Neighborhood Poverty Increases Teen Risk For Chlamydia

Living in a poor neighborhood as an adolescent is linked to an increased risk of getting the sexually transmitted infection (STI) chlamydia in young adulthood, according to new research. Ohio State University researchers analyzed data from a large national study that tracked youths over time...

Just 12 Minutes A Week Of High-Intensity Training Improves Fitness In Inactive Men

It is a commonly held perception that getting in shape and staying there requires hard work and hours upon hours of training. New research shows the opposite - it seems that only four minutes of vigorous activity three times per week is enough to be fit and healthy. Regular training improves maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), which is a well-established measure of physical fitness...

New Innovative Combined Oral Contraceptive Launched In The UK

Zoely ® (nomegestrol acetate/17beta-estradiol) - new combined oral contraceptive that contains an innovative combination of hormones launches in the UK MSD (known as Merck in the United States and Canada) (NYSE:MRK) today announced that Zoely (nomegestrol acetate 2.5 mg/17beta-estradiol 1.5 mg) is now available in the UK for the prevention of pregnancy...

Stereotyping Leads Men And Women To Lie About Sex

People will lie about their sexual behavior to match cultural expectations about how men or women should act - even though they wouldn't distort other gender-related behaviors, new research suggests. The study found that men were willing to admit that they sometimes engaged in behaviors seen by college students as more appropriate for women, such as writing poetry...

Women Have A Natural Bacterial Defense Against The Most Common Sexually Transmitted Infection

New treatments are possible using women's' natural probiotic defence against the world's most common sexually transmitted disease Women have a natural bacterium that fights against the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world, according to a study published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections...

Sexual Health Is The Focus Of Reproductive Health Matters' Latest Themed Issue

Young people are demanding information and education about their bodies, sex, their sexuality and sexual health, as well as access to services that will support them to stay safe and healthy...

Sugar Polymer Found On Cell Surface Of Multiple Pathogens Could Be Key To Developing Broad-Spectrum Vaccine

Developing new vaccines to protect against diseases that plague humans is fraught with numerous challenges - one being that microbes tend to vary how they look on the surface to avoid being identified and destroyed by the immune system. However, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have discovered a sugar polymer that is common on the cell surface of several pathogens...

Male 'Menopause' Accelerated By Heart Failure

Heart failure accelerates the aging process and brings on early andropausal syndrome (AS), according to research presented at the Heart Failure Congress 2013. AS, also referred to as male 'menopause', was four times more common in men with heart failure...

Self-Regulatory Development Should Be Supported For All Children But Especially Boys

A new study shows there is a gender gap when it comes to behavior and self-control in American young children - one that does not appear to exist in children in Asia. In the United States, girls had higher levels of self-regulation than boys. Self-regulation is defined as children's ability to control their behavior and impulses, follow directions, and persist on a task...

A Good Marriage Can Buffer The Effects Of A Father's Depression On His Young Children

What effect does a father's depression have on his young son or daughter? When fathers report a high level of emotional intimacy in their marriage, their children benefit, said a University of Illinois study...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associated With Abdominal Fat Accumulation In Men

A new study from researchers in Japan indicates that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is independently associated with visceral (abdominal) fat accumulation only in men, perhaps explaining gender differences in the impact of OSA on cardiovascular disease and mortality...

US Teen Birth Rates Drop To New Low

Teen birth rates have dropped significantly, most notably among Hispanic teens, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, the birth rate rate fell by close to one half from 1991 to 2011 - from approximately 62 births for every 1,000 teens to 31 births per 1,000...

Using Anabolic Steroids May Affect Your Future Mental Health

There is a link between use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and reduced mental health later in life. This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Twenty per cent of the subjects in the study admitted steroid use...

ADHD In Childhood May Lead To Obesity In Adulthood

Boys who are diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are twice as likely to become obese in adulthood than those who did not have the condition when they were young, a new long-term study has shown...

Shocking New Statistics On Head Injuries Among Men Who Are Homeless Or In Danger Of Losing Their Home

Men who are heavy drinkers and homeless for long periods of time have 400 times the number of head injuries as the general population, according to a new study by researchers who said they were shocked by their findings. These men have 170 times as many severe head injuries as the general population and 300 times as many injuries that cause bleeding in the brain. The study by Dr...

Men With High-Testosterone More Likely To Choose Red In Competitions

Why do so many sports players and athletes choose to wear the color red when they compete? A new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that it may have to do with their testosterone levels...

Men Suffer More Severe Psoriasis, Which Explains The Higher Costs Of Care For Men

Men often suffer from more severe cases of psoriasis than women, which may explain why the cost of care for men is higher. This is the conclusion of researchers at Sweden's Umea University in a new study. It is known that psoriasis affects about as many women as men...

Comprehensive Survey Can Help Health Workers Identify Potentially Risky Behavior

A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how one views themselves. Katherine Hertlein of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present her team's findings at the 63rd annual International Communication Association conference in London...

Political Motivations May Have Evolutionary Links To Physical Strength

Men's upper-body strength predicts their political opinions on economic redistribution, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science...

4 New Genetic Risk Factors Identified For Testicular Cancer

A new study looking at the genomes of more than 13,000 men identified four new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer, the most commonly diagnosed type in young men today. The findings from this first-of-its-kind meta-analysis were reported online in Nature Genetics by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...

Using The Pill To Alter Menstruation Cycles

A surprisingly large number of women 18 or older choose to delay or skip monthly menstruation by deviating from the instructions of birth-control pills and other hormonal contraceptives, a team of University of Oregon researchers and others found in a study of female students at the university...

The PiRNA Pathway Protects Eggs And Sperm From 'Jumping Genes' That Can Cause Developmental Defects, Sterility

Two teams of investigators led by Professor Gregory Hannon of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have published studies revealing many previously unknown components of an innate system that defends sex cells - the carriers of inheritance across generations - from the ravages of transposable genetic elements...

Sexual Harassment Linked To Eating Disorder In Men

Men who experience high levels of sexual harassment are much more likely than women to induce vomiting and take laxatives and diuretics in an attempt to control their weight, according to a surprising finding by Michigan State University researchers. Their study is one of the first to examine the effects of sexual harassment on body image and eating behaviors in both women and men...

Opportunity In Health Care System To Reach Out To Boys Contemplating Suicide

More than 80 per cent of youth who die by suicide had some form of contact with the health care system in the year before their death, according to a new study from St. Michael's Hospital. "This suggests there are a lot of opportunities for prevention," said Dr. Anne Rhodes, a research scientist at the hospital's Suicide Studies Research Unit...

Soy And Tomato Combination May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

Soy and tomato foods are probably better at preventing prostate cancer when eaten in combination than alone, researchers from the University of Illinois reported this week. John Erdman, professor of food science and nutrition, and colleagues used genetically engineered laboratory mice for their study. They were engineered to develop a fast-progressing aggressive form of prostate cancer...

Identification Of Immune Cells That Suppress Genital Herpes Infections Has Implications For Vaccine Development

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington scientists have identified a class of immune cells that reside long-term in the genital skin and mucosa and are believed to be responsible for suppressing recurring outbreaks of genital herpes...

Copper IUD Does Not Increase Period Pain

Previous scientific studies have suggested that women who use a copper IUD for contraception suffer from worse period pain, but a study at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, that followed 2,100 women over a 30-year period shows that this is not the case...

HPV Vaccine - Young Women Motivated More By STD Than Cancer Protection

Young women are more likely to take the HPV vaccine if they are told it protects from a nasty sexually transmitted disease, even though it also protects from potentially deadly cervical cancer, researchers from The Ohio State University and Texas Tech University discovered...

Frequently Playing Violent Games May Desensitize Players To Physiological And Emotional Effects

Teenagers who are highly exposed to violent video games - three or more hours per day - show blunted physical and psychological responses to playing a violent game, reports a study in the May issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society...

Cervical Cancer Detection In Kenya Via Self-Collection Of Samples For HPV Testing

In Kenya, women face a cervical cancer mortality rate that is approximately 10 times as high as in the United States. A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that training women to self-collect genital samples to test for human papillomavirus (HPV), the causative agent of cervical cancer, can increase the coverage rates of cervical cancer screening...

STD's Not Cancer Prevention Should Be The Focus For Promoting HPV Vaccine

The HPV vaccine can prevent both cervical cancer and a nasty sexually transmitted disease in women. But emphasizing the STD prevention will persuade more young women to get the vaccine, a new study suggests. These results go against the conventional wisdom that scaring women about the possibility of cancer is the best way to get them vaccinated...

Bad Cholesterol Lowered In Men On Heart-Healthy Diet, Regardless Of Weight Loss

A heart-healthy diet helped men at high risk for heart disease reduce their bad cholesterol, regardless of whether they lost weight, in a study presented at the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2013 Scientific Sessions...

FDA Approves Emergency Contraceptive Available Over The Counter For Females Over 15

The emergency contraceptive "Plan B One-Step", also known as "the morning after pill", has just been approved by the FDA for use among women and girls at least 15 years old, without the need of a doctor's prescription. Teva Women's Health, Inc...