Sexual HealthReuters - Pfizer said on Tuesday it had filed a patent infringement suit in a Moscow court against Teva Pharmaceutical to prevent the rival from selling a generic version of its erectile dysfunction drug Viagra in Russia.
Sexual Health
Australia report: Aborigines have higher STD rates (AP)
AP - Aborigines suffer far higher rates of sexually transmitted disease than other Australians despite being targeted by safe sex initiatives such as Outback trees being festooned with free condoms, a report showed Tuesday.
Couples Counseling Boosts Sex Lives After Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The side effects of prostate
cancer treatments, including surgery and radiation, can seriously disrupt
a couple's sex life.
CDC Considers Vaccinating Boys, Not Just Girls, for HPV (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health authorities now
recommend that girls and young women be vaccinated against human
papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted disease that is a known cause of
cervical cancer, but that recommendation does not extend to boys and young
men.
Report slams single-sex education as ‘deeply misguided’ (The Lookout)
The Lookout - Eight social scientists say single-sex classrooms encourage gender stereotypes and do not improve student performance in a new report in Science Magazine. The report's lead author, Diane Halpern, told the New York Times that single-sex schooling increases aggression in boys and gender stereotyping among both sexes. She also charged that one of the main arguments for [...]
Sex After Prostate Cancer Treatment: New Model Predicts Men's Chance of ED (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Men with prostate cancer commonly wonder how their sex life will fare in the wake of their treatment. Now, a new study may give them a more personalized and accurate answer to that question than was before possible.
Berlusconi in court for hearing in corruption case (AP)
AP - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, in the spotlight once again for revelations about his sex life, was in court Monday for the resumption of one of four trials against him.
Post-Weekend Worry: STD Concerns Peak on Mondays (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - People appear to be more concerned with their sexual health on Mondays than any other day of the week, a new Danish study suggests.
DC students to be tested on sex education, drugs (AP)
AP - District of Columbia public schools are planning to test students on their knowledge of human sexuality, contraception and drug use this spring.
Erectile Dysfunction May Be Linked With Cardiovascular Trouble (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Men who suffer from
erectile dysfunction are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease,
stroke and death, Chinese researchers suggest.
Older Women Can Benefit From Sex Ed Campaigns (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Most campaigns designed
to educate people about their sexual health target younger generations,
excluding a large number of sexually active women over the age of 50 who
need and want this information, a new study suggests.
Why Teens Have Sex (Hint: It's Not About Vaccines) (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - At least one of the arguments used by conservative Republican presidential candidates to criticize Texas Gov. Rick Perry's attempt to mandate that girls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted infection HPV is wrong, experts say.
Protecting Heart May Improve Erectile Dysfunction (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) --
The lifestyle changes and medications used to reduce risk factors for
heart disease may also improve sexual function in men with erectile
dysfunction, according to a new study.
Impotence may point to heart problems (Reuters)
Reuters - Failing erections may be a harbinger of heart disease in some men, according to a review of a number of studies -- but heart-healthy lifestyle changes or cholesterol-lowering drugs could have a positive impact on men's sexual health.
Failing erections may point to heart problems (Reuters)
Reuters - Impotence could be a harbinger of heart disease in some men, according to a fresh look at the medical literature that found the two often go together.
Use of Surrogate Sex Partners Rising Among Women (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Sex therapists talk with their patients to help them confront their sexual problems and improve their sex lives. But some patients need more than talk therapy. They need practice in the bedroom, and have no spouse or partner to turn to.
Antler aphrodisiac livens up impromptu North Korea street market (Reuters)
Reuters - A semblance of international free-market activity broke out on a dusty roadside in reclusive North Korea when about a dozen budding entrepreneurs from a struggling resort set up impromptu stalls.
U.S. researchers broke rules in Guatemala syphilis study (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. government researchers must have known they were violating ethical standards by deliberately infecting Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis for an experiment in the 1940s, according to a presidential commission.
For Women, Active Sex Life May Mean Better Aging (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Sexual satisfaction in older
women is associated with successful aging and a better quality of life, a
new study finds.
Panel reveals new details of 1940's experiment (AP)
AP - A presidential panel on Monday disclosed shocking new details of U.S. medical experiments done in Guatemala in the 1940s, including a decision to re-infect a dying woman in a syphilis study.
Page 3 of 9