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AIDS is “spiraling out of control” in Asia among men who have sex with other men, activists warned on Tuesday - and the epidemic is likely…

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Faced with the alarming spread of HIV/AIDS, officials in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday taped a pack of three condoms to the front…

Fewer U.S. high school students are having sex, and the ones who do are less likely to have multiple partners, according to a report issued on Thursday by the…

Lexy Zhang laughs nervously as he talks about his first experiences picking up men for sex in a country where condoms are widely available for family planning but not…

A worrying number of young people who do use condoms don’t use them correctly, so risking unwanted pregnancy or infections, reveals research published ahead of print in…

More than 3% of US teens have exchanged sex for money or drugs, reveals a large representative survey published ahead of print in the…

Music that depicts women as sex objects and men as insatiable studs may encourage some teenagers to become sexually active, according to a study of U.S. teens.

While popular music,…

An 88-year-old Indian farmer, who has never heard of Viagra, became the father of a baby boy and has sex daily and wants more kids, The Times of India reported Tuesday.

“I…

Many prostate cancer survivors who have sexual difficulties post-treatment have never tried erectile dysfunction therapies, such as Viagra, a new study shows.

The likelihood that a man will…

Thai cultural watchdogs have banned a line of condoms whose name translates as “Good Penetration,” saying the suggestive label could draw youngsters into having sex earlier, newspapers reported Tuesday.

The…

According to the Family Planning Association (FPA) men come in all shapes and sizes and so do condoms’ but many men are unaware of this.

Though mononucleosis is known as the “kissing disease,” sexual intercourse may increase the odds of contracting the virus, a UK study suggests.

The findings, say researchers, could have implications for…

Middle-aged men who stay slim usually have a low risk of developing heart disease, but if they have erection difficulties that could be an early warning sign of trouble ahead.

Hundreds of Britons are being urged to attend what is being branded as Europe’s first “Masturbate-a-thon”, a leading British reproductive healthcare charity said on Friday.

Marie Stopes International, which is…

Infections with the virus that causes genital herpes are common among teen girls, a new study shows.

While none of the young women in the study had oral or genital herpes…

A new vaccine aimed at halting the spread of a common sexually transmitted virus that can lead to cervical cancer should eventually be given to both sexes, doctors said…

Using a novel mouse model that allows scientists to study how the immune system’s fighter cells respond to invaders in the genital tract during…

A Chinese sexual health clinic on Wednesday defended the posting of excerpts of an ancient, erotic novel on its Web site, saying it was intended for treatment, not for personal…

Young U.S. adults with health insurance are less likely than their uninsured counterparts to have the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia, a national study shows.

Chlamydia is the most common bacterial…

After participating in a two-week sexual education program designed and implemented by an academic medical center, more middle-school students said they would hold off on having sex for the…

The Indian government’s HIV/AIDS control body is backing demands for homosexuality to be legalised, saying that making it a crime is driving infections underground and hampering efforts to…

The strait-laced government of communist-run Vietnam, where pornographic Web sites are banned, plans to offer downloadable movies on an Internet site to educate married couples about healthy sex, a…

New research shows it could be possible to follow the spread of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) through the population by tracking…

New research suggests that men who were sexually abused in childhood struggle in their relations with their doctor or other healthcare provider, and many of these healthcare providers do…

Men chronically infected with hepatitis C virus often suffer from sexual dysfunction, and it seems to have nothing to do with their age or with underlying depression, new study…