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Tattoos have become increasingly popular over the last decade, as more and more people choose to have important symbols or meaningful images or words tattooed on them, but do they increase the risk of health problems, including cancer? Tattoos and skin cancer The case for Tattoos have been linked to an increased risk of infection as a result of breaking the skin, but some health experts believe that they also increase the risk of skin cancer. Dr DJS Tula, a consultant cosmetic surgeon at the BLK Hospital in Delhi, India, said that tattoos can increase the risk of blood-borne infections, including hepatitis B and C and HIV, as well as types of skin cancer including squamous cell, melanoma and carcinoma. Dr Tula added that having a tattoo does not mean that you are going to get skin cancer, but the risk is elevated because of the ink used to create the design. Dr Tula also added that tattoos should never been done close to moles because they make it difficult for people to spot...

Phenomenal ability of the body of one patient - hope for doctors and patients to defeat HIV. American researchers now hope by studying the patient's unique immunity to create a vaccine against HIV. A patient suffering from a rare combination of diseases - systemic lupus and HIV - has helped scientists to develop the key ideas for new strategies against AIDS / HIV. In an article published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the research team from the Institute Dartmouth College Duke University and Stanford University described in detail how the immune system of this patient produces the desired type of neutralizing antibodies - they will become the basis for developing a new vaccine. Systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE is a disease in which the immune system attacks its own cells and tissues of the body. "For years we were looking for, but have now found a single person with a unique combination of SLE and chronic HIV infection. It was necessary to determine how the...

If your adolescent is sexting, they may be already sexually active and engaging in risky behavior, a new study suggests. Researchers are trying to better understand if young people are at greater risk for HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases because they are sending sexually explicit photos or text messages via cell phones. " Sexting " is not an alternative to "real world" sexual behavior among adolescents, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. "The same teens who are engaging in digital sex risk taking through sexting are also the same teens that are engaging in sex risk with their bodies in terms of being sexually active and not using condoms," said lead study author Eric Rice, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California's School of Social Work in Los Angeles. A 2009 report from the Pew Research Center found that some teens "view sexting as a safer alternative to real life sexua...

A mother living with HIV has advised pregnant women to go for Voluntary Testing and Counselling (VTC) to know their HIV status to help protect their unborn babies against HIV infections. She said if she had taken advantage of such an opportunity, she would have protected her child from getting infected. The 32-year-old mother was speaking at a programme on prevention of HIV as part of a behavioural change project, organised by the Technical Support Unit of the Ghana AIDS Commission in the Eastern Region for students of the Victory Vocational Institute in Koforidua. The programme was aimed at protecting the students against HIV infection. She said she was a strong woman who never knew her HIV status until she gave birth to her first child about four years ago. The woman said 10 months after delivery, her baby developed a boil under the armpit and was taken to hospital but after several treatments without success, the medical officer called for HIV test and the baby was found t...