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Only 44 percent satisfied with sex life

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A British condom maker says fewer than half of all the people it surveyed are satisfied with their sex lives.


Modern life-making women 'ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with motherhood

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The growing trend to move miles away from hometowns and family for work is leaving many women feeling 'ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with pregnancy and childbirth.


Vaginal Orgasm is Best According to New Study

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (21) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Stuart Brody and Petr Weiss suggests vaginal orgasm is best and that sex education and medical approaches might undervalue its benefits. It also asserted the major factors in achieving vaginal ...


Study: Early sex not cause of delinquency

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 12, 2007 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

People who have sex at an early age are not more likely to become delinquents later on, a U.S. study concluded.


Viewing child porn not a risk factor for future sex offenses: study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

For people without a prior conviction for a hands-on sex offense, the consumption of child pornography alone does not, in itself, seem to represent a risk factor for committing such an offense. Researchers writing in the ...


When it comes to abstinence teens, adults aren't speaking the same language

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 6

Abstinence can mean different things to adolescents than to adults. That's one reason why abstinence-only programs do not have strong effects in preventing teenage sexual activity, according to new University of Washington ...


Peer-led sex education does not reduce abortions among teenagers

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A trial of peer-led sex education in schools in England has found that it is not more effective at reducing teenage abortions than the sex education classes given by teachers. However, the study, published in the open access ...


Education slowing AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increased schooling across sub-Saharan Africa may be lowering new HIV infections among younger adults, according to sociologists, suggesting a shift in a decades-long trend where formal education is considered an AIDS risk ...


HPV vaccine makes girls more cautious about sex

HPV vaccine makes girls more cautious about sex

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly 80% of girls say that having the HPV vaccine makes them think twice about the risks of having sex, according to a University of Manchester study published in the British Journal of ...


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Facebook, MySpace ban New York sex offenders

Technology / Internet

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Facebook and MySpace have closed the accounts of 3,533 convicted sex offenders in New York state under a law combating online predators, officials said Tuesday.


African men who have sex with men are ostracised from HIV services

African men who have sex with men are ostracised from HIV services

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Men who have sex with men (MSM) in sub-Saharan Africa are a hidden, stigmatised group which suffers from a high burden of HIV infection without access to appropriate public health provision, ...


Survey: Two-thirds of Illinois public schools provide comprehensive sex education

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 31, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study of sex education in Illinois public schools found that one out of three teachers did not meet a very forgiving definition of comprehensive instruction, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report ...


People with dementia survive on average four and a half years after diagnosis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 11, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

People with dementia survive an average of four and a half years after diagnosis, with age, sex, and existing disability all having an influence on life expectancy, finds a study published on bmj.com today.


Text-mailing used to teach sex health

Technology /

created Apr 26, 2006 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

San Francisco health officials are starting a new program to get sex education advice to young people by sending them text messages.


Health insurance status associated with frequency of eye care visits

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with no or inconsistent health care coverage appear less likely to regularly seek eye care, even if they are visually impaired, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the ...