Health
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22 October 2008Patient blackmailed GP over “gay” massage + A fitness to practise panel of the General Medical Council has heard how a doctor was blackmailed for more than two years by a patient who claims he was sexually assaulted by him. -
22 October 2008LGBT Alzheimer’s suport group recognised with special award 1 The Alzheimer’s Society has honoured the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Support Group for their "outstanding contribution to people with dementia and their carers." -
21 October 2008Judge slams Indian government for calling homosexuality as a disease 4 The government of India has been challenged in court for calling homosexuality a disease. -
20 October 2008Catholic former minister Ruth Kelly “will vote against” Embryology Bill 6 A leading Roman Catholic politician who resigned from the government last month will vote against a bill that grants lesbians equal access to fertility treatment, it has been reported. -
20 October 2008Abortion dominates debate as lesbian fertility rights come before Commons + The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is back before MPs this week. -
20 October 2008Experts predict sharp rise in HIV infections among Hong Kong gays + One third of men who have sex with men could be infected with HIV unless prevention measures work, according to experts in Hong Kong. -
18 October 2008Preview: Stephen Fry In America – The Deep South 22 "I'd rather be curled up in a snowy cabin with a hot whisky or, quite frankly, a Horlicks than I would spend half an hour in this rotting place." Stephen Fry exclaims after visiting the USA's southern states in his six part BBC series. -
17 October 2008Dutch court hears evidence from victims of ‘HIV gang’ + The trial of three men accused of deliberately injecting others with HIV-infected blood has heard testimony from some of their alleged victims. -
15 October 2008GMFA launches ‘Know your HIV status’ campaign + Gay men's health charity GMFA have launched a new campaign highlighting the benefits of knowing you HIV status following new figures released by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH). -
15 October 2008Four in ten gay HIV+ men are undiagnosed, say experts + The British HIV Association (BHIVA) Conference last week head that almost half gay men in the UK with HIV are unaware of their condition. -
13 October 2008Three men stand trial accused of deliberate HIV infection + Three gay men go on trial today in Holland charged with picking up more than a dozen men on the Internet, drugging them and injecting them with HIV positive blood.
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10 October 2008Children of lesbians ‘at risk’ due to prolific sperm donors 2 A health official in South Australia has warned that the state's rules on sperm donation could put the children of some lesbians at risk.
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9 October 2008MPs and peers celebrate National AIDS Trust’s 21st birthday + Lord Fowler was among the guests at a Houses of Parliament reception for the National AIDS Trust yesterday. -
8 October 2008Circumcision not “significant” in HIV rates among men who have gay sex + Circumcised men who have sex with men do not have significantly lower rates of HIV transmission, a US Centres for Disease Control report has concluded.
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7 October 2008Health minister took Mandelson to hospital after emergency call to Downing St 3 Business Secretary Peter Mandelson called the Prime Minister's office to seek help after he fell ill on Sunday night, it has emerged. -
6 October 2008Mandelson to undergo surgery just days after taking office 2 The new Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform is to have surgery later today to remove a kidney stone. -
1 October 2008Health minister asks Indian PM to intervene over decriminalisation + An Indian Cabinet minister has said that he will ask the country's Prime Minister to intervene in the row over the decriminalisation of homosexual acts.
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1 October 2008US accused of not overturning ban on HIV+ visitors 1 A New York-based LGBT immigration pressure group has accused the US government of failing to follow a new policy on HIV+ people visiting the country. -
26 September 2008Indian government argues to retain ban on gay sex 5 A row between two government departments in India over the decriminalisation of "un-natural" sexual acts has resulted in a victory for those who oppose the change.
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25 September 2008London professor condemns fundamentalists for misinterpreting his research 5 A leading British academic has spoken out after his work into homosexuality and depression was presented as proof that gay people are mentally disordered.
