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Celebrating Men’s Health Week (14-20 June), Australia’s leading sexual and reproductive healthcare organisation urged all men to get a sexually transmitted infection (STI) check up following frightening research showing 6 out of 10 men have never had one.

As research reveals a surprising number of women experience an unplanned pregnancy, regardless of contraception use, a new awareness campaign, toll free hotline and website (www.whatcontraceptiveareyou.com.au) have been launched to better inform women on contraceptive usage and unravel some of the misconceptions of contraception.

A LEADING sexual health group has called for funds to be diverted from the federal  government's $43 billion broadband network scheme to emergency contraception education.

This week US President Barack Obama abolished restraints on stem-cell research imposed by former Leader-of-the-Free-World George Bush. President Obama urged researchers to follow science, not ideology. "It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda," Obama said. Bush had cut funding because of his religious faith.

SEXUALLY active young women using the contraceptive pill have been encouraged to make sure it is the correct type for their body.

A recent Marie Stopes International study found that almost one in five Australian women who had an unplanned pregnancy didn't use contraception because they thought they were infertile. Cosmo investigates the reasons for this, and whether a party lifestyle or fertility complications really mean you can't conceive...

A recent Marie Stopes International web survey revealed that more than half of the 2003 Australian women who responded had experienced an unplanned pregnancy - and 60% of these women were using at least one form of contraception lower this statistic by informing women about their contraceptive options and helping them make the right choice.

An a culture soaked with sexual imagery, from soft-porn advertising and music clips, to explicit and readily available pornography on the internet, Australia is surprisingly coy about educating its citizens about sex.

ONE in five teenagers at schoolies celebrations this week will binge drink, take illicit drugs and have unprotected sex with little thought of the consequences, a leading child psychologist has said.

MORE than 15,000 schoolies on an annual party invasion will be bombarded with safe sex and anti-drug messages.