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Private practices

Sexual practices are highly varied in our society but some pose risks of infections.

EVERY person is different. People themselves also differ at different phases of their lives. In the same vein, there is much variation in sexual practices.

The practices described in this article are for information only. There may be religious, cultural, social or other reasons for acceptance or non-acceptance of any of the practices.

Foreplay

Petting is an American word that means “to stroke or caress”. It has the same meaning as foreplay, that is, something done prior to commencement of sexual intercourse. It refers to the stimulation of another person’s genital organs or breasts. This prepares the body for sexual intercourse.

Petting is useful for those who need to express their emotions and get sexual relief and who do not want to have sexual intercourse or whose circumstances do not permit it.

There is a small risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STI) if the petting involves oral sex but it is substantially less than that of the full course. The infections include herpes, gonorrhoea and even HIV.

In general, petting is very safe and if done skilfully, is vital for female sexual satisfaction.

DIY

Masturbation refers to sexual arousal and often orgasm resulting from manual stimulation of the genital organs. The term is commonly used to indicate self stimulation. However, the actual definition includes pleasuring by and of another person.

Masturbation was frowned on until the latter part of the 20th century and was widely considered as a sin. To some extent, this was influenced by doctors who did not approve of it with claims that it had terrible health consequences, which was all not evidence based.

Societies gradually became more tolerant of masturbation but negative connotations still persist although most experts today have a positive view of it. Some people, especially in Asia, believe that it drains the body of energy and may shorten one’s life span but there is no published evidence to support such a belief.

This practice is the one that most people learn first, quite instinctively. A baby boy learns that touching the penis makes him feel good even before he learns to talk. It is not surprising that most baby boys touch their penis a lot.

By the time of adolescence, the boy discovers that masturbation can lead to ejaculation and orgasm. Males masturbate mostly in their adolescent years with the frequency getting less as they get older.

Adolescent girls do not masturbate as boys do. Some girls discover at a young age that they get pleasant feelings from their genital organs.

Masturbation is one of the safest sexual practices. The only occasion when masturbation is unsafe is when potentially harmful objects like vacuum cleaners are used.

Oral

Oral sex refers to the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth and throat in stimulation of the genital organs.

Oral sex performed on a female is called cunnilingus and that on a male is called fellatio. The oral stimulation of the anus is called analingus.

Published data on the prevalence of oral sex is limited. However, a survey of more than 12,000 Americans in 2005 revealed that more than half of teenagers had practised oral sex.

Sexually transmitted infections (STI) can be transmitted through oral sex. They include human papilloma virus (HPV), herpes, hepatitis, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and HIV. Although the risks are less than that of vaginal or anal sex, there are risks nevertheless. This is particularly so when the recipient of oral sex has wounds or open sores on their genital organs or the giving partner has wounds or sores on or in their mouth and/or oral cavity.

Activities that traumatise the mouth and/or oral cavity such as brushing or flossing teeth soon after giving oral sex increases the risk of contracting STI and other common infections in the genital organs.

By itself, oral sex cannot lead to pregnancy as there is no communication between the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts. However, there is a potential risk if there is indirect contact between the male’s semen and the female genital organs. The use of condoms and/or dental dams will reduce the risk of infection considerably.

Penetration

Vaginal sex refers to the insertion of the erect penis into the vagina. It is the method practised by most heterosexual couples.

Some couples insert devices into the vagina as part of their sexual activities. This is not considered vaginal sex. Such practice is not to be encouraged as the devices can perforate the genital organs, damaging it and other internal organs.

During my career, I have had to remove such devices from the abdominal cavity and intestines. All the patients affected were not only physically traumatised but also psychologically.

Pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STI) are the common risks. There are many contraceptive choices to prevent unwanted pregnancy such as the pill, intra-uterine contraceptive device, injections and condoms.

The use of condoms will reduce the risk of STI. It is also used in addition to other contraceptive methods for this reason. The best method of preventing STI is to have a faithful sexual partner.

Rear entry

Anal sex refers to sexual activity involving the anus. The activities include inserting the penis into the partner’s anus, inserting a finger into the anus (postillionage), inserting the hand into the rectum (fisting), contact between the mouth and the anus (rimming) and inserting devices into the anus.

The anal area in males and females has a very extensive supply of nerves, which is probably the reason why some couples obtain pleasure from anal sex. The common perception that anal sex is practised solely by homosexual men is not accurate. It is estimated that about a third of gays do not practise anal sex and that about 10% of heterosexual couples regularly practise anal sex. According to the Durex 2005 Sex Survey, 19% of Malaysian respondents had experienced anal sex as compared to 35% globally.

There are many people who view the various types of anal sex, especially anal intercourse, with disgust. The objections may be religious, cultural or personal. While some people find anal sex repulsive, there are others who find it stimulating and part of their routine sexual activity.

The risks of contracting sexually transmitted infection and other infections of the lower genital tract are increased in anal sex. The infections include human papilloma virus (HPV), herpes, hepatitis, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and Escherichia coli. The risks are much more than oral sex.

In fact, anal sex is the commonest mode of transmission of HIV in many countries. HPV and HIV infections transmitted during anal intercourse predispose the affected individual to other infections, and in the case of HPV, the development of cancer of the anus as well.

The best way of avoiding the risks of anal sex is to avoid it altogether. There are other sexual practices that are just as pleasurable. However, some couples may still practice anal sex regardless. It is advisable to use condoms, especially toughened ones designed for anal intercourse, and water soluble lubricants which may provide some protection. Other safety measures include: ensuring that the anal area is clean and the bowels have emptied; and the recipient must be able to relax the anal sphincter.

Dream Job?

I'm always curious whether a medical student is always found to be a nerd or geek? Or is it in any ways that exteriorly we look nerdy? Big question there.

Had a discussion with our Polyclinic teacher today about different joint diseases, including Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, two most common disease of the joints.

We had sessions with the Rheumatologist too, who has a medical assistant following her with the routine patient clerking.

And I've recently found out that there are medical assistant school which offers courses with good accreditation and good rewards.

According to the United States Department of Labor, "medical assistant employment is projected to grow much faster than average, ranking medical assisting among the fastest growing occupations over the next decade. Job opportunities should be excellent, particularly for those with formal medical assistant training."

We are now offering formal training online with our nationally accredited and certified Medical Assistant program. Our program will allow you to study online at your own pace and convenience. Most students complete the program in about 6-8 weeks. However, you can take as long as needed. There are no deadlines or time limits and our medical assistant training program is very affordable.

Stem Cell. What is that?

What’s in a name? It’s a lot when it comes to stem cells, cancer and stem cell therapy.

I NEED you to pay close attention as I differentiate stem cell therapy for cancer from killing cancer stem cells in this article.

It is very important. I want you to avoid being duped or having your hopes unrealistically raised. Please read carefully and understand the difference between “stem cell therapy”, which means using stem cells to treat cancer, and “killing cancer stem cells”, which means using some form of treatment to kill an important subset of cancer cells called cancer stem cells.

If you have come so far, congratulations! It means you have in you the quest to understand more about cancer and to be careful about words and phrases that sound similar. You do not want to be taken for a ride by people with commercial interests who fudge and obfuscate issues.

“Stem cell therapy” for cancer applies only to 150 to 200 patients out of 45,000 patients diagnosed to have cancer every year in Malaysia. Almost all these 150 patients suffer from leukaemia or lymphoma.

Stem cell therapy has two purposes for such patients. The first is to repopulate the bone marrow with haematopoietic stem cells (stem cells that give rise to blood cells) after high dose chemotherapy which renders the bone marrow non-functional.

The second reason for stem cell therapy is to boost the immune system of the patient to fight cancer by enhancing the “graft vs host” reaction. In this case, stem cells are obtained from a donor (a sibling, a close relative).

Another very infrequent use of stem cell therapy in cancer is in the salvage treatment of germ cell cancer and metastatic kidney cancer. This situation occurs less than 10 times a year in our country.

The message is loud and clear: Stem cell therapy at present has absolutely no role in the treatment of 90% of cancers, and that includes breast, lung, colorectal, liver, nasopharyngeal, cervical, stomach and brain tumours. Stem cell therapy may have a role in the future (unlikely), but so do many therapies under investigation.

Let us move on to killing cancer stem cells as a cancer treatment. This could be the next big thing in cancer treatment. Or it could be a dud. It is too early to tell. We just have to be patient and let the researchers carry on with their work.

If I am still writing this column five or 10 years from now, I shall either say “killing cancer stem cells is the standard of care in cancer treatment” or “killing cancer stem cells has failed to live up to its initial promise and should be relegated to the bin of false starts!”

The point is this: cancer research starts at the “bench” (laboratory studies) and ends up at the “bed” (actual pills and injections for treating cancer patients). This process usually takes 10 to 20 years. We are just at the beginning of the research to identify and kill cancer stem cells.

A quick primer on cancer stem cells. Cancer cells are now known to be either cancer stem cells or cancer cells which are not stem cells. Perhaps it is the cancer stem cells which are the true culprits that eventually maim and kill. These cells are capable of indefinite reproduction to produce daughter cancer cells ad infinitum.

Our present ways of treating cancer €“ radiotherapy, chemotherapy, molecularly targeted therapy €“ attack all cancer cells irrespective of whether they are cancer stem cells or not. We fail to cure cancer in some cases. Is it because we did not completely eliminate all cancer stem cells?

One of the politicians I admire most is Indira Gandhi. She was the 5th (1966 to 1977) and 8th (1980 to 1984) Prime Minister of India. She was a shrewd politician whatever her detractors may say.

She was often asked what it was like to be the daughter of Mahatma Gandhi. In response she would often just smile demurely. We know of course she was not a blood relative of the Mahatma but the political mileage of this association was enormous. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. She was married to Feroze Gandhi, which of course made her Indira Gandhi.

Lesson for the week: Similar sounding names can be bewitching, confusing and misleading. Many practitioners with vested interest would neither confirm nor deny the unsuspecting public’s vague thoughts abut stem cell treatment for cancer.

The next time someone mentions something about stem cell and cancer, pin her down and ask her: is it “stem cell therapy for cancer” or “therapy to kill cancer stem cells?”

Both are not (with the exceptions mentioned) yet standard treatment for cancer.

Pregnancy does cause memory loss, study says

Science has now confirmed what expectant moms already know: Carrying a baby makes them more forgetful

A recent study by two Australian researchers has found that pregnant women do experience a slight loss of memory -- and in many cases, the forgetfulness continues after birth.
The memory loss is subtle, and usually involves unfamiliar or demanding tasks, Dr. Julie Henry, one of the authors of the study, told CNN on Tuesday.

"What we found is that memory tasks which are more challenging or more novel, or those that would require multitasking -- these types of tasks are likely to be disrupted," said Henry, a senior lecturer in Sydney's University of New South Wales.

For example, a pregnant woman is more likely to forget a new telephone number, but she is able to recall a number she has dialed many times before, Henry said.

Henry and her colleague, Dr. Peter Rendell of Melbourne's Australian Catholic University, analyzed 14 studies from around the world that tested the memory performances of more than 1,000 women -- expectant women, mothers and non-pregnant females.

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, found that the memory loss can extend up to a year after birth.
The researchers could not establish whether the forgetfulness lasts longer because none of the research they analyzed went beyond the one-year observational period.

Henry and Rendell said that more research is needed to determine what causes the loss at such a critical period of a woman's life. It may result from hormonal changes or from a lifestyle shift, Henry said.

"You're probably more preoccupied with the upcoming birth and (how) your whole life is going to be changing," she said. "You're going to have more difficult sleeping. And other studies have shown that sleep deficiency definitely disrupts cognitive performance. There's no reason to think it won't do so during pregnancy."

So, has Henry experienced the syndrome firsthand?
"I haven't yet," she said, laughing. "It hasn't put me off."

I'm having Surgery soon

Plastic surgery has become a common trend nowadays, from minor procedures of Botox injection to breast lift or reduction, reconstruction, these have made improvements to lifes of people.

For example, breast reduction : people choose to have breast reduction or breast lift for many reasons. Sometimes their breasts are large enough to cause unpleasant symptoms, such as neck pain, back pain, headaches or rashes under the breasts. Sometimes their breasts are out of proportion to the rest of their bodies, making clothes fit poorly or making them look heavier than they really are. Sometimes breasts change shape, get larger, or droop due to pregnancy and breast feeding

During your consultation at los angeles breast reduction, plastic surgeon will examine you and discuss recommendations for the breast reduction technique to yield the best results. The procedure is usually done as an outpatient, under general anesthesia administered by a physician anesthesiologist to minimize discomfort during the procedure. Most patients have very little pain following the surgery because long-acting local anesthetic is administered as part of the procedure. Most patients return to work about a week and a half after surgery. There may be some bruising for a week or so and some swelling following surgery

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The institution has developed a series of unique patient care programs to make your tummy tuck experience as safe and easy as possible. Some of these programs include Patient Safety Program, Minimal Pain Program, and Back to the Gym Program. They do all of their cosmetic surgery procedures in our state-of-the art outpatient surgery center

New Semester, New Resolution

Started my first day of study semester today. Its Tuberculosis (TB) cycle, going to last for 2 weeks.

Too bad, supposed to get to a faraway hospital, took a bus, walked for around 15 mins, in a temperature of about -6 degrees, BUT just to find out that I’ve lost my way !!! Argh… wasted my effort and money for nothing ! We walked round a circle, got back to a bus stop and I decided to take a bus back to the hostel.

The decision to go into the medical field is one that should not be made based on the easy ability to find a job or a high salary, however. It is extremely hard work, with irregular and long hours, and you are constantly in a position to fulfill the demands of clients and patients

As a medical student, getting prepared and studying a lot is important as one of the fastest growing areas of employment today is the field of medical careers. Doctors should be responsible. As more people become aware of health in general, and show concern for the state of their own current and future health, the demand for professionals in this field increases. The demand for health professionals is also increasing due to the fact that the nation’s largest population, the baby boom generation, is rapidly approaching old age.

However, the field of medicine is not limited to conventional medical occupations such as nurses and physicians. There is also an increased interest in the field of alternative, or holistic medicine, especially as people are tending to turn away from traditional methods of healing.

As the modern medicine is developing nowadays, the diagnostic methods of diseases are also improving, especially of the ultrasound technology. Being a sonographer is also good prospect career. Students can opt to study in ultrasound tech schools everywhere in the States. The ultrasound technician schools provide good conducive environment for study and sophisticated instruments.

I hate this

Does anyone of you ever had a problem with your nails?
A friend of mine once had a problem with his toenail, it was an ingrown toenail. It was really painful and the toe was swollen. The doctor he went to did a procedure, removed the nail. Ouch ! That must be really painful, hope the anesthetics worked well. And for a month I guess he’d be limping. Poor guy.
Besides that, other types of nail problems include traumas and nail fungus. Toe nail fungus especially could be really troublesome, cause it is resistant to treatment and when wearing inappropriate footwears will sometimes promote its growth.
However, modern medicine has developed several types of treatment for toenail fungus, including ZetaClear.