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An anesthetic spray applied to the penis five minutes before intercourse enables men who suffer from premature ejaculation to last six times longer after penetration, a study shows.

Premature ejaculation…

Two medications used to treat erectile dysfunction in men (tadalafil and sildenafil) do not appear to have visual side effects when taken daily for six…

Middle school youth are engaging in sexual intercourse as early as age 12, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas School…

Some mental health professionals are still attempting to help lesbian, gay and bisexual clients become heterosexual despite lack of evidence that such treatment is beneficial or even safe, according to…

Be careful of that raunchy joke that gets all the laughs. As funny as folks at work may find it, it’s probably hurting morale.

Teenagers do just as well as adults when it comes to understanding the information on emergency-contraception labels, a new study suggests.

The findings, say researchers, argue for making emergency contraception available to minors…

It may seem unlikely that teenage boys could have erectile difficulties, but it can happen. Furthermore, the problem is not all in their heads but can have a…

Adult men with mild learning disabilities may engage in unsafe sex even though they understand the associated risks, survey findings suggest.

Dr. Evan Yacoub, of Springfield Hospital in London,…

In a new report, public health investigators describe a cluster of ciguatera fish poisoning cases in which one of the main symptoms was painful sexual intercourse.

Ciguatera is…

A device that claims to lengthen the penis by exerting increasingly powerful traction on the organ seems to work, Italian researchers have found.

In a small pilot study, men…

Heterosexual men who undergo medical circumcision can significantly reduce their risk of acquiring two common sexually transmitted infections-herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the…

How couples handle the stress of infertility treatment has more to do with their personalities and the nature of their relationship than the process of treatment itself, Belgian researchers report.

Dealing with…

Obese men who undergo gastric bypass surgery will not only lose weight; their sex lives are likely to improve, too, new research shows.

“We wanted to know if obesity…

Adolescent girls reveal alarmingly high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) which remain largely undetected by recommended screening guidelines. A study in Brazil, reported in the open access journal…

Men who wore a penile extender every day for six months were able to increase the flaccid length of their penis by up to…

Weight loss through gastric bypass surgery can reverse hormonal changes

Hormonal changes and diminished sexual quality of life among obese men are related to the degree…

With sexual activity among adolescents in the United States resulting in over 750,000 teenage pregnancies each year and reports of up to 25 percent of all female…

Men who are infertile appear to have an increased risk of developing testicular cancer, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of…

Men who develop erectile dysfunction (ED) in their 40s may have a heightened risk of heart disease down the road, a new study suggests.

On the other hand, researchers…

Results of a study provide “convincing evidence,” researchers say, that douching increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections.

Among a group of sexually active adolescent girls, those who said they always…

The conversation about male sexual dysfunction has grown from a whisper to a roar. From Bob Dole to Mike Ditka, erectile dysfunction, or ED, is no longer hush-hush…

Most animals, like humans, have separate sexes — they are born, live out their lives and reproduce as one sex or the other. However, some animals live as one sex…

Men who experience erectile dysfunction between the ages of 40 and 49 are twice as likely to develop heart disease than men…

New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre for Ecology…