Porn stars in Los Angeles will be legally required to wear condoms during film shoots after the city council voted on Tuesday to mandate their use, despite a threat by…

Some adolescent girls who get the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer wrongly think they no longer need to practice safe sex, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

The study, published in…

One in 13 teenage girls, aged 14 to 20, reported having a group-sex experience, with those young women more likely to have been exposed to pornography…

A new study from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center finds declines in two kinds of youth Internet sexual encounters of great…

A new study has found that alcohol consumption directly impacts a person’s intention to have unsafe sex. In other words, the more you drink, the stronger becomes your intention…

Many young women who steer clear of alcohol while they’re in high school may change their ways once they go off to college. And those who take up…

Voters in the city of Los Angeles, home to the nation’s porn industry, could be asked next year whether condoms should be required in adult film…

Germany will offer every victim of child sex abuse 10,000 euros ($13,000) worth of therapy from a 100 million euro fund set up to address a scandal centered on…

The digital age has left men’s nether parts in a squeeze, if you believe the latest science on semen, laptops and wireless connections.

In a report in the…

Men may think about sex more often than women do, but a new study suggests that men also think about other biological needs, such as eating…

In this week’s PLoS Medicine, Mona Loutfy of the University of Toronto, Canada and colleagues report their study examining experiences of stigma and coping strategies among HIV-positive women in Ontario,…

When it comes to in vitro fertilization, well-fed sperm are happy sperm, according to a new study that found what men eat (and drink) is linked to the chances…

The more often older married individuals engage in sexual activity, the more likely they are to be happy with both their lives and marriages, according to…

A new study suggests that sex during adolescence can have lasting negative effects on the body and mood well into adulthood, most likely because the activity…

The unfolding news involving allegations at Penn State University underscores the fact that child sexual abuse affects all segments of society and is one of the…

Spanish researchers have uncovered clear links between erectile dysfunction (ED) and peripheral neuropathy, according to a paper in the December issue of the urology journal BJUI.

“Up to…

Sexually and physically abused girls may have higher risks for heart attacks, heart disease and strokes as adults, according to research presented at the American…

Medtronic Inc, a manufacturer of pacemakers, heart stents and spine products, has developed a device to tackle another common health problem: erectile dysfunction.

The medical device maker said it completed an…

Previous studies have documented that women with disabilities are more likely to be sexually assaulted than women without disabilities. A new study…

Both young men and women experience peer pressure to share sexual images via the new phenomenon of ‘sexting’, preliminary findings from a University of Melbourne study has found.

‘Sexting’ is the practice…

Young people across the globe are having more unprotected sex and know less about effective contraception options, a multinational survey revealed on Monday.

The Clueless or Clued Up: Your Right…

People may be learning while they’re sleeping – an unconscious form of memory that is still not well understood, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers.

The findings…

Dutch doctors want politicians and human rights groups to speak out and discourage the practice of male circumcision in the Netherlands because they say it is a “painful and harmful…

More than two-thirds of men who contacted an email advice service run by a leading sexual advice charity had erection problems, which were frequently linked…

In Sub-Saharan Africa, women who are empowered to make household decisions tend to have sex less often. This is according to a study conducted by researchers at…