Sexual Health News

An evolutionary life-history framework for understanding sex differences in human mortality rates

Despite research efforts to find modern factors that would explain the different life expectancies of men and women, the gap is actually ancient and universal, according to University of Michigan researchers.

“Women live longer in almost…    

Sex work as work

The sale of sex and sexual services forms a substantial part of economic activity in western economies, employing several millions of people and generating considerable revenues and profits.

Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations at the…    

Berlin brothel caters to virgins

A brothel has become the first in Berlin to offer special deals for virgins, with prostitutes trained in the delicate art of catering for customers who have never had sex, a German newspaper reported Friday.

The…    

A contraceptive pill for men!

According to a Sydney scientist a hormone-based contraceptive for men has the ability to reverse its effect just four months after stopping its use.

Dr. Peter Liu of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA…    

Prevalence of ED and Use of ED Medications Among Teens, Young Men

A new study indicates a high prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) and evidence of recreational use of erectile dysfunction medications (EDM) among adolescents and young men.

Researchers at Children’s Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School…    

Viagra plus recreational drugs equals risky sexual behaviour

A new survey has found that a significant number of young men have used erectile dysfunction, (ED), medications such as Viagra often in conjunction with other recreational drugs, and most without consulting a physician.

Researchers at…    

Older women often have satisfying sex lives

About three-fourths of middle-aged and older women are sexually active and two-thirds of them are at least somewhat satisfied, according to a new study. Black women are more satisfied with their sex lives than their white counterparts.

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China slow to awake to need for sex education

When Lao Li was a boy, sex was never discussed at home or school.

Little wonder, then, a visit to Shanghai’s Sex Culture Museum with its exhibits of 1,000-year-old dildos and Ming dynasty pornographic porcelain…    

Global sex survey shows men get more satisfaction

Around the world, middle-aged and elderly men tend to be more satisfied with their sex lives than women in the same age group, a survey released on Wednesday said.

Substantial majorities of people who are married…    

Many men don’t find out if vasectomy worked

Many men who undergo vasectomy fail to get the follow-up test that shows whether the procedure worked, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation found that of 436 vasectomy patients they followed, one-quarter…    

Partners, too, give thumbs up to Levitra

Levitra not only enables men with erectile dysfunction (ED) to engage successfully in sexual intercourse, it also significantly improves partner satisfaction.

“I think that over the years, trials of erectile dysfunction have not attributed enough consideration…    

Who has the world’s best sex? The worst?

Married South Korean women are the least happy with their sex lives, Japanese men are the most likely to try and dodge a certain sex problem and French men are the most fond of their frolicking, according to…    

With commuter porn, anyone can get an eyeful

Though I can’t be positive, I think there’s a law (something like Moore’s Law, the idea that the number of transistors you can put on a computer chip doubles about every two years) that says wherever new audio-visual…    

Depression and Sexual Dysfunction

Clinical depression is the most common psychiatric disorder, and recent evidence suggests that it is the disorder seen most often by primary care physicians. It also is often present with other illnesses and disorders, like sexual dysfunction.

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Coming to Terms with a Sexually Transmitted Disease

The microbes that cause sexually transmitted diseases are equal opportunity bugs. They don’t care if you are white or black, rich or poor, educated or illiterate, happy or sad. If you’re a warm body, you’ll do. STD germs…