News tagged with sexual partner

The many unexpected sides of romantic love

Love can bring out both the best and the worst in people. Which way it turns depends on the best way to protect the relationship, say researchers studying the evolution of romantic love.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Diseases and sex: The cocktail maintaining immune gene variation

The great variation of a specific form of immune genes makes organ transplants so complicated. On the other hand, we need such a great variability in order to resist infectious diseases. This is why it also ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows genital herpes can reactivate even during high dose antiviral therapy

A study combining three trials of antiviral therapy to treat genital herpes (herpes simplex virus type 2/HSV-2) has shown that the virus can reactivate in 'breakthrough episodes' even when doses of antiviral therapy are high. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ways to reduce college drinking and risky sex

In a recent study conducted by scientists at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions involving 154 heavy-drinking college students whose sexual behavior put them at risk for HIV infection and other sexually ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Permanently dismal economy could prompt men to seek more sex partners

Grim economic times could cause men to seek more sexual partners, giving them more chances to reproduce, according to research by Omri Gillath, a social psychology professor at the University of Kansas.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Men with disabilities 4 times more likely to be sexually abused than men without disabilities

Previous studies have documented that women with disabilities are more likely to be sexually assaulted than women without disabilities. A new study published online today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine is the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sexy snacks: Study finds female mate searching evolves when mating gifts are important

In the animal world, males typically search for their female partners. The mystery is that in some species, you get a reversal -- the females search for males.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Older women lack important information about sexual health

Many women over 50 years old date and are sexually active and thereby face many possible health risks. Yet, most educational campaigns designed to prevent sexually transmitted diseases target younger generations. Older women ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sexual coercion common among students in Uganda

Almost one third of students at a university in Uganda say that they have been subject to sexual coercion, an experience which was often linked to risky sexual behaviour. This is shown in a study from Lund University in Sweden. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Her closeness to his buddies can trigger male sex problems

An older man whose female partner is chummy with his pals is more likely to suffer from sexual dysfunction than men who keep their confidantes to themselves, reports a new Cornell study. However, this link disappeared among ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When a man's partner is too close to his friends, his sex life may suffer

Researchers have found a potential new source for sexual problems among middle-aged and older men: the relationships between their female partners and the men's closest friends.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clinical tests for medicines made from genetically modified plants

UK regulators have approved Europe's first clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody produced from genetically modified plants. This landmark decision sets the stage for the testing, in humans, of an anti-HIV product made from ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Couples report gender differences in relationship, sexual satisfaction over time

Cuddling and caressing are important ingredients for long-term relationship satisfaction, according to an international study that looks at relationship and sexual satisfaction throughout committed relationships, but contrary ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Anti-HIV gel being evaluated in pregnant and breastfeeding women

Determining whether a promising HIV prevention gel is safe for women to use while they are pregnant or breastfeeding is the aim of a new clinical trial being conducted by the National Institutes of Health-funded Microbicide ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coevolution not healthy for the female sea monkey

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study titled Male-Female Coevolution in the Wild: Evidence from a Time Series in Artemia Franciscana and published in Evolution, evolutionary ecologist Nicolas Rode from the Cent ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report