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A Major Advance Toward a Birth Control Pill for Men
In the search for a cancer cure, researchers have developed a molecule that could function as a non-hormonal, reversible form of male birth control.
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Here It Comes: Super Gonorrhea :-/
The CDC announced that we're down to our last effective antibiotic.
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Science's Stilted Calibration of Human Sexuality
Researchers, in typical researcher fashion, continue to search for ways to identify and account for sexual orientation.
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Why We Keep Accidentally Getting Pregnant
A fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of sex and the function of birth control appears to underlie the country's remarkable rate of unwanted pregnancies.
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How Soon You Can Resume Having Sex After Having a Heart Attack?
Many people delay having sex for too long because they do not talk to their doctors about safe timing.
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Maybe Facebook Can Get Kids to Wear Condoms, Public Health Officials Figure
Researchers are testing Facebook's targeted advertising as away to increase condom use and decrease sexually transmitted disease rates.
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Study of the Day: Women Are Much Happier When Men Feel Their Pain
According to recent research, men and women derive satisfaction from their partner's ability to empathize in vastly different ways.
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Life Without Sex: The Third Phase of the Asexuality Movement
Now that he's raised awareness of his lifestyle, David Jay, founder of AVEN, is working to change mainstream beliefs about sex drives.
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Designer Parts: Inside the Strange, Fascinating World of Vaginoplasty
Why are some women spending upwards of $10,000 for complete vaginal rejuvenation? The author visits one plastic surgeon for evaluation and sizing.
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Odd Blood: Serodiscordancy, or, Life With an HIV-Positive Partner
The pills are $2,000. The doctor visits never end. And there's always the possibility the virus could spread. Otherwise, it's not so different.
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Vital Signs: Dick Cheney's New Heart; Medical Marijuana Smokers
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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Today in Research: Gynecologists Aren't Talking About Sex Enough
They're the most well positioned among doctors to address sexual concerns, but most OB-GYNs rarely ask patients about sexual satisfaction.
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Study of the Day: 1 in 4 Adults With HIV Were Sexually Abused as Kids
New research from Duke University shows that psychological trauma predicts increased vulnerability for HIV and faster health decline.
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Are Straight People Born That Way?
The best scientific argument we have for the innateness of straightness is that evolution would favor it. But a poll of sexologists raises some interesting questions about arousal.
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The Swimming Speed of Sperm
New research done at Max Planck Gesellschaft has found that it isn't the concentration of chemicals released by the egg that control the speed of sperm, but a derivative of that.
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The New (Male) Contraception
The testes hang outside the body for a reason: They need to keep cool to function properly. Intentionally warming them with an ultrasound machine could kill off sperm cells permanently.
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Study of the Day: Diets High in Saturated Fats May Spoil Semen
New research shows that men who eat more omega-3 polyunsaturated fats found in fish and plant oils have better formed sperm.
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Porn for Ladies: The Subtle Sexism of Assessing Female-Friendly Smut
Why at this late date are we still reinforcing the idea that women are modest and fragile and in need of gender-specific accommodations?
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Vital Signs: Serving Pink Slime at School Lunch; Teenage Smokers
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
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Study of the Day: Women's Use of Condoms Dwindles in College
New research shows that undergraduates who binge drink or have lower grades are more likely to engage in unsafe sex freshman year.
