News tagged with sex behaviour
A post-coital switch: Mapping the changing behaviors in the female fruit fly's mind
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it shouldn't be surprising that their neural circuits differ. In research published today in the journal Current Biology, researchers have used dramatic change ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Elaborate plumage due to testosterone?
(PhysOrg.com) -- In many bird species males have a more elaborate plumage than females. This elaborate plumage is often used to signal body condition, to intimidate rivals or to attract potential mates. In ...
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Fine line between serial seducer and sex addict: experts
French politician and International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, arrested in New York Saturday for attempted rape, has long trailed a reputation among France's cognoscenti as an ardent womanizer.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 17, 2011 |
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Intimacy problems revealed in sex survey
A study of so-called sex addiction and its impact on relationships has found that those with problematic sexual behaviour are more likely to feel threatened by or anxious about intimate relationships.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Teenagers programmed to take risks
Risk-taking peaks in adolescence, according to scientists at UCL (University College London).
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Emergency contraception: Advance provision does not reduce pregnancy rates
Providing emergency contraception to women in advance of need does not reduce pregnancy rates, despite increased use and faster use after unprotected sexual intercourse. These are the findings according to a new review published ...
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Parkinson's patients who are pathological gamblers also display abnormal social behavior
People with Parkinson's Disease are more likely to display abnormal social behaviour and make poor decisions in ambiguous circumstances if they are pathological gamblers, according to research in the January issue of the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Gay, bisexual men who have social anxiety tend to engage in risky sex
A Ryerson University HIV researcher has found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities among gay and bisexual men, some of whom are HIV-positive.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 01, 2009 |
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African men who have sex with men are ostracised from HIV services
(PhysOrg.com) -- Men who have sex with men (MSM) in sub-Saharan Africa are a hidden, stigmatised group which suffers from a high burden of HIV infection without access to appropriate public health provision, ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Spanish prostitutes least likely to use condoms
The Centre for Epidemiological Studies into Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) started a pioneering study in Spain in 2005 to look into the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among ...
May 28, 2009 |
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