DHEA hormone may help a woman’s menopausal symptoms, sex life

A new study has shown that the DHEA, a hormone mostly secreted by the adrenal glands, may be able to help a woman’s menopausal symptoms, as well as giving her a better sex life.

Adolescents Engaging In Group Sex

One in 13 teenage girls, aged 14 to 20, reported having a group-sex experience, with those young women more likely to have been exposed to pornography and childhood sexual abuse than their peers, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher…

Gay Married Men Enjoy Better Health Than Single Gay Men

Men in same-sex marriages enjoy better health, have fewer doctor visits and lower health care costs compared to other gay or bisexual men, researchers from the Mailman School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Public Health…

Researcher Studies The Globalization Of Sex Trafficking And The Organizations That Work To Stop It

In today’s world, human trafficking is not an isolated problem, but a growing global issue. A Kansas State University professor is studying ways that anti-trafficking groups are fighting back…

New Study Says Men Are Not Sex Crazed After All

Everyone knows the old urban legend that men think about sex every minute of the day, but now that appears to have been debunked. Men are not so sex crazed after all, say researchers from Ohio State University. Their research appears to discredit the persistent stereotype that men think about sex every seven seconds, which [...]

Men Who Have Sex With Men at Rising Risk for HIV, Syphilis

Men in New York City who have sex with other men have a 140-fold higher risk for newly diagnosed HIV and syphilis compared with their heterosexual counterparts. Medscape Medical News

HPV Vaccine Protection Against Anal Disease in Men

The quadrivalent vaccine reduces rates of anal neoplasias in men who have sex with men. Medscape Medical News

HPV Vaccine Cuts Risk of Anal Pre-Cancers (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) — Among men who have sex with men, the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) reduces the risk of the precursors of anal cancer, researchers reported.

Breast Cancer Risk Higher If Estrogen Or Testosterone Levels Higher

The risk of breast cancer is greater if levels of hormones estrogen or testosterone are higher in post-menopausal women, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital reported in Breast Cancer Research, an open-access BioMed Central journal. The researchers examined six different growth and sex hormones and discovered that higher levels raised breast cancer risk by 16% [...]

One Of The First Studies Of Its Kind Breaks Down MSM Sex Stereotypes

A new study by researchers at Indiana University and George Mason University found the sexual repertoire of gay men surprisingly diverse, suggesting that a broader, less disease-focused perspective might be warranted by public health and medical practitioners in addressing the sexual health of gay and bisexual men…