News tagged with sexual intercourse


Does true love wait? Age of first sexual experience predicts romantic outcomes in adulthood

It's a common lament among parents: Kids are growing up too fast these days. Parents worry about their kids getting involved in all kinds of risky behavior, but they worry especially about their kids' forays into sexual relationships. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Exposure to sexual content in popular movies predicts sexual behavior in adolescence

Intuitively it simply makes sense: exposure to sexual content in movies at an early age probably influences adolescents' sexual behavior. And yet, even though a great deal of research has shown that adolescents who watch ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

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.

HIV & AIDS created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

62 percent of men and 37 percent of women over the age of 65 are sexually active: Spanish study

A study based on the National Health and Sexuality Survey, involving nearly 2000 people, describes the sexual practices of senior citizens in Spain. The most common are kisses, caresses and vaginal penetration. ...

Health created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Circumcision may help protect against prostate cancer

A new analysis led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that circumcision before a male's first sexual intercourse may help protect against prostate cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer ...

Cancer created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Medical myth: Sex induces labour

Sex. It's what got you into pregnancy, but is it also the pathway to getting you out?

Health created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Q+A: Should cervical cancer tests start later?

UK health authorities have recommended women start having pap smears later in life, suggesting women wait until they are at least 25 before having their first cervical cancer screening. ...

Cancer created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Are 'hookups' replacing romantic relationships on college campuses?

"Hooking up" has become such a trend on college campuses that some believe these casual, no-strings-attached sexual encounters may be replacing traditional romantic relationships. However, a new study by researchers with ...

Health created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tadalafil effective, safe in complete erectile dysfunction

(HealthDay)—In men with complete erectile dysfunction (ED), tadalafil 2.5 and 5 mg once-daily result an in intercourse success rate of 32.4 and 46.4 percent, respectively, according to research published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sexually abused boys at risk for more unsafe sex: research

Young males who have been sexually abused are five times more likely to cause teen pregnancy compared to those with no abuse history, according to University of British Columbia research. Sexually abused boys are also three ...

Health created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study highlights condom use in the U.S. among gay and bisexual men ages 18 to 87

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study by researchers at Indiana University and George Mason University provides a large-scale assessment of condom use during the most recent anal intercourse among gay, bisexual and other men who ...

Health created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nerve sparing helps most prostate cancer patients to have same orgasms as before surgery

The vast majority of men who have a prostate cancer operation can retain their ability to orgasm if the surgery is carried out without removing the nerves that surround the prostate gland like a hammock, according to a study ...

Surgery created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

80 percent of US boys use condoms the first time

A surprising 80 percent of teenage boys say they are using condoms the first time they have sex, a government survey found in a powerful sign that decades of efforts to change young people's sexual behavior ...

Health created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Homosexuals report more problems with prostate cancer drug than heterosexuals

Homosexual men taking bicalutamide for prostate cancer were much more likely to report sexual problems during treatment than heterosexual patients, according to a study in the July issue of the urology journal BJUI.

Medications created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

1,233 new cases of AIDS in Saudi Arabia last year

(AP)—The head of Saudi Arabia's AIDS charity foundation says the country saw 1,233 new cases of the disease last year.

HIV & AIDS created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0