http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine reveals that within a nationally representative study of American men and women, sex was rated as highly arousing and pleasurable whether or not condoms and/or lubricants were used. Condoms and lubricants are commonly used by both women and men when they have sex. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-reveals-sex-pleasurable-condom-lubricant.html Health Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:03 EST news278098463 The world economy would be boosted by billions of dollars if all women had access to contraception, the United Nations said on Wednesday in its annual State of World Population report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-contraception-world-bn.html Health Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:40:01 EST news272107310 Parents of teen girls are more ready to accept their daughters being offered birth control pills and condoms during doctor visits than other, more effective and long-acting contraceptive methods, according to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The study also shows that the more that a parent respects their daughter's autonomy, the more likely that parent is to accept a doctor offering their teen any contraceptive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-parents-less-effective-birth-methods-teens.html Health Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:42:28 EST news266226136 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study from the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) has found a link between the consumption of caffeinated energy drinks mixed with alcohol and casual -- often risky -- sex among college-age adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-links-alcoholenergy-casual-risky-sex.html Addiction Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:09:23 EST news262422547 (HealthDay) -- More than a third of births in the United States stem from unintended pregnancies, a number that's remained steady in the United States from 1982 to 2010, a new government report indicates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-births-unintended-cdc.html Health Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:40:01 EST news262342466 Rich nations and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said they had pledged more than 2.6 billion dollars towards family planning in developing countries at a summit in London Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nations-bln-family.html Health Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:20:36 EST news261238817 Intrauterine devices (IUDs) should be used routinely to provide emergency contraception, according to the authors of the first systematic review of all available data from the past 35 years. They found that IUDs had a failure rate of less than one per thousand and were a more effective form of emergency contraception than the "morning after pill". In addition, IUDs continued to protect women from unwanted pregnancy for many more years if they were left in place. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-intrauterine-devices-effective-emergency-contraception.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 08 May 2012 19:00:01 EST news255712156 First-time first-trimester induced abortion is not associated with an increased risk of readmission to psychiatric facilities among women with a history of a treated mental disorder, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-first-trimester-abortion-psychiatric-readmission.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:07 EST news247756056