So much emphasis is placed on problems of sexuality as we age that there has been little attention paid to the attitudes and opinions of the aging population enjoying a satisfying sex life. Swedish researchers, however, have been examining the…
That’s what city officials wanted to know. To find out, the city’s Bureau of Epidemiology Services conducted a telephone survey delving into the private lives of 10,000 New Yorkers for the year 2006. On Tuesday, the New York City (NYC)…
One popular form of contraceptive has been found to decrease specific arterial function that is vital to good cardiovascular health. The study raises the question of the safety in using the contraceptive today at the risk of developing cardiovascular disease…
Has the “free love” generation lost its mojo?
If you talk to baby boomer gals, it seems the answer is yes. Indeed, as millions of women enter perimenopause and then transgress to menopause and beyond, many say they check their sex…
Survey findings released this week dispel the commonly held fantasy that satisfactory sex requires a significant time commitment. The survey, conducted at Penn State by the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, revealed that satisfactory sex for couples typically lasts…
Patient demographics has led researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center to identify two types of cancer associated with the head and neck and the types of people more likely to get one form of the cancer or the…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just issued the alarming findings of its first ever survey of teen health which included sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In the study, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 838 randomly…
A new study shows that the HPV vaccine, GARDASIL, reduced abnormal Pap test results by 43 percent compared to women not given the vaccine. GARDASIL is FDA approved against the human papilloma virus (HPV) strains (6, 11, 16, 18) believed…
Med Headlines - According to a new study, teenagers who receive sex education in school are more likely to wait until they are older to have sex for the first time. The study, the first of its kind in many…
