Stories

• Ten myths about sex and disability

  Mik Scarlet runs down the biggest misconceptions around sex and disability.

  03 March 2015

  • Society, Identity

• Make a new erogenous zone

  How to have an orgasm without relying on your genitals.

  03 March 2015

  • Society, Identity

• “I am a woman more than a wheelchair”

  On the movement to help disabled women express their sexuality.

  03 March 2015

  • Society, Identity

• Life skills

  How can women with learning difficulties be empowered around relationships?

  03 March 2015

  • Society, Identity

• The fetish scene

  Why are some people turned on by disability?

  03 March 2015

  • Society, Identity
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  The troubled history of the foreskin

  Common in the US, rare in Europe and now championed in Africa, male circumcision is hotly debated. Jessica Wapner explores whether the gains are worth the loss.

  24 February 2015

  • Health, Body

• Circumcising Zimbabwe

  From mass media to tribal ritual, campaigners are using circumcision to fight HIV in Zimbabwe. By Jessica Wapner.

  24 February 2015

  • Health, Body

• Learn your ABCs

  What are the similarities and differences between the various forms of hepatitis?

  17 February 2015

  • Contagion, Infectious disease

• Lowering the costs of drugs

  Should governments be developing their own drugs?

  17 February 2015

  • Contagion, Infectious disease

• Is hepatitis C virus sexually transmitted?

  Exploring new research that’s changing our view of the virus

  17 February 2015

  • Contagion, Infectious disease
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  Hunting the silent killer

  Hepatitis C has a cure, but how do we find those who need it? Patrick Strudwick reports on one attempt to identify some of the estimated 100,000 undiagnosed people in the UK.

  17 February 2015

  • Contagion, Infectious disease
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  The smartest animal you've never heard of

  We expect chimps to be clever but are sceptical when other animals pass similar mental tests.

  10 February 2015

  • Mind, Being human

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