News June
Viagra blamed for STDs in pensioners
By day, residents of The Villages enjoy all the respectable pursuits
of a healthy old age - a hand of cards, a tea dance and perhaps
a round of golf before happy hour.
But doctors are reporting a sharp rise in sexually transmitted
diseases such as herpes and human papillomavirus (HPV) among pensioners
at the retirement community and say the growing popularity of Viagra
is to blame. "I worked in Miami before coming here and I never
saw so many warts or herpes," said Colleen McQuade, a gynaecologist
at The Villages hospital, 60 miles north of Orlando.
Health officials are working on an education programme that will
take into account that many residents are from a generation not
used to openly discussing sexual issues.
One resident in his 70s told a newspaper: "I've had a better
dating life since I have been here than I have ever had."
Source
http://www.guardian.co.uk
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