News tagged with sex partner

Poll: Boomers unhappiest over their own sex life

(AP) -- Baby boomers are the unhappiest age group when it comes to their sex life.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

School-based program reduces risky sexual behaviors in South African teens

A school-based, six-session program targeting sexual risk behaviors appeared to reduce rates of unprotected sex and sex with multiple partners among South African sixth-graders, according to a report in the October issue ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sex between adolescents in romantic relationships is often harmless to their academics

The context in which adolescent sexual activity occurs can substantially moderate the negative relationship between sexual intercourse and education, according to research to be presented at the 105th Annual Meeting of the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 15, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ticking biological clock increases women's libido, new research shows

As more women wait until their 30s and 40s to have children, they are more willing to engage in a variety of sexual activities to capitalize on their remaining childbearing years, according to new research by psychologists ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Exposed: The strange sex life of spiders

Here's the good news: you are a male and you are allowed to have sex, at most, twice in your life. If that's the good news -- you may well ask -- what's the bad news? It's this: if you copulate for longer ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Some bullies are just the shy type: New research shows a darker side to social anxiety disorder

When you think of people suffering from social anxiety, you probably characterize them as shy, inhibitive and submissive. However, new research from psychologists Todd Kashdan and Patrick McKnight at George Mason University ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Screening and treating girls doesn't reduce prevalence of chlamydia in teens

Frequent testing and treatment of infection does not reduce the prevalence of chlamydia in urban teenage girls, according to a long term study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers published ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers study psychological impact of casual sex

University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have found that young adults engaging in casual sexual encounters do not appear to be at increased risk for harmful psychological outcomes as compared to ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Working too much can be dangerous for teen's sexual health

(PhysOrg.com) -- Allowing teens to work too many hours in the wrong environment can be dangerous for their sexual health by fostering conditions that lead them to older sex partners, a new study shows.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Single women gaze longer

A study by neuroscientist Heather Rupp and her team found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Frequent sex and masturbation in 20s and 30s linked to higher prostate cancer risk

Men who are very sexually active in their twenties and thirties are more likely to develop prostate cancer, especially if they masturbate frequently, according to a study of more than 800 men published in the January issue ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (18) | comments 18