Sexual Health

How often women in heterosexual couples desire sex depends on how committed the relationship is and what type of birth control the woman uses.

Higher Risk Shown in New UCSF Study, Especially For Frequent and “High Intensity” Groomers

Hannes Sigurjónsson from the group Reconstructive Plastic Surgery will defend his thesis "Outcome and Refinements of Gender Confirming Surgery" on December 16, 2016. Main supervisor is Associate professor Kalle Lundgren.

The more frequently men use pornography the less sexually intimate they are with their partners, latest University of Otago, Christchurch, research shows.

EVANSTON – Many people have speculated on the evolutionary functions of the human orgasm, but the underlying mechanisms have remained mysterious. In a new paper, a Northwestern University researcher seeks to shed light on how orgasm works in the brain.

In Sweden, circumcised women are offered a new kind of operation. But it is yet unknown how well it works.

UCLA economist hopes analyses will help guide policy-making on prostitution

New £1.4m trial investigates if sexual health support via text can reduce STIs among young people.

Climaxing, erectile dysfunction and lack of interest in sex are main issues, with young people rarely seeking professional help.

As part of a study facilitated through the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, a researcher from The University of Western Australia has documented the first detailed evidence of homosexual behaviour in female gorillas.

A new study suggests that if prison health providers ask women whether they have exchanged sex for drugs or money, they may find that more than one in four have, and that they are at especially high risk for health and social problems.

Newlywed couples who have a lot of sex don’t report being any more satisfied with their relationships than those who have sex less often, but their automatic behavioral responses tell a different story, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

In Norway, the number of notified gonorrhoea cases are now the highest for 25 years. Reported cases of syphilis declined slightly but are still high compared to a few years ago, according to 2015 figures released by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Antigen presenting immune cells are able to process ZOTEN-bound viral particles in a first step towards developing immunity to HSV-2. Credit: Deepak Shukla.

Over the last 50 years, political rights for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals have significantly broadened in some countries, while they have narrowed in others. In many parts of the world, political and popular support for LGB rights hinges on questions about the prevalence, causes, and consequences of non-heterosexual orientations.

More than 90 percent of students at the University of Notre Dame are familiar with and understand the University’s sexual misconduct and sexual assault policy, but 6 percent of women and 2 percent of men report they have personally experienced non-consensual sexual intercourse, and 19 percent of women and 4 percent of men experienced other forms of non-consensual sexual contact.

Study highlights need for sex education programmes to focus on gender dynamics.

Women who undergo early puberty prefer more masculine men and are more likely to want to have children earlier, according to new research.

Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in the over-50 age group and, in fact, could surpass the infection rates of younger people, says a QUT researcher investigating the low use of condoms in this age group.

The number of connections reaches a maximum at the age of 25 for both genders.

The implications of emerging biotechnologies and what they mean for human reproduction and making babies raises legal, ethical and social issues, according to law professor Hank Greely.