Many over-45s 'ignore STI risks'

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   Many middle-aged people are continuing to take an irresponsible attitude to their sexual health, say experts.
   
   The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain polled over 2,000 adults.
   
   Nearly a fifth of those polled aged 45 to 54 said they had had unprotected s*x with someone other than a long-term partner in the past five years.
   
   There is a misconception that their risk of catching a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is "next to nothing", says the RPSGB.
   
   Sexually transmitted infections have doubled in under a decade in people over 45 and have been rising at a faster rate than in the young, recent figures from the Health Protection Agency show.
   
   Infections don't discriminate on the basis of age
   Heidi Wright, RPSGB spokeswoman
   
   Older people are increasingly likely to be single or undergoing relationship changes and are less likely to consistently use condoms, perhaps because the risk of pregnancy no longer exists, experts have observed.
   
   The RPSGB's survey of 2,258 UK adults - half who were aged 45 plus - found older generations were flippant about the risks of catching an STI.

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