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When someone is raised female and the genes say XY
Sep 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It's the birth defect people don't talk about. A baby is born not completely male or female. The old term was hermaphrodite, then intersex. Now it's called "disorders of sexual development." Sometimes the person ...
Female embryonic sexual development driven by universal factor
Nov 13, 2008 |
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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.
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Decreased sexual satisfaction is not associated with cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women
Mar 28, 2008 |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) and collaborators nationwide have found that decreased sexual satisfaction in postmenopausal women, is not clearly associated with ...
Fathers respond to teens' risky sexual behavior with increased supervision
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 15, 2009 |
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Two-thirds of American teenagers have sex by the time they're 18. A new longitudinal study finds that when adolescents engage in risky sexual activity, fathers respond by increasing their efforts to supervise and monitor ...
Sexual dissatisfaction in postmenopausal women not linked to cardiovascular disease
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Although sexual dysfunction in some men is predictive of cardiovascular disease, this association has never been examined in women. In an article published in the April 2008 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, resear ...
MRIs link pedophilia to problems in brain development
Nov 28, 2007 |
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Pedophilia might be the result of faulty connections in the brain, according to new research released by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). The study used MRIs and a sophisticated computer ...
Female supervisors more susceptible to workplace sexual harassment
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 08, 2009 |
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Women who hold supervisory positions are more likely to be sexually harassed at work, according to the first-ever, large-scale longitudinal study to examine workplace power, gender and sexual harassment.
Researchers reveal communication tactics used by sexual predators to entrap children
Apr 17, 2008 |
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A child’s innocence and vulnerability presents a target for a sexual predator’s abusive behavior. University of Missouri researchers are beginning to understand the communication process by which predators lure victims into ...
Low sperm count may be associated with prenatal testosterone excess
Sep 23, 2008 |
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Exposure to an excess of sexual steroids, like testosterone, during fetal development may be a potential risk factor for low sperm count and motility, according to a new study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a ...
Researchers question evidence linking overlapping sexual partners and African HIV rates
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Contrary to conventional wisdom, scientific evidence proving that overlapping multiple sexual partners — concurrency — drives the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is actually quite limited, Brown University researchers ...
Orgasms, sexual health and attitudes about female genitals
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Sep 28, 2009 |
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An Indiana University study published in the September issue of the International Journal of Sexual Health found that women who feel more positively about women's genitals find it easier to orgasm and are mo ...
Erectile dysfunction lower in men who have intercourse more often
Jul 02, 2008 |
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Having intercourse more often may help prevent the development of erectile dysfunction (ED). A study published in the July 2008 issue of The American Journal of Medicine reports that researchers have found that men who ha ...
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