent give a history of having an STD. It is rare when I have a patient who doesn’t have a history of STDs or is not currently infected with one.” Teen sexual activity comes with a huge price tag. When a young person becomes sexually active they have immediately...