News tagged with sexual health
Pressure forces teens to 'sext': Australian study
Teenagers are under pressure to send nude photos of themselves and other sexual images from their mobile phones as "sexting" becomes more widespread, new Australian research shows.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2011 |
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German government asked to probe sex toys
Germany's Green party filed a formal request in parliament Wednesday for the government to probe the level of potentially dangerous chemicals in sex toys.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Canada isn't really interested in your sexual orientation
Because homosexuals, and especially bisexuals, are statistically more likely to be at risk of ill health, Statistics Canada must come up with new questionnaires that will reveal how sexual orientation is linked to stress, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 25, 2011 |
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Unplanned pregnancies in U.S. at 40 percent
About 40 percent of pregnancies across the United States were unwanted or mistimed, according to the first-ever state-by-state analysis of unintended pregnancies.
May 20, 2011 |
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More than 1,100 rapes daily in DRCongo: study
More than 1,100 women are raped every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), making sexual violence against women 26 times more common than previously thought, a study concluded Wednesday.
May 11, 2011 |
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Alaska ranks No. 1 for chlamydia
Alaska again ranks first in the nation for chlamydia and is second for gonorrhea, state public health officials announced Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 05, 2011 |
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British scouts vow to 'be prepared' with sex ed classes
British scouts are giving their age-old motto "be prepared" a new twist with the launch Tuesday of sex education classes in a bid to tackle the country's high rates of sexually transmitted diseases.
Apr 05, 2011 |
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1 in 3 women suffer post-sex blues
Post-sex blues is not a sexual behaviour commonly discussed, but a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) study of more than 200 young women has found one in three (32.9 per cent) had experienced the phenomenon at some ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Popular drugs for common male health problems can affect their sexual health
A new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine reveals that, for the first time, 5a-reductase inhibitors commonly used to treat urinary problems in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and found in pop ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Researcher connects cannabis use and sexual dysfunction
Rany Shamloul's recent review of the medical literature on cannabis use and sexual health has revealed that cannabis use may negatively impact male sexual performance.
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Huge decline in HIV rates in Zimbabwe driven by fear of infection, says study
The big drop in the numbers of people infected with HIV in Zimbabwe is because of mass social change, driven by fear of infection, according to an international study reported today in the journal PLoS Medicine. The scient ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Physiological impacts of homophobia
Young adults who are lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are at far higher risk for severe mental health problems than their heterosexual peers. New research from Concordia University suggests that the stress of being rejected ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Study examines effect of water-based and silicon-based lubricant
A new study by sexual health researchers at Indiana University found that women who used lubricant during sex reported significantly higher levels of satisfaction and pleasure.
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Study shows high magnitude stressors stronger than military sexual stressors
A study of long-term, active duty military personnel who used Department of Veterans Affairs' health services showed that childhood maltreatment and other high magnitude stressors, such as being in a serious accident or a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Challenging HIV through social networking
Tapping into young people's use of online social networks presents health agencies with a powerful opportunity to help control the rise in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in homeless youth in Los Angeles. According ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 06, 2010 |
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