Online Sexual Partners Calculator

According to new research released by Lloydspharmacy, the typical British adult has slept indirectly with 2,811,024 people.

The leading community pharmacy chain has developed an online calculator which allows people to work out the number of indirect sexual partners they have had.

The sexual partners calculator has been developed to help people understand the risks of unprotected sex. According to the Health Protection Agency, cases of sexually transmitted infections rose last year by 0.5%, to 399,738 and cases of Chlamydia increased by eight per cent between 2006 and 2008.

The average British man claims to have had nine sexual partners while the average women claims 6.3 partners, giving an overall average of 7.65. However, as the new calculator demonstrates, they are potentially exposed to the sexually transmitted diseases of hundreds of thousands of others.

The calculator, which uses data collected from more than 6,000 UK adults, is called Sex Degrees of Separation, a reference to the famous theory first proposed by Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy which states that no one person is more than six steps removed from another.

When people enter the age range of each partner, the calculator raids its database to work out how many previous sexual partners people within that age range have had on average. It then repeats this process for five further ‘generations’ of partner. This is added together to give a Sex Degrees of Separation total.

The launch of the calculator coincides with the introduction of Lloydspharmacy’s Relationship Screen, an online postal service which allows people and their partners to have a Chlamydia test – the most common STI in the UK – Gonorrhoea test and HIV test before committing to full intimacy.

Clare Kerr, head of sexual health at Lloydspharmacy said: “When we sleep with someone, we are, in effect, not only sleeping with them, but also their previous partners and their partners’ previous partners, and so on. It’s important that people understand how exposed they are to STIs and take appropriate precautions including using condoms and getting themselves checked out where appropriate.

“A simple sexual health test will give both partners in a relationship peace of mind. The majority of STIs are easy to rectify, but if left untreated, the long term implications can be very serious.”

The Sex Degrees of Separation calculator, and more information about Lloydpharmacy’s sexual health services, can be found at online.

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Clearwater Aesthetic Medicine Has A Full Aesthetic Line To Offer Patients Safer & Less Expensive Options To Surgery

Clearwater Aesthetic Medicine has a full aesthetic line to offer patients safer & less expensive options to surgery. This is no spa! Clearwater Aesthetic Medicine is a fully operational medical facility. Patients are under the care of Jayam K Iyer M.D, medical staff or an esthetician. Patients who might have otherwise considered liposuction, a full body lift, or a surgical facelift, can now get similar results using the increasingly popular Velashape or skin enhancing laser.

The Velashape is the first FDA cleared device approved for circumferential reduction and the treatment of cellulite. Reduce any body part. Dramatically reduce or remove unsightly cellulite. Lose weight, take off inches without enduring painfull, expensive plastic surgery. With basic aftercare, results from Velashape can be life long.

Residents from Clearwater, Bellair, Clearwater Beach, Palm Harbor, Seminole, Indian Rocks, Largo, and St Petersburg who are battling the signs of aging can also take advantage of procedures like Botox injections, Dermal Fillers, Mesotherapy, Deep cleaning facials, enzyme peels & more. The facility is using familiar top of the line products like Botox Rx, Radiesse, Juve’derm, & Latisse.

For more lasting results, patients may consider laser skin treatments. Clearwater Aesthetic medicine has one of the latest versitile lasers on the market made by Syneron. This multi-functional laser provides skin tightening, color correction, treats wrinkles, spider veins, age spots, sun damage, and permanent hair removal from all skin types.

If you’ve been bothered by inadequate or thinning eye lashes, also known as hypotrichosis, Dr Iyer can prescribe the new Latisse solution. Latisse is a treatment used to grow eyelashes. Making them longer, thicker and darker.

Are you tired of dieting , only to watch the weight come off your face, neck, and upper body? The HCG diet is a rapid weight loss program which targets areas of fat which are virtually impossible to lose using standard dieting & exercise methods. By using the hormone HCG , the body is able to burn off that abnormal fat around the belly and thighs. When under a physicians supervision and followed correctly, patients can lose an astounding amount of weight in just one month. If you are not a candidate for the HCG diet, Dr Jayam Iyer has other weight loss programs to accomodate each patient and meet your particular needs.

The facility also hosts one of the largest pain management practices in the area. Dr. Jayam Krishna Iyer is a Board Certified Aethesiologist and a veteran pain management specialist. The Creative Health Center and Dr Iyer has been treating the residents of Pinellas County for the past 25 years. By providing pain relieving injections, steroid epidurals, radio frequency lesioning, medication and numerous alternative techniques, chronic pain patients are able to enjoy relief from debilatating and distractive pain.

Clearwater Aesthetic Medicine is offering up to 50% discounts on many procedures. If you have been considering a lifestyle change, now is the time to get a great deal while improving your appearance and more importantly….. your health!

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GlassesUSA Offers Customers Generous Discount On Prescription Glasses During Sale

GlassesUSA is keeping prescription eyeglasses affordable. Staying in line with their philosophy of ensuring eyeglasses are an affordable necessity and not an expensive luxury, GlassesUSA recently launched a new marketing campaign for their customers. The newest campaign is aimed at selling a selected portion of their most popular, fashionable eyeglass frames at a discount to their customers.

Unlike many retailers who keep their sales under wraps and hidden in the dark corners of their websites with special landing pages in hopes that customers will not use the discount, GlassesUSA launched their “Autumn Sale 2009” campaign first via email to customers who signed up for their seasonal newsletter. After the successful email campaign was launched, GlassesUSA launched the promotion on their website – inviting customers to take 10% off any of the selected eyeglasses.

The final steps in the promotional campaign launch was reaching out to bloggers and affiliates in order to get the word out about the 10% discount. The campaign was well-received among bloggers and those running coupon and discount sites.

GlassesUSA, a company that endured many changes recently including moving their shipping outfit to St. Joseph, Michigan, is an international cooperative group with offices in New Jersey as well as Tel Aviv, Israel. The company believes that vision care should be within arms reach and that high-quality eyeglasses should not cost a fortune. In conjunction with their business philosophy, GlassesUSA established efforts for their customers to not only recycle broken glasses but to donate old and used eyeglasses in order to ensure that those around the globe who cannot afford eyeglasses will receive them free of cost.

Since launching as a company, GlassesUSA transformed into an organization committed to philanthropy as well as consumer education. Their customers have a blog available to find the best ways to keep themselves informed on anything new in the vision world. GlassesUSA also reaches out to its customers with creative and innovative ways to save money – such as their Autumn Sale 2009.

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