Sexual HealthReuters - World travel can make anyone sick but men and women tend to suffer different illnesses with women more prone to stomach problems and men at higher risk of fevers and sexually transmitted diseases, Swiss researchers found.
Sexual Health
Survey Finds Many Men Complaining of Ill-Fitting Condoms (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Poorly fitting condoms not only
boost the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, they also reduce sexual
pleasure during intercourse, a new study has found.
U.S. patent office rejects part of Viagra patent (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has partially rejected a patent on Pfizer Inc's impotence drug Viagra because it works in a way similar to the Chinese herb Yin Yang Huo, which is sold on websites under the colorful name Horny Goat Weed.
Pa. ex-aide discusses sex life in corruption trial (AP)
AP - The intimate details of the sex life of a former state legislative aide became fodder for the jury in a public corruption trial Tuesday as he explained that his affair with an aide ended prematurely because he struggled to perform sexually.
Men have key role in ending female circumcision: experts (AFP)
AFP - Experts and workers on the ground said Friday that men had a key role to play in the fight against female circumcision in Africa, a day before the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation.
Abstinence-only program helps kids postpone sex (Reuters)
Reuters - Abstinence-only sex education can work -- if it's based on established strategies for helping young people change their attitudes about other types of risky behavior like smoking and drinking, new research shows.
SAfrican leader criticized over love child report (AP)
AP - A South African presidential spokesman on Tuesday called a newspaper story that the country's polygamist leader had fathered a child out of wedlock "a private, personal issue" without confirming or denying the report.
Zuma told 20th child harms safe sex drive (Reuters)
Reuters - South African opposition parties accused President Jacob Zuma on Monday of a cavalier attitude to safe sex that is hurting the HIV/AIDS campaign after news that a woman not one of his wives had had his 20th child.
Abstinence-Only Classes Reduced Sexual Activity, Study Found (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Adolescents who took
abstinence-only sex education classes were more likely to delay having
sex, a new study shows.
Fake Drugs Bought on the Web Pose Big Health Risks (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People who buy prescription
medications over the Internet, especially drugs purporting to treat
erectile dysfunction, are playing Russian roulette with their lives, a new
study contends.
Argentine president: Eat pork, spice your sex life (AP)
AP - Argentina's president thinks eating pig meat is really sexy. Many people in this beef-loving nation reacted with surprise Thursday after Cristina Fernandez promoted pork in a speech during which she not only said pork is better than Viagra, but suggested she's personally proven it.
Pork better for sex than Viagra? (Reuters)
Reuters - Argentina's president recommended pork as an alternative to Viagra Wednesday, saying she spent a satisfying weekend with her husband after eating barbecued pork.
UK-Odd Summary (Reuters)
Reuters - A prank has had serious repercussions for an Indonesian boy facing criminal charges because he caused a classmate to be stung by a bee, the Jakarta Post reported Thursday. The English-language daily reported that the third-grade student -- whose age was not given but who would be about seven or eight years old -- was being tried at the Surabaya District Court in East Java.
Amnesty says Burkina maternal care can be "lethal" (Reuters)
Reuters - Thousands of women are dying every year during pregnancy and childbirth in the African state of Burkina Faso because discrimination stops them from accessing sexual health services, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Seniors Have Rewarding Sex Lives (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Senior citizens often have rewarding sex lives, according to new
research aimed at revealing the nuances of sexuality in the elderly.
US teen pregnancy rate up for first time since 1990: study (AFP)
AFP - The US teen pregnancy rate rose in 2006 for the first time in 16 years, an report showed Tuesday, as experts speculated that the increase was due to abstinence-only sex education in schools.
Erectile Dysfunction Predicts Heart Disease (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Erectile dysfunction is a strong
warning sign that a man might be at increased risk for heart attack,
stroke and other cardiovascular problems, a long-running study
indicates.
Mauritanian Muslim leaders ban female circumcision (AP)
AP - A group of 30 Mauritanian Muslim leaders have issued a religious edict banning female genital mutilation in the West African country.
Mass. doctor testifies in murder appeal (AP)
AP - A once-prominent Boston doctor convicted of killing his wife after she discovered his secret sex life of prostitutes and Internet pornography has testified that he felt "lonely" and "isolated" when he looked around the courtroom during jury selection at his trial and saw no one there to support him.
Taking Viagra Won't Spur Risky Sexual Behavior (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Men worried that taking
Viagra will lead to sexually risky behavior can relax: A new study
suggests that drugs for erectile dysfunction don't make men more likely to
engage in potentially unhealthy sex.
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