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Sexual Health Headlines
Anti-HIV Product For Both Vagina And Rectum Using Reduced Glycerin Formulation Of Tenofovir Vaginal Gel
A change in the formulation of tenofovir gel, an anti-HIV gel developed for vaginal use, may make it safer to use in the rectum, suggests a study published online this week in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy...
Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
High Rate Of Malaria And Sexually Transmitted/Reproductive Tract Infections In Sub-Saharan Pregnant Mothers
A review and meta-analysis of studies published in the May 16 theme issue of Global Health in JAMA reveals a significant burden of malaria and STIs/RTIs amongst pregnant women who attend antenatal facilities in sub-Saharan Africa...
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Non-oral Contraceptives Have Higher Venous Thromboembolism Risk Than Oral Ones
Some non-oral hormonal contraceptives, such as vaginal rings, implants and skin patches carry a higher risk of venous thromboembolism - blood clots - when compared to oral contraceptive pills, researchers from the University of Copenhagen revealed in the BMJ (British Medical Journal)...
Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
New Insights Into Urinary Tract Health Of Adolescent Males Revealed By Bacteria Study
The first study using cultivation independent sequencing of the microorganisms in the adolescent male urinary tract has revealed that the composition of microbial communities colonizing the penis in young men depends upon their circumcision status and patterns of sexual activity...
Tue, 15 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Innovative Model Of Safer Indoor Sex Work Spaces Promote Health And Safety Of Street-Based Sex Workers
Safer indoor sex work spaces provide important and potentially life-saving benefits to sex workers including reduced exposure to violence and HIV and improved relationships with police, according to a study published by the Gender and Sexual Health Initiative of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British Columbia (UBC)...
Fri, 11 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Intrauterine Devices Better Than "The Morning After Pill" As Emergency Contraception
A systematic review of 35 years of data published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction shows that intrauterine devices (IUDs), commonly known as a 'coil' should be routinely used as emergency contraception, given that their failure rate is less than one per thousand and because it has proven more effective than the "morning after pill"...
Thu, 10 May 2012 11:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Heart Attack Victims Need Guidance From Their Doctor Regarding A Return To Sexual Activity
Patients who were sexually active before suffering a heart attack were one and a half times more likely to recapture their sex lives if they received guidance on the topic before leaving the hospital, a new study finds...
Thu, 10 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
New Insight On Known Link Between A Woman's Exposure To Violence And Sexual Risk-Taking
Women who have experienced multiple forms of violence, from witnessing neighborhood crimes to being abused themselves, are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, according to a new report in the Psychology of Violence...
Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
The Most Effective Emergency Contraception Provided By Intrauterine Devices
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) should be used routinely to provide emergency contraception, according to the authors of the first systematic review of all available data from the past 35 years. They found that IUDs had a failure rate of less than one per thousand and were a more effective form of emergency contraception than the "morning after pill"...
Wed, 09 May 2012 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
In Mouse Model, Delayed Female Sexual Maturity Linked To Longer Lifespan
An intriguing clue to longevity lurks in the sexual maturation timetable of female mammals, Jackson Laboratory researchers and their collaborators report. Jackson researchers including Research Scientist Rong Yuan, Ph.D., had previously established that mouse strains with lower circulating levels of the hormone IGF1 at age six months live longer than other strains...
Tue, 08 May 2012 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Electronic Survey Facilitated Testing For Sexually Transmitted Infections In Pediatric Emergency Department
More than 1 million youths ages 15-24 have sexually transmitted infections (STIs) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea. Many others, however, are unaware they are infected because they have not been tested. Technology can change that, according to preliminary data from a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Boston...
Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Greatly Reduced Sperm Viability Caused By Tetracycline Passes From Father To Son In Pseudoscorpions
In a paper published in Nature's open access journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno report that male pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic tetracycline suffer significantly reduced sperm viability and pass this toxic effect on to their untreated sons. They suggest that a similar effect could occur in humans and other species...
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Pregnancy Risk With Contraceptives Higher Than Women Think
Adult females appear to have considerable knowledge gaps regarding the efficacy of contraceptives - most over-estimate the effectiveness of condoms, the ring, the patch, the pill, and depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. David L...
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Risky Behaviors In Teenagers Should Become Global Focus
According to a report published April 25 by The Lancet, with the global decline of childhood and adolescent mortality from infectious diseases, policymakers are shifting their focus onto the prevention of deaths from noncommunicable causes, for instance, alcohol and drug use, obesity, unsafe sex practices, mental health problems, traffic accidents and violence...
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Anatomic Existence Of The Elusive G-Spot Confirmed By Study
For centuries, women have been reporting engorgement of the upper, anterior part of the vagina during the stage of sexual excitement, despite the fact the structure of this phenomenon had not been anatomically determined. A new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine documents that this elusive structure does exist anatomically. Adam Ostrzenski, M.D., Ph.D...
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
G-Spot Scientifically Identified
A study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine verifies the anatomic existence of the G-Spot. Until now, it has never been determined whether the G-Spot indeed exists, even though women have been reporting engorgement of the upper, anterior part of the vagina during sexual excitement for centuries. After dissecting the anterior vaginal wall on an 83-year-old cadaver, Adam Ostrzenski, M...
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Will Women Use Microbicides To Protect Themselves Against HIV?
Are women willing to use a vaginal gel to protect themselves against HIV infection? Researchers at The Miriam Hospital say that is the million dollar question when it comes to developing products known as microbicides that can prevent the sexual transmission of HIV...
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Testing, Counseling Of Cocaine And Heroin Users Reduces Unprotected Sex
Voluntary testing and counseling (VT/C) for HIV or sexually transmitted infections (STI) among cocaine and heroin users who were treated in the emergency department (ED), accompanied by referral to drug treatment, was associated with reduction in unprotected sex acts and fewer sex acts while high according to researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Bost...
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Study Results Presented At Microbicides 2012 - No Added HIV Risk With Hormonal Contraceptives
An HIV prevention trial that pre-dates the shift to antiretroviral (ARV)-based approaches is nonetheless helping to answer some of the most relevant and topical questions the field is facing today...
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
In The Fight Against HIV In Africa, Rectal Microbicides Are Becoming A High Priority
IRMA (International Rectal Microbicide Advocates) will release "On the Map: Ensuring Africa's Place in Rectal Microbicide Research and Advocacy" at a special evening reception at the international Microbicides 2012 conference at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center...
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Indian Mothers In Canada More Likely To Have Male Offspring
According to a new study published in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), mothers who were born in India, but now live in Canada, are considerably more likely to give birth to boys as their second or third births than Canadian women. Dr. Joel Ray of the St...
Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
New Study Explores How To Decrease Risky Behavior Among Parolees In The Community
Police officers are always trying to control the misconduct of those who are on parole in order to control crime in the community, but what types of behaviors land them back in jail and what can law enforcement officials do about it? A recent article in the Journal of Correctional Health Care (JCHC), published by SAGE, discusses how to target the most common risky behaviors amo...
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Ensuring Good Health Prior To Conception Minimizes Risk Of Complications In Pregnancy
A newly published article in the journal Nursing for Women's Health highlights the importance of a woman's ability to time her childbearing. The author asserts that contraception is a means of health promotion and women who work with their health care providers to ensure they are healthy prior to conceiving can minimize their risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth...
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Hunger, Food Insecurity Linked To Reduced Use Of Condoms For Women In Brazil
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Alexander Tsai of Harvard University, Cambridge, USA and colleagues show that in sexually active women in Brazil severe food insecurity with hunger was positively associated with symptoms potentially indicative of sexually transmitted infection and with reduced odds of condom use...
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Contraceptives Containing Drospirenone Have Higher Blood Clot Risk
Birth control pills containing drospirenone are linked to a higher risk of stroke, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has announced today. The Agency explains that it has completed its review of recent epidemiologic studies. Drospirenone, a synthetic version of progesterone, a female hormone, is often referred to as progestin...
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
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