Better health, better sex

People who keep in shape feel sexier due to an improved physique.

They are more confident, feel more desirable to the opposite sex and have a more enjoyable time carrying out any physical activity, including sex.

But when it comes to pleasure in the bedroom, it all boils down to physical performance.

One of the issues faced by men when it comes to sex is erectile dysfunction, commonly caused by circulatory problems due to inactive lifestyle.


Research has also shown that men over the age of 50 who were physically active reported better erections and a 30 per cent lower risk of impotence then men who were inactive.

So here are 5 simple exercises to turn up the heat in the bedroom:

1. Kegels. Here, the muscles used to stop urinating midstream, known as the pubococcygeal (PC) muscles are contracted. To achieve this, do a short crunch, relax and then clench longer for 10 to 15 seconds. Repeat 10 times, at least three times a day.

2. Pelvic lifts. This exercise mimics the action of having sex. Lie on your back, with your knees bent and your hands at the sides. Lift your pelvis up and down in a rhythmic motion, squeezing your butt muscles at the same time. Do a set of 5 to 10 repetitions, increasing the number of sets as you improve.

3. Push-ups. Position your hands parallel to your shoulders and lie on your stomach. Push yourself off the ground with your hands until your arms are straightened and your chest and knees are off the ground. Next, lower your body until it is almost touching the ground. Repeat 10 to 20 times.

4. Crunches. Lie on your back with your knees bent. Cross your feet and lift them until they are parallel to the ground. Cross your hands on your chest and lift it off the ground using your stomach muscles. Do three sets of 20 repetitions.

5. Prayer pumps. Lie down on your back with your knees bent and legs apart. With your hands in a prayer position, lift your chest off the ground and push your hands through your legs. Repeat 20 times for a set, and continue for another two sets.

Endorphins or "happy hormones" are released into the system when a person sweats it out, be it after a solid workout or after sex.

And the more frequent and intense the releases, the easier it is to get sexually aroused and have more pleasure in the future.

Increased fitness levels also means that a person will have greater strength and endurance.

And that means better performance and having the ability to last longer in the bedroom.

Word of advice: you might want to consider putting on protection before engaging in some bedroom fun.

And of course, if you're happily committed to that special person, it's best to keep it that way and not spread the love.

For more please go to http://health.asiaone.com

Womens Services

Women’s abortion, contraception
& other services
Marie Stopes International is a specialist organisation which has been helping women with their sexual and reproductive healthcare since 1976.

We help many women every year with a range of health services including:

- Contraception
- Pregnancy testing
- Safe Abortion
- Female sterilisation
- HIV and Sexually transmitted infection testing
- Well woman screening
Every one of our centres throughout the Cambodia provides expert care in a supportive environment. There is usually no wait for an appointment and our 24 hour information line on (855) 012 34 30 86 is there to offer advice and assistance.

Well Man Screening

Well man screening

With today's busy lifestyles, finding time to visit the doctor can often be difficult, but it is important not to forget about our health. Men are far more likely to look after their cars than their own bodies!! Women see their doctor twice as often as men do and invariably much sooner in the course of any given condition.

Health checks don't take long and they needn't be expensive. However, they have proved to be highly effective and in some cases early screening has literally saved lives. More and more men and women recognise the importance of an annual health check to pick up indications of any problems at the earliest opportunity.

Marie Stopes International Cambodia offers Well Man Screening to give you peace of mind – whether it’s as a routine check or because you have some worries. Appointments can be made to suit you, and all services are confidential.

What does the service include?

Our Well Man Screening is designed to spot warning signs of the most common and serious male health issues. The service we offer includes:

• Condoms
• Vasectomy
• HIV/STI's

For more information about Well Man Screening or to make an appointment, contact: (085) 012 34 30 86/ 097 789 9595/ 081 202 444. or for more information go to www.mariestopes.org

Male circumcision is a new HIV intervention strategy

Male Involvement within Marie Stopes International (MSI) – presentation and discussion

Engaging men in reproductive health continues to be a challenge for the global public health community. MSI have a global strategy to engage men in the following three areas: marketing of male contraceptives; addressing constraints on women’s FP (family planning) demand caused by male control, knowledge and attitudes; and marketing of male circumcision .

With regard to male contraceptives: vasectomy is the safest and most cost-effective LTPM (long-term and permanent method of contraception) but remains the least known and least utilised method throughout the world. MSI in Bangladesh has worked closely with the government of Bangladesh since 2006 to promote vasectomy as a safe, cheap, and viable permanent method of contraception and has to date provided over 150,000 vasectomies. The awareness-raising and behaviour change strategies included campaigns through community health fairs, the use of local health promoters, the use of media outlets and satisfied vasectomy clients as ambassadors for the service.

With regard to male barriers to women’s FP demands, MSI is collating a growing body of evidence to show how important a barrier this is – in some places even more so than access or affordability. A recent KAP (knowledge, attitude, and practice) survey in Sierra Leone had 30%^ of women cite their husband/partner’s disapproval as the main reason for not utilising family planning. Project ideas to reduce male barriers to FP include utilising traditional male social groups – such as village “grins” in Mali, or qat-chewing groups in Yemen – to increase awareness and acceptability within male decision-makers to FP and SRH issues.
Male circumcision is a new HIV intervention strategy. Traditional behavioural interventions for HIV prevention have been hampered by ideological differences and the inherent challenges in changing sexual behaviour on a mass scale. In December 2006 global MC (male circumcision) trials were completed which conclusively proved that MC reduced the risk of heterosexual HIV transmission by up to 60%.

Whilst the conclusive global studies all concentrated on heterosexual transmission, localised research in smaller-target group studies – for example, in Soweto, South Africa – have clearly suggested that circumcision is still protective for MSM populations and therefore MSM should not be excluded from circumcision programmes.

Male circumcision involves removing the foreskin from the head of the penis which reduces tearing during sex and also reduces the risk of HIV transmission due to the foreskin containing particular glands which are highly effective at transmitting HIV. Male circumcision is widely believed to be the first effective new biomedical prevention strategy for HIV.

There are of course challenges, not least of which is how to integrate MC into existing health infrastructures and also how to reach underserved and high risk groups. Further challenges include overcoming the cultural, financial, and religious barriers to MC and also overcoming the current lack of skilled providers for this service.

MSI piloted an MC project in 2007 in the Kisumu region of Kenya and has since expanded programmes to Malawi and Zambia. MSI is also a partner within a global MC project to expand MC services across Africa.

The greatest challenge to MSIC / Cambodia is how to access the funding for this intervention. Approximately 64% of the global HIV positive population (approximately 25.8 million people) reside in Africa and therefore this is where funding is concentrated. However, all male involvement strategies as outlined above will be considered by MSIC in the future implementation of this project and further technical assistance from the MSI global partnership is available.

Marie Stopes International Cambodia is happy to provide all kinds of reproductive health to esp. Gay and Lesbians.

Combo vaccine reduces risk of HIV infection

Dear reader,

I got a good new for Vaccine to reduce risk of HIV infection through CNN see below:

-- A vaccine to prevent HIV infection, the virus that leads to AIDS, has shown modest results for the first time, researchers have found, raising hopes that a disease that kills millions every year may someday be beaten.

Researchers found those who received the vaccine combination were 31 percent less likely to contract HIV.

In what is being called the world's largest HIV vaccine trial ever -- involving more than 16,000 participants in Thailand -- researchers found that people who received a series of inoculations of a prime vaccine and booster vaccine were 31 percent less likely to get HIV, compared with those on a placebo.
"Before this study, it was thought vaccine for HIV is not possible," Colonel Jerome Kim, who is the HIV vaccines product manager for the U.S. Army, told CNN.
HIV is the human immunodeficiency virus, which is the virus that causes AIDS -- acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Kim emphasized that the level of effectiveness of the latest vaccine was modest, but given the failures of previous HIV vaccine trials, "yesterday we would have thought an HIV vaccine wasn't possible." Watch Dr. Sanjay Gupta discuss the excitement surrounding the vaccine »
He called the results from the trial an important first step that will help researchers work toward a more effective vaccine.
Researchers have tried to prevent the spread of HIV since they discovered its cause in 1986. Previous vaccine trials failed to prevent infection. And during one trial, the vaccine seemed to boost the chance of being infected, which ended testing early.
The new study was conducted in Thailand, with more than 16,000 people between ages 18 and 30 participating. They were all HIV negative at the beginning of the trial.
Nearly 8,200 received a placebo and a similar number received a combination of six vaccines over six months. All were followed for three years.
Researchers found that those who received the vaccine combination were 31 percent less likely to contract HIV compared with those on a placebo.
"This shows a statistically significant effect," Kim said.
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He cautioned that a lot more research was necessary, because the vaccine did not prevent everyone from being infected.
Fifty-one people in the vaccine group eventually contracted HIV, compared with 74 in the placebo group.
"These results show that development of a safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine is possible," said Colonel Nelson Michael, who is director of the U.S. military HIV research program.
The combination of vaccines tested targeted strains circulating in Thailand. It was unclear how the vaccines would work elsewhere, Kim said.
Researchers will announce details of their initial findings at the AIDS Vaccine Conference next month in Paris, France.
The study was funded by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.
According to Kim, the U.S. military was involved in the study because U.S. service members are at risk and "there's a national security threat from HIV."
He said Congress set up a program to protect service members from HIV and the U.S. military has collaborated with health officials and researchers in Thailand for a long time.
The vaccines are manufactured by Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases and Sanofi Pasteur. The Thai Ministry of Health carried out the clinical trial.
According to estimates by WHO and UNAIDS, 33 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2007. That same year, some 2.7 million people became newly infected, and 2 million died of AIDS, including 270,000 children. Two-thirds of HIV infections are in sub-Saharan

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/24/hiv.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText

Bariers to Use Condom

I got an information for why condom were not be used mostl

here is diagram for it;
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Condom and Health Service?

Free Condoms in Cambodia -- MEMBERS AREA

Welcome to your online source of Rubbers and Lube! (please note that condoms can only be sent to addresses in Cambodia). If you cannot easily get your condoms from gay bars or through other venues, then order them here. This service is aimed at gay and bisexual men. If you are isolated and want to talk to someone, then call Srorn & Sam Ath on 012 34 30 86 or 012 96 36 26.

We will soon provide STI and HIV services in Takmoa, Kandal; Chbar Ampove, Phnom Penh; Siem Reap.