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As a parent who is not the abuser, you can have an important role in helping your child recover from sexual abuse. This information takes a brief look…

Sexual assault is any unwanted sexual behaviour or activity that makes the victim feel uncomfortable, frightened or threatened. It is sexual activity that the person has not consented to and refers to a broad range…

Sexually transmissible infections (STIs) are common all around the world. They may be caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites. You may think that only other people get STIs and that you are…

What Sexual Problems Can Occur After Childbirth?

Changes to the Vagina or Perineum. Perineal injuries can increase the risk of sexual pain after childbirth, and are sometimes preventable. Widening…

The objective of the study was to assess testicular cancer in infertile men utilizing a cohort study methodology. Couples evaluated for infertility from 1965 to 1995 from 15 California…

A study of sex education in Illinois public schools found that one out of three teachers did not meet a very forgiving definition of comprehensive instruction, researchers from…

Consistent condom use can reduce the spread of HIV, but are they the answer to rising rates of other sexually transmitted infections?

Researchers debate the issue in this…

Rates of circumcision vary widely across the nation, a phenomenon likely linked to regional variations in racial, ethnic and immigrant populations, as well as insurance coverage, according to the…

Bisexuality in women appears to be a distinctive sexual orientation and not an experimental or transitional stage that some women adopt “on their way” to lesbianism,…

Sexually active gay men are many times more likely than others to acquire a new, highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the so-called MRSA bacteria widely know as the “superbug,”…

Condoms are able to protect you from infections that are transmitted during sexual intercourse. However, they do not protect you from contact with sores or warts on areas of the…

If there are matters that are bothering you, it is important to talk about them with your partner. If the problem is persistent, discuss it with your doctor, who…

Human beings are unique among animals in having the capacity for sexual desire even when the female is not fertile and in retaining desire into old age, long…

More than 98 per cent of men who are circumcised can enjoy the same levels of sexual satisfaction and performance as men who are not,…

Children whose parents have completed a program to improve their communication skills with their children are significantly less likely to have or plan to have sexual intercourse within the next…

Sex education greatly boosts the likelihood that teens will delay having intercourse, according to a new study that is the first of its kind in years.

Male teens who…

Since the launch in 1998 of the anti-impotence drug sildenafil (viagra), the American food and drug administration has identified 50 cases of drug-related blindness, the…

Medical and health geographers may need to ‘get softer’ to consider how the use of drugs, such as sexuopharmaceuticals, might (re)organize the geographies of sex - the networks,…

A weak theory of economy does not presume relationships between distinct sites of the diverse economy are structured in predictable ways, but observes the ways they are…

The discipline of geography is largely absent in discussions and debates about drug use practices and their relationships to sexual health. Given the important…

New drugs for male erectile dysfunction (ED) are set to challenge the market dominance currently enjoyed by sildenafil citrate (Viagra™, Pfizer, Sandwich, UK). The new drugs, vardenafil (Bayer, Leverkusen, Germany) and…

The advent of the first effective oral agent in the management of erectile dysfunction, sildenafil (Viagra ; Pfizer US Pharmaceutical Group, New York, NY), has had a revolutionary impact on management.

Researchers have identified an alternative pathway that regulates penile erection, offering fresh hope to the 40% of impotent men for whom Viagra is ineffective. Viagra increases the dilatory effects of nitric acid in the…

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) suggest epigenetics, or the way DNA is processed and expressed, may be the underlying cause for male infertility. The study will…

Circumcision is one of the commonest surgical procedures performed on males. Opponents argue that infant circumcision can cause both physical and psychological harm, while recent…