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Towards treating female sexual dysfunction: Research reveals secrets of female sexual arousal

By using a novel prototype drug, researchers have discovered more about the mechanisms underlying female sexual arousal. These findings are published today in the British Journal of Pharmacology.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Brain arousal heightens sexual activity in male mice

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the dawn of time, teenage boys have been defined by their sexual urges. Stereotype or not, the same fate has now befallen male mice. In new research that harkens back to those awkward high school ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women's bodies and minds agree less than men's on what's sexy

Women's minds and genitals respond differently to sexual arousal, whereas in men, the responses of the body and mind are more in tune with each other, according to Assistant Professor Meredith Chivers, from Queen's University ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Research shows that red is not a proxy signal for female genitalia in humans

New research from anthropologists at the University of Kent may have important ramifications for the future study of the role of colour signals in human social and sexual interactions.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Do we buy cosmetics because they are useful or because they make us feel good?

A study by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) shows that people who use cosmetics buy these products primarily for emotional reasons. The study was carried out on facial creams (hydrating and nutritive ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Bright bills in mallards helps duck semen fight bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- The male Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is known for its colorful neck and a bill that ranges in color from dull green to bright yellow, depending on the amount of carotenoid pigment it con ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

'Spicing' up your love life possible, study finds

Looking to spice up your sex life? Try adding ginseng and saffron to your diet. Both are proven performance boosters, according to a new scientific review of natural aphrodisiacs conducted by University of Guelph researchers.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Few women seek help for sexual issues after cancer treatment, but many want it

Many women who survive breast and gynecologic cancers want medical help for their sexual issues, but most do not get it. A survey of hundreds of cancer survivors, published online in the journal Cancer, confirms that more t ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hidden pornographic poems explain 'bestseller' success of C18 poetical volumes

An Oxford University academic has explained the secret behind the success of two of the best selling volumes of poetic miscellanies in the 18th Century – a series of pornographic poems were hidden at ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover a chemical signal in human tears

Emotional crying is a universal, uniquely human behavior. When we cry, we clearly send all sorts of emotional signals. In a paper published online today in Science Express, scientists at the Weizmann Instit ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

The effects of Alcoholics Anonymous on women returning from prison

The effects of alcohol abuse, as well as recovery from it, have been intensely studied. However, incarcerated women have remained an extremely understudied population despite steadily increasing in recent decades. One of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sexual issues a major concern for cancer patients taking new targeted drugs

New drugs that target specific molecular mechanisms of cancer have improved the treatment of cancer patients in recent years, but those benefits may come with a cost to the patient's sex life, researchers have found.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

PTSD interrupts lives long after trauma

Throughout much of her young adult life, Terry Hatcher was living in a disassociated state, disconnected from the world -- zoned out. She tried to commit suicide at age 21.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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