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The use of telemedicine can dramatically improve the quality of child sexual assault examinations in rural communities where rates of abuse and neglect are highest - sometimes more than double the statewide rate - a study published in the January issue of the medical journal Pediatrics has found. http://www.physorg.com/news152194502.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:15:33 EST news152194502 Men who are very sexually active in their twenties and thirties are more likely to develop prostate cancer, especially if they masturbate frequently, according to a study of more than 800 men published in the January issue of BJU International. http://www.physorg.com/news152191908.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:32:12 EST news152191908 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Northeastern University study of college students from an unidentified university found that both the perpetrators and the victims of physical and sexual violence report high substance use during those incidents. http://www.physorg.com/news151941015.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:51:09 EST news151941015 In recent years, genetic studies have uncovered hundreds of DNA variations linked to common diseases, such as cancer or diabetes, raising the prospect that scientists can gauge disease risk based on information in an individual's genome. But the variations identified to date only account for a small percentage - typically one to three percent - of the overall genetic risk of any common disease. http://www.physorg.com/news151857991.html Biology Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:47:14 EST news151857991 Women with low levels of sexual desire, often as a result of menopause, are more likely to be depressed and to suffer physical symptoms such as back pain and memory problems than women who report higher levels of desire, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals. http://www.physorg.com/news151781055.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:24:39 EST news151781055 A new Rice University study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that socioemotional meanings, including sexual ones, are conveyed in human sweat. http://www.physorg.com/news150643103.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:18:23 EST news150643103 For the first time, researchers have established a clear link between family rejection of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents and negative health outcomes in early adulthood. The findings will be published in the January issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in a peer-reviewed article entitled "Family Rejection as a Predictor of Negative Health Outcomes in White and Latino Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Young Adults." http://www.physorg.com/news149748964.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:56:04 EST news149748964 Gay and bisexual black men are less likely to be tested for prostate cancer than men of any other racial and ethnic backgrounds regardless of their sexual orientation, according to a recent study by a researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science. http://www.physorg.com/news149344384.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:33:04 EST news149344384 Adolescent health risk behaviors often occur together, suggesting that youth involvement with one risk behavior may inform understanding of other risk behaviors, but in a study to examine the association between involvement in non-sexual risk behaviors and trends among sexual behaviors, Mailman School of Public Health researchers found that sexual behaviors vary considerably between those youth engaged in no risk health behaviors and those engaged in multiple health risk behaviors. http://www.physorg.com/news148917725.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:02:05 EST news148917725 Sexual abuse in childhood increases the risk of suicide in men by up to ten times, say researchers from the University of Bath. A recent study of Australian men has found that those who were sexually abused as children are more likely than women to contemplate taking their own lives. http://www.physorg.com/news148907836.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:16 EST news148907836 (PhysOrg.com) -- Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) teens in British Columbia are at a higher risk of pregnancy because of discrimination, sexual abuse and harassment compared to heterosexual teens, according to a University of British Columbia study. http://www.physorg.com/news148665142.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:52:22 EST news148665142 The landmark "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" report revealed major insights into bisexual behavior and orientation -- without even using the word "bisexual" -- when it was published 60 years ago by pioneering sex researcher Alfred Kinsey and his research team at Indiana University. http://www.physorg.com/news148627720.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:28:40 EST news148627720 (PhysOrg.com) -- Men who engage in risky sexual behavior with other men report much higher rates than average of experiencing severe childhood sexual abuse, according to a new study in the November issue of the International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect. http://www.physorg.com/news148149327.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:35:27 EST news148149327 New data from The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University demonstrate that many women think condoms undermine sexual pleasure, but those who use both hormonal contraception and condoms report higher overall sexual satisfaction. http://www.physorg.com/news147975662.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:21:02 EST news147975662 Childhood sexual abuse victims with a strong religious upbringing often report feeling terrible guilt about their assault, which doesn't surprise Jean-Guy Nadon. A professor of theology and religious sciences at the Université de Montréal, Nadon has conducted dozens of interviews with women who were sexually abused as children and found the impact of religious beliefs can produce varying reactions. http://www.physorg.com/news147975534.html Other Sciences Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:18:54 EST news147975534 Biologists at The University of Nottingham and University College Dublin have announced a major breakthrough in our understanding of the sex life of a microscopic fungus which is a major cause of death in immune deficient patients and also a cause of severe asthma. http://www.physorg.com/news147366569.html Biology Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:09:29 EST news147366569 Gay men who are not considered sexually desirable are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior according to new research out of the University of Toronto. They may also develop psychological problems as a consequence of feeling undesirable. http://www.physorg.com/news147359860.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:17:40 EST news147359860 Berkeley - The utility of sex, according to an intriguing new theory of evolutionary biology, may be its ability to promote genes that play well with many other partners rather than those that shine with just one specific set of genes. http://www.physorg.com/news146767434.html Biology Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:43:54 EST news146767434 Watching plenty of television combined with low self-esteem, poor relationships with parents, and low academic achievement are some of the factors that may add up to young people having sex before the age of 15. Alternatively, a parent's positive influence may go a long way to reduce risky sexual behavior during adolescence, according to Myeshia Price and Dr. Janet Hyde from the University of Wisconsin in the USA. Their findings have just been published online in Springer's Journal of Youth and Adolescence. http://www.physorg.com/news146745891.html Other Sciences Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:44:51 EST news146745891 A new study in the journal Psychology of Women Quarterly examined the effects of workplace sexual harassment and found that employees who were harassed report lower levels of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job performance. Employees also experienced higher levels of psychological distress and physical problems than those who were not harassed. http://www.physorg.com/news146407623.html Other Sciences Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:47:03 EST news146407623 "Do not disturb" signs aren't just for newlyweds anymore. They are also a way to give nursing home residents some privacy for sexual expression, according to Kansas State University aging experts. http://www.physorg.com/news146230930.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:42:10 EST news146230930 A gene essential to the growth and development of most organ systems in the body also is vital to female - but not male - embryonic sexual development, scientists report this month. http://www.physorg.com/news145799088.html Medicine & Health Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:44:48 EST news145799088 Despite common assumptions, new research suggests that women are not more likely to be sexually harassed when they are the minority or majority in a work group. Instead, researchers found that in most cases, women were sexually harassed at work when their work group had a similar proportion of males and females. http://www.physorg.com/news145714072.html Other Sciences Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:07:52 EST news145714072 An Indiana University study found that young, female breast cancer survivors often suffer from sexual and intimate relationship issues and are interested in using sexual enhancement products to treat these problems. http://www.physorg.com/news145513841.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:30:41 EST news145513841 Alcohol and attitudes are two of the key factors that health professionals need to be aware of when they are dealing with sexually active teenagers. http://www.physorg.com/news145098158.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:02:38 EST news145098158 The largest such study ever published finds that, although about 40 percent of women surveyed report having sexual problems, only 12 percent indicate that those issues are a source of significant personal distress. The report, led by a Harvard Medical School(HMS) physician at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), appears in the current issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. http://www.physorg.com/news145027618.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:26:58 EST news145027618 Adolescents who have high levels of exposure to television programs that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows, according to a new RAND Corporation study. http://www.physorg.com/news144912307.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:25:07 EST news144912307 The largest such study ever published finds that, while about 40 percent of women surveyed report having sexual problems, only 12 percent indicate that those issues are a source of significant personal distress. The report led by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physician appears in the November issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. http://www.physorg.com/news144652138.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:08:58 EST news144652138 A fungus called microsporidia that causes chronic diarrhea in AIDS patients, organ transplant recipients and travelers has been identified as a member of the family of fungi that have been discovered to reproduce sexually. A team at Duke University Medical Center has proven that microsporidia are true fungi and that this species most likely undergoes a form of sexual reproduction during infection of humans and other host animals. http://www.physorg.com/news144598368.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:12:48 EST news144598368 Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman's weight does not seem to affect sexual behavior. In fact, overweight women are more likely to report having sex with men than women considered to be of "normal weight." http://www.physorg.com/news144594776.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:12:56 EST news144594776