Sexual Health:
Human Sexuality, Women Sexual Health, AIDS, HIV, Sex and Health, Male Sexual Health.
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Mar 3rd, 2009
The work of several individuals and programs was recognized today as part of the kickoff of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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Feb 27th, 2009
Physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital successfully removed a patient’s gallbladder through the vagina, making them the first in the Midwest and the third in the country to perform the innovative procedure.
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Feb 22nd, 2009
Opportunities to buy sexual enhancers abound on the Internet. Illegal herbal preparations for treating impotence and counterfeit Cialis tablets are readily available to anyone with a credit card. A study describes an epidemic of hypoglycemia related to illegal sexual enhancers contaminated with the diabetes drug glyburide.
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Feb 16th, 2009
Researchers say there is no risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome following HPV vaccine. Though HPV vaccine has not be linked to the disease, recommendations to continue monitoring for new cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome within six weeks of HPV vaccine will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 to May 2, 2009.
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Feb 14th, 2009
Scientists have been busy exploring the biological effects and health impact of kissing. New evidence shows that kissing lowers our stress level, and coveys a variety of information that may not reach consciousness. It appears that kissing engages our mating radar in the brain, and leads to better health.
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Feb 14th, 2009
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Jan 15th, 2009
Some teenagers and young adults might overestimate how often they use condoms during sex.
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Jan 15th, 2009
Commissioners Court in Dallas County, Texas, lifted a 13-year-old ban on condom distribution, authorizing the county health department to distribute no-cost condoms in an effort to curb the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
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Jan 14th, 2009
Syphilis is a disease that was close to being eliminated as a public health threat less than a decade ago. Each year since 2000, it has increased and remains a serious threat to the health of gay and bisexual men. Syphilis is of particular concern because it can facilitate HIV transmission. All this and more in the annual report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Jan 14th, 2009
Blacks were disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infection rates in 2007, including chlamydia rates that reached a record high and syphilis rates that increased for the seventh consecutive year.
