 HIV-Infected Men At Risk For Spreading HIV Despite Taking HAART
 29.03.2012 8:00  27167099 views  0 comments
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 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Fenway Health have found that highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) does not completely suppress HIV in the semen of sexually active HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM)... Read more »
| Stopping Teen Dating Violence By 'Coaching Boys Into Men'
27.03.2012 10:00 27047873 views 0 comments
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 Male high school athletes' ability to recognize and intervene to stop dating violence - the physical, sexual and emotional aggression prevalent in adolescent romantic relationships - is improved with the intervention of some of the most important role models in young men's lives: their coaches. A new study conducted in Sacramento, Calif... Read more »
| In States That Allow Conjugal Visitation, Sexual Offenses Between Inmates Occur Less Frequently
23.03.2012 8:00 27297776 views 0 comments
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 Could widespread conjugal visitation reduce sexual offending in prisons? It's a possibility, according to Stewart D'Alessio and his team from Florida International University in the US. Their work shows that in states where conjugal visits are permitted, there are significantly fewer instances of reported rape and other sexual offenses in their prisons... Read more »
| First National Survey Of OB-GYN Sex History Screening Practices Confirms Narrow Focus
23.03.2012 8:00 26593934 views 0 comments
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 How often does your doctor ask about your sexual life? Unfortunately, the answer may be: not often enough. Leaving the subject off the check-up checklist could mean missing an important link to overall wellness. Results of a comprehensive national survey of U.S... Read more »
| Public Supports Education, Not Criminal Charges For Youth Sexting
22.03.2012 7:00 27019300 views 0 comments
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 Sexting - sending sexually explicit, nude, or semi-nude photos by cell phone - has become a national concern, especially when it involves children and teens. A new poll shows that the vast majority of adults do not support legal consequences for teens who sext... Read more »
| The High Rate Of Trauma Among American Women With HIV/AIDS And Its Public Health Consequences
21.03.2012 7:00 27006185 views 0 comments
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 Physical violence, sexual abuse and other forms of childhood and adult trauma are major factors fueling the epidemic of HIV/AIDS among American women. Scientists have known for years that traumatized women are at greater risk of becoming infected... Read more »
| Exercise Can Lead To Female Orgasm, Sexual Pleasure, According To Unique Study
19.03.2012 9:00 26894801 views 0 comments
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 Findings from a first-of-its-kind study by Indiana University researchers confirm anecdotal evidence that exercise -- absent sex or fantasies -- can lead to female orgasm... Read more »
| A Quarter Of Adults With HIV Were Abused As Children According To Study
16.03.2012 8:00 27116065 views 0 comments
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 One in four HIV patients was found to have been sexually abused as a child, according to a two-year Duke University study of more than 600 HIV patients. Traumatic childhood experiences were also linked to worse health outcomes among these patients, who are aged 20 to 71... Read more »
| Deprived Of Sex, Jilted Flies Drink More Alcohol
16.03.2012 8:00 26773864 views 0 comments
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 Sexually deprived male fruit flies exhibit a pattern of behavior that seems ripped from the pages of a sad-sack Raymond Carver story: when female fruit flies reject their sexual advances, the males are driven to excessive alcohol consumption, drinking far more than comparable, sexually satisfied male flies... Read more »
| Female Sex Workers In Developing Countries14 Times More Likely To Become Infected By HIV
16.03.2012 7:00 26648590 views 0 comments
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 Female sex workers in low- and middle-income countries are nearly 14 times more likely to be infected by HIV compared to the rest of country's population, according to an analysis by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings suggest an urgent need to scale up access to quality HIV prevention programs in these countries... Read more »
| Young Women Should Be Tested For Chlamydia
15.03.2012 0:00 25622140 views 0 comments
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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made a presentation today at the National STD Prevention Conference in Minneapolis, stating that according to their estimates, only 38% of sexually active women were tested for Chlamydia. They recommend that all women under the age of 25 seek regular screening for Chlamydia... Read more »
| Possible Association Between Fatty Diets And Reduced Semen Quality
14.03.2012 8:00 25942875 views 0 comments
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 Men's diets, in particular the amount and type of different fats they eat, could be associated with their semen quality according to the results of a study published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction [1] today (Wednesday). The study of 99 men in the USA found an association between a high total fat intake and lower total sperm count and concentration... Read more »
| Mycoplasma Genitalium Bacterial STD Leads To Potential HIV
13.03.2012 19:00 25232788 views 0 comments
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According to a study conducted by researchers at RTI International and published in the March 13 issue of AIDS, African women who are infected with a common sexually transmitted bacterial infection called Mycoplasma genitalium are two times more likely to acquire HIV infection. Sue Napierala Mavedzenge, Ph.D... Read more »
| Whole Genome Analysis Of Chlamydia trachomatis Highlights Risks With Current Method Of Tracking
13.03.2012 7:00 25077531 views 0 comments
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 In a study released in Nature Genetics, researchers have found that Chlamydia has evolved more actively than was previously thought. Using whole genome sequencing the researchers show that the exchange of DNA between different strains of Chlamydia to form new strains is much more common than expected... Read more »
| Possible Protection Against Prostate Cancer Through Circumcision
13.03.2012 7:00 24676397 views 0 comments
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 A new analysis led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that circumcision before a male's first sexual intercourse may help protect against prostate cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that circumcision can hinder infection and inflammation that may lead to this malignancy... Read more »
| Conception Perceptions
11.03.2012 7:00 23891750 views 0 comments
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 For many women, the decision to get pregnant can take on a life of its own. In fact, according to a survey conducted for SpermCheck® Fertility, 42% of those who conceived say they became obsessed with getting pregnant once they started trying. Yet just 10% say their partner shared this obsession... Read more »
| Sperm Can Do Calculus!
09.03.2012 7:00 23951048 views 0 comments
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 Sperm have only one aim: to find the egg. The egg supports sperm in their quest by emitting attractants that induce changes in the calcium level inside sperm. Calcium ions determine the beating pattern of the sperm tail which enables sperm to steer... Read more »
| How Cancer Risk Is Influenced By Injectable And Oral Contraceptives
07.03.2012 8:00 23116774 views 0 comments
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 In this week's PLoS Medicine, a case-control study conducted by Margaret Urban and colleagues at the National Health Laboratory Services in Johannesburg, South Africa, provides new estimates of the risk of specific cancers of the female reproductive system associated with use of injectable and oral contraceptives... Read more »
| Paternal Components In Fruit Flies And Humans May Contribute To Fertilization And Embryonic Development
01.03.2012 8:00 23111316 views 0 comments
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It had long been assumed that the human sperm cell's mission in life ended once it had transferred its freight of parental DNA to the egg. More recently however, other components of sperm have been implicated in fertilization, and perhaps even in subsequent embryonic development... Read more »
| Sperm Research And The "Lily Of The Valley Phenomenon"
01.03.2012 7:00 22378401 views 0 comments
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According to a 2003 study by German and American scientists, a component of the Lily of the Valley scent known as Bourgeonal alters the calcium balance of human sperm and attracts the sperm. The "Lily of the Valley phenomenon" - also the title of a book about smelling - was born as a result of this discovery that sperm act as swimming olfactory cells which follow a "scent trail" laid by the egg... Read more »
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