http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Cuddling and caressing are important ingredients for long-term relationship satisfaction, according to an international study that looks at relationship and sexual satisfaction throughout committed relationships, but contrary to stereotypes, tenderness was more important to the men than to the women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-couples-gender-differences-relationship-sexual.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:15:39 EST news229054522 A University of Sussex psychologist is one of the key authors of a major new report that reveals that death rates of men aged 16-64 is twice that of women in the same age range in the European Union. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-men-lifestyles-early-death.html Health Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:45:33 EST news227547854 Father's Day this Sunday is a chance to recognize dads for putting up with all manner of nonsense that kids manage to cook up on the way to adulthood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-dads-good-parenting-difference.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:47:47 EST news227281645 Cutting back on sleep drastically reduces a healthy young man's testosterone levels, according to a study published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-loss-lowers-testosterone-healthy-young.html Health Tue, 31 May 2011 16:15:19 EST news226077294 A new study of sexual risk behaviors within long-term couples in South Africa finds that HIV-positive people take almost as much risk in their sexual behavior when they know their partner is HIV-negative or don't know their status, as when they know their partner is already infected. At the same time, HIV-positive partners who are on antiretroviral therapy and in intensive counseling do engage in less risky behavior. The Brown University researchers who led the study say both findings suggest that more couples-based HIV counseling is needed in South Africa where about 18 percent of adults carry the virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-hiv-south-africa-focus-couples.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:45:49 EST news222950735 More intensive or family-based HIV prevention interventions may be needed to encourage juvenile offenders to use condoms and stop engaging in risky sexual behavior, say researchers from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center (BHCRC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-hiv-interventions-juvenile.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:32:52 EST news221999564