Hormone Levels And Sexual Motivation Among Young Women

Feeling frisky? If so, chances are greater your estrogen level - and, perhaps, fertility - are hitting their monthly peak. If not, you're more likely experiencing a profusion of desire-deadening progesterone, and the less fertile time in your cycle. Oh, the power of hormones...

Online Porn Has Small Effect On Teenage Sexual Behavior

Researchers have found that viewing sexually explicit content on the internet or in magazines as a teenager does not influence sexual behavior as much as people think, according to a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. It was believed by many that viewing sexually explicit content could have a negative impact on the sexual behaviors of teenagers...

Gardnerella Vaginalis May Contribute To Premature Births, STDs

New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis points to a common species of bacteria as an important contributor to bacterial vaginosis, a condition linked to preterm birth and increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases. The condition affects one in every three women, making it more common than yeast infections...

Viewing Sexually Explicit Material Is Less Associated With Young People's Sexual Behavior Than Previously Thought

Viewing sexually explicit material through media such as the Internet, videos, and magazines may be directly linked with the sexual behavior of adolescents and young adults, but only to a very small extent. That is the conclusion of a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine...

Obese Men With Benign Biopsy At High Risk For Prostate Cancer

Data on obesity and prostate cancer conflict. Precancerous lesions were more common in benign biopsy specimens from obese men. After benign biopsy, obese men at higher risk for future prostate cancer...

Sperm Quality Higher In Men Who Wear Kilts

Men, want to increase your chances of becoming a dad? Then wearing a kilt, without underwear, could do it for you...

84 Percent Of Lung Cancer Patients Taking Crizotinib Found To Have Low Testosterone

A previous study by the University of Colorado Cancer Center reported the common side effect of low testosterone in men treated with the recently approved lung cancer agent, crizotinib...

Barroom Drinking And Negative Father-Son Relationships Are A Dangerous Mix, Lead To Aggression

Alcohol-related aggression is estimated to be involved in half of all assaults globally. In addition, alcohol-related aggression is most likely to occur among young males and usually at a bar or other licensed venue...

Why Circumcision Provides HIV Protection

Circumcision drastically alters the microbiome of the penis, changes that could explain why circumcision offers protection against HIV and other viral infections...

Why Circumcision Provides HIV Protection

Circumcision drastically alters the microbiome of the penis, changes that could explain why circumcision offers protection against HIV and other viral infections...

People Are Happier When They Are Having More Sex Than Their Peers

Most people are happier if they know they are having sex more often than their friends, according to new research published by Tim Wadsworth, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder. We already know that people are happier if they know they are earning more money than their peers...

Study Examines Downstream Outcomes Following Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening In Older Men

A study by Louise C. Walter, M.D., of San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California, and colleagues sought to quantify 5-year downstream outcomes following an abnormal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening result of 4.0 ng/mL or more, in older men...

12 Principles For Effective Contraceptive Counseling

New research by Professor James Jaccard, Ph.D., and Nicole Levitz, M.P.H., of the New York University Silver School of Social Work and its Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH) has led them to suggest 12 evidence-based principles that can be used to improve contraceptive counseling of adolescents in U.S. health care clinics, doctor's offices, and health service organizations...

How Sexual Frequency Corresponds With Happiness

Sex apparently is like income: People are generally happy when they keep pace with the Joneses and they're even happier if they get a bit more. That's one finding of Tim Wadsworth, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, who recently published the results of a study of how sexual frequency corresponds with happiness...

Study Assesses Outcomes Of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening Among Older Men

A new study has examined the outcomes of an abnormal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening result of 4.0 ng/mL or more among men over the age of 65. The study, led by Louise C. Walter, M.D., of San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, included a total of 295,645 men 65 years or older who underwent PSA screening in 2003. The participants were followed up for a total of five years...

Study Explains How Circumcision Reduces Risk For HIV

Circumcision significantly changes the micro-biome of the penis, possibly explaining why it offers protection against HIV and other viral infections. The research findings were published in the journal mBio, from the American Society for Microbiology, and analyzed the effects of adult male circumcision on the kinds of bacteria that exist under the foreskin before and following circumcision...

Men With Enlarged Prostate Get Symptom Relief From Minimally-Invasive Shrinking Treatment

Enlarged prostate, or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), affects most men after middle age, causing frequent nighttime trips to the bathroom and health problems...

Sleep Apnea Severity Is Higher In African American Men, Particularly In Certain Age Ranges

A new study suggests that obstructive sleep apnea severity is higher in African-American men in certain age ranges, even after controlling for body mass index (BMI)...

Federal Guidelines For Treating Teen Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Need Clarification

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center survey of 102 clinicians who treat teenage girls with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) has found that official guidelines designed to inform decisions about hospitalization versus outpatient care leave some clinicians scratching their heads...

Helping Men To Become Stepdads

As any stepdad can tell you, it's one thing to win a mom's heart and another to win over her children. Although one-third of American children live in a stepfamily during part of their childhood, little is known about the development of the relationship between stepfathers and stepchildren...

Prostate Cancer With Faulty BRCA2 Gene Spreads More Quickly

A new study finds that prostate cancer spreads more quickly and is more likely to be fatal in men who have inherited a faulty BRCA2 gene. The researchers say such patients should be treated straight away with surgery or radiotherapy rather than just be monitored...

Male Smokers With Low Levels Of Serum Bilirubin At Greater Risk For Lung Cancer

Elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood get attention in the clinic because they often indicate that something has gone wrong with the liver. Now researchers have found that male smokers with low levels of the yellow-tinged chemical are at higher risk for lung cancer and dying from the disease...

Teenagers Can Safely Use IUDs For Birth Control

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are as safe for teenagers - including those who have never given birth - as they are for adults, according to research from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston...

Size Does Matter: Women Find Large Penises More Attractive

Finally the debate is over: size matters, and women prefer men with larger packages because it predicts a man's sex appeal, according to a new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study, conducted by the Australian National University, revealed that the taller the man, the bigger the effect his penis size had on his sex appeal...

Researchers Identify Two Bacterial Communities Associated With Trichomonas Infection

A parasite that commonly causes sexually transmitted infections among women "cultivates" specific bacteria, according to new research carried out by David H. Martin, MD, Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and his team...

The Impact Of Traumatic Brain Injury On Sexuality And The Importance Of Rehabilitation Strategies

Each year more than three million Americans are living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), a condition that is associated with physical, cognitive, and emotional problems that often affect their sexuality, and subsequently their marital stability, identity, and self-esteem...

Morning-After Pill Now Available For All Ages

A federal judge ruled today that the U.S. government is required to provide the morning-after pill over the counter for all age groups - instead of asking for a prescription for girls under the age of 16. Until today, the morning-after pill has only been available to females 17 years of age or older...

HIV Prevention And Anal Sex

A reformulated version of an anti-HIV gel developed for vaginal use was found safe and acceptable by HIV-negative men and women who used it rectally, according to a Phase I clinical trial published in PLOS ONE. The study, led by researchers with the U.S...

Discoveries Shed Light On Common Sexually Transmitted Parasite

Research led by David H. Martin, MD, Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that a common sexually transmitted infection-causing parasite "cultivates" bacteria beneficial to it, changing thinking about which comes first - infection or bacteria. The researchers also discovered a previously unknown species of these bacteria...

Effects On Self-Esteem And Social Functioning Support Early Intervention And Treatment Of Boys With Gynecomastia

Persistent breast enlargement (gynecomastia) negatively affects self-esteem and other areas of mental and emotional health in adolescent males, reports the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)...

Baldness Linked To Higher Risk Of Coronary Heart Disease

Male pattern baldness is linked to a higher risk of coronary heart disease, but only if it is on the top/crown of a man's head. The finding came from a new study published in the journal BMJ Open which also showed that a receding hairline is not associated with an elevated risk of the disease...

Low Testosterone Levels In Men May Indicate Rheumatoid Arthritis

Levels of testosterone that are low in men may predict a future development of rheumatoid arthritis. The finding was published in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases and was based on research from the Swedish Malmo Preventive Medicine Program (MPMP), which started in 1974 and followed over 33,000 people born between 1921 and 1949...

Most Young Adolescents Are Not Sexually Active

Contrary to popular belief, the vast majority of young American adolescents are not sexually active, researchers from the Guttmacher Institute reported in the journal Pediatrics. The authors explained that things change when adolescents reach the ages of 16 to 18...