HIV & AIDS

FDA review favors first drug for HIV prevention (Update)

(AP) -- A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

Other

Sexual minority women are often victims of abuse

Adult lesbian and bisexual women are more likely to report childhood abuse and adult sexual assault than heterosexual women, according to a new study by Dr. Keren Lehavot from the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

The big 'O': What shapes a woman's pursuit of pleasure?

Women who believe a sexual encounter with a male partner will be brief pursue orgasms less on average than those who believe they have more time, according to a Rutgers-led study. The same applies to a woman who believes ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Study examines how parenthood affects gay couples' health, HIV risk

Gay parents face many of the same challenges as straight parents when it comes to sex and intimacy after having children, according to a new study of gay fathers published in the journal Couple and Family Psychology. The ...

Health

LGBQ teens more likely than peers to use dangerous drugs

Lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning (LGBQ) teens are at substantially higher risk of substance use than their heterosexual peers, according to a new study led by San Diego State University researchers and published in the ...

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