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Developing and evaluating a faith-based, HIV-prevention program for African-American mothers and their daughters is the focus of Dr. Chisina Kapungu’s $795,000 career development grant from the…

The study, which was published yesterday (7 June 2010) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that women with higher levels of neuroticism and more extravert men, are…

In the largest study to date evaluating erectile dysfunction (ED) and coronary artery calcification, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have determined that men with ED…

Unlike overweight girls, who tend to enter puberty early, overweight and obese boys in the U.S. may begin puberty later than thin boys, according to one of the first longitudinal studies of…

The risk of acquiring HIV through unprotected anal sex is at least 20 times greater than with unprotected vaginal sex and increases if other infections…

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that causes short and long-term complications. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of sexual dysfunctions (SD) among diabetic patients in…

Despite the very high rate of problems with sexual function among people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), little is known about the best treatment approaches in this group of…

With “the pill” poised to turn 50 this weekend comes new research linking hormonal contraceptives with diminished desire and other forms of “female sexual dysfunction.”

The…

One child was born with syphilis every hour in China in 2008, researchers said Thursday, as new money from the country’s growing economy fuels the world’s fastest-growing…

Men who carry the virus that causes genital warts may be at increased risk of HIV infection, a study of Kenyan men suggests.

Researchers say the findings raise…

Despite the virtual elimination of syphilis in China in the 1950s, the sexually transmitted infection is currently at epidemic proportions in the country and rates of…

U.S. researchers have found a link between male obesity and low testosterone levels.

A research conducted by University at Buffalo (UB) endocrinologists showed that 40 percent of obese participants…

A binational team of researchers led by University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that active syphilis infections are significantly greater in…

Men infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) are at greater risk of becoming infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than men who are not HPV positive, according to…

Contrary to what’s traditionally been believed, anal infection with the virus that causes genital warts is common in heterosexual men, a new study confirms.

Until recent years, there had been…

More U.S. babies are being born with syphilis, many of them to women in the South who use crack cocaine and work in the sex trade, according to a…

Circumcision has been found to lower men’s risk of contracting HIV through heterosexual sex, and now new findings suggest that it also cuts the risk of infection with the…

While uncircumcised men don’t seem to be at higher risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV), it takes them longer to clear the virus from their bodies, new research shows. Because…

By using a novel prototype drug, researchers have discovered more about the mechanisms underlying female sexual arousal. These findings are published today in the British…

Teens who use crack or cocaine are more likely to have unprotected sex, increasing their risk of HIV, U.S. researchers found.

The study involved 280 teens - more than half…

The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea risks becoming a drug-resistant “superbug” if doctors do not devise new ways of treating it, a leading sexual health expert said.

Catherine Ison, a specialist on…

Men who drink about a quart or more of cola every day could be causing harm to their sperm, results of a Danish study hint.

On average, these men’s sperm counts were…

A small new study suggests that some common beliefs about the spread of sexually transmitted diseases may not apply to human papillomavirus, also known as HPV.

“We shouldn’t assume that…

Women undergoing treatment for infertility may be less satisfied with their sex lives and have a greater risk of sexual dysfunction than women with normal fertility, a small study suggests.

Definitions and Outcomes
Sexual dysfunction is highly prevalent in men and women, although estimates vary depending upon the definitions and means of assessment used. From…