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Many sexually transmitted infections are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends screening all pregnant women for human immunodeficiency virus infection as…

Scientists have discovered a new enzyme involved in the degradation of proteins inside cells, a process that helps eliminate or recycle proteins that are no longer needed. The unexpected…

Many scientists assume people have sex for simple and straightforward reasons such as to experience sexual pleasure or to reproduce, but new research at The University of Texas at Austin reveals hundreds…

The first study to look at sexual function in very long-term female survivors of genital-tract cancer found that these women were pleased with the quality of their cancer…

Many sexually transmitted infections are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends screening all pregnant women for human immunodeficiency virus infection as…

Offers male cancer survivors a chance to father children of their own, after potentially fertility-damaging treatment

A recent study at Hamilton Health Sciences proves that sperm…

Men and their physicians need not hesitate to use a drug proven effective in preventing prostate cancer out of concern that it is likely to cause sexual dysfunction, say…

Group psychotherapy can help treat impotence, also referred to as erectile dysfunction, according to the first-ever review of research on the topic.

But larger, long-term studies are needed to confirm if psychotherapy alone…

A spike in syphilis infections in a major Malagasy mining town could predict an HIV epidemic there in future, an official said on Wednesday.

Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease,…

Clinics for people with sexually transmitted infections are unable to treat patients properly because they don’t have the right information, according to health watchdogs.

Gaps in data make…

Female condoms may be more prone to slipping or other technical difficulties than male versions are, but the two seem similarly effective at blocking semen, research suggests.

In a study…

Artificially replicating the male genome could help men with very low sperm counts become fathers, a scientist told the 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction…

A bizarre hairless rodent living underground in Africa may offer clues about the links between stress and human infertility, scientists said on Monday.

Stressed-out mole-rats become infertile after constant bullying…

A factor in immune cells regulates human semen and seems to determine whether a man will be fertile, according to a new study.

Yousef Al-Abed, PhD, and his colleagues at The Feinstein Institute…

Regarding figures of the Spanish Association for Sexual Health (Asociación Española para la Salud Sexual), a loss of sexual drive is one of…

Ecological and observational studies suggest that male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV acquisition in men. Our aim was to investigate the effect of male circumcision on…

The most common medical procedure in the US is infant male circumcision. The long-term-health impact of neo-natal circumcision has received little study while the consequences of circumcision…

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the consistent inability to achieve and maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual activity. Erectile dysfunction affects as many as 30 million men in America, with an increasing…

Sexual difficulties in women appear to be widespread in society; the relationship between female sexual function and obesity is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between…

Recent analyses suggest that about 67–68% of men with hypertension have some degree of erectile dysfunction (ED). With about 25 million men in the US with hypertension, substantial numbers of hypertension-related ED exist…

A relatively new sexually transmitted infection has surpassed Neisseria gonorrhea in prevalence among young adults in the US, according to a new study.

Mycoplasma genitalium was first identified in the 1980s. It…

Women are much more interested in a man’s personality and looks than the size of his penis, but men can experience real anxiety even if…

Scientists in Hong Kong and China have identified for the first time a protein in sperm from humans and from mice that could be responsible for many unexplained cases…

Early research has explored a possible connection between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and erectile dysfunction (ED) and has also suggested that LUTS associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) may…

New laws removing sperm donors’ right to anonymity have not stopped men volunteering to provide it.

It had been feared that rules which came into force…