California’s pediatricians-in-training are not adequately educated about the methods to prevent recurrent sexually transmitted infections in teenagers. That’s the conclusion of a study from the Stanford…

New York City’s Jewish ritual circumcisers who use their mouths to draw away blood from the wound on a baby’s penis must now get the parents to sign a consent…

Attention men: The day may be coming soon when you can take your own birth control pill with no side effects, according to a study…

While the effects of sexualized media on young women has long been debated, a new study finds that women who read sex-related magazine articles from popular women’s magazines like Cosmopolitan…

The nation’s most influential pediatricians group says the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks and insurance companies should pay for it.

In its latest policy statement…

While most articles related to women and orgasms focus on the problem of not having them, one tabloid profiled a woman who has too many - 100 per day.…

Declining rates of circumcision among infants will translate into billions of dollars of unnecessary medical costs in the U.S. as these boys grow up and become sexually…

How do sexual cues affect consumer behavior? New research from USC Marshall School of Business Assistant Professor of Marketing Kyu Kim and Gal Zauberman, associate professor of marketing at The…

Middle-aged and older women with diabetes are less satisfied with their sex lives than are women without the blood sugar disease, U.S. government-funded research suggests.

While diabetic men…

Efforts to reduce risky sexual behavior among U.S. high school students have stalled in the past decade and urgent action is needed to stem HIV infection rates…

A study conducted at the University of Granada have demonstrated that there are not significant differences between men’s and women’s sexual fantasies. The fact is…

A widely criticized German court verdict on religious circumcision this week aims only to delay the act, not ban it, and is not directed against any faith,…

Christina Wang, M.D., lead investigator at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) – one of the leading biomedical research institutes in the country…

Men who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are seeing another potential benefit from continuous positive airway pressure therapy, or CPAP: improved sexual function and…

Bisexuality, often stigmatized, typically has been lumped with homosexuality in previous public health research. But when Indiana University scientists recently focused on the health issues and behaviors specific…

Doctors know that drinking, drugs and risky sex go together in young people - and a new study suggests loud music should be added to that list.

In…

Despite recommendations that pregnant women have tests for certain sexually transmitted diseases, many may not be getting them, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that of nearly 1.3 million…

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center surveyed 1,008 physicians seeking their knowledge, recommendation beliefs and information on their practices regarding the controversial human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which is aimed…

A new erectile dysfunction drug that reportedly works in less than 15 minutes has just received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. On Friday the FDA approved…

Men with erectile dysfunction may not have to plan for sex as far in advance anymore after Vivus Inc won U.S. approval for avanafil, its faster acting rival to Viagra.

Avanafil,…

Health regulators on Friday approved Vivus Inc.‘s avanafil treatment for erectile dysfunction, giving the small company, which has struggled to bring a weight loss drug to market, a potentially lucrative…

Many women may think birth control pills and condoms are better at pregnancy prevention than they actually are, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that of more than 4,100 women who…

Parents generally teach their children about “stranger danger” from an early age, telling them not to talk to, walk with or take gifts or candy from strangers. But…

The vast majority of female kidney failure patients on dialysis may experience sexual problems, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the…

Male Menopause (also called viropause or andropause) involves the hormonal, physiological, and chemical changes that occur in all men generally between the ages of 40 and 55, though it can occur…