Mates® is now manufacturing and merchandising a new type of condom, “thinner, softer and much more flexible”. The objective is to make wearing condom as if wearing nothing. Made with Sensoprene (aka polyisoprene), Mates® claims that using their Skyn™ condoms will make sex feel better.
The advert is rather interesting with its antithetic approach to condom promotion.

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An array of potential formats for microbicides:
gel, ring, cream… exist also in suppository and foam.

Reacting to a peripheries post on microbicides, Cheryl Overs commented “These [definition of microbicides] are a hint of the skewed propaganda about microbicides and an insight into the absence of consideration of how they will affect the millions of sex workers worldwide. Sex workers will lose any hope of using a 99% effective product against STIs, HIV and unwanted pregnancies, condoms” adding that, “The idea that sex workers will buy and use a combination of different …

Another must see talk from the TED conference. The message to take home is that no simplification can be made neither is it valuable to try to make one.
“We hope that when we act on global problems in the future, we will not only have the heart, we will not only have the money, but we will also use the brain”
Hans Rosling
Professor of global health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute

The interactive animation in this video is accessible on the Gapminder website.

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It has been 16 years since the first female condom “FC1” was produced by The Female Health Company to help prevent pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases.
This month the FDA has approved a lower-cost version called the FC2 Female Condom made of nitrile polymer instead of polyurethane, which allows for the use of non-water based lubricants and will cost up to 30% less than the FC1.
Sales of female condom have so far been very disappointing for various reasons including cost, difficulty to use, rustling noise and marketing issues.
In this …

In a study conducted by the Institute of Condom Consultancy in Singen (germany) Frenchmen claimed to need 15.48 cm long condom. That’s about 6 inch and 3 cm more than what the average Greek required.
The Study was conducted in 10,500 men in 25 countries who were asked to measure their penis and enter the number into a database.

This is NOT a Frenchman
These ARE cans of Pringles

According to Jan Vinzenz Krause, the institute’s director, the survey was aimed at educating youngsters about the importance of effective contraception. It could also be …