Body & health

Your body is part of your work, whatever the work is. This section gathers plain, careful information on the things people tend to postpone: a sexual health checkup, a way of protecting yourself that you feel at ease with, a proper night of sleep.

Everything here is written by the SOMAS Management editorial team from public sources such as the WHO and national health services, and every article lists them. We are not doctors. When an article touches on medicine it stays general, it says so, and it sends you to a professional for your own situation. Health articles never carry a pitch for our agency, because information about your body should not arrive with a sales message attached.

Start with the guide that matches your question.

• How often to get tested, and what to expect explains STI testing in ordinary words, from the first appointment to the results.
• Safer sex basics sets out what public health sources say about condoms, dental dams and lubricant.
• Sex toy safety covers materials, cleaning and the use of condoms on toys.
• Contraception methods gathers what the NHS says about how well each method works and its side effects.
• Cervical screening and HPV explains the smear test, the virus and what the results mean.
• A daily routine that is easy to keep covers sleep, meals, movement and rest for long days.

Below, every article in this topic is listed by theme, with the guide first. Reading on desire, pace and personal limits sits in Desire and exploration, and the practical side of keeping your private life private is in Privacy and safety.