Psychology & Psychiatry
Examining the profound health impacts of violence
Women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are also at significant risk of developing poor sexual and reproductive health.
Jun 14, 2023
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News tagged with sexual partners
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gonorrhea and syphilis diagnoses are at their highest in decades—here's what you need to know about these STIs
The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that diagnoses of gonorrhea and syphilis have surged in the last year. Shockingly, gonorrhea rates are the highest they have been since records began in 1918.
Jun 9, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gonorrhea, syphilis on rise in England: UK health agency
England saw a record number of gonorrhea cases and the highest level of syphilis in decades last year as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) spiked, the UK Health Security Agency said on Tuesday.
Jun 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Blue balls': There's no evidence they're harmful, and they shouldn't be used to pressure partners into sex
What are blue balls? Most people—health-care providers included—are familiar with this term referring to scrotal discomfort experienced in response to prolonged sexual arousal without orgasm.
Jun 2, 2023
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Genetics
Contraception, evolution and the genetic maintenance of same-sex sexual behavior
Evolution depends on genes being passed down through the generations via reproduction, and same-sex sexual behavior does not result in offspring.
May 17, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sexually active women are not judged more harshly than men, says study
Maybe you too have bought into the idea that men with numerous sexual partners are actually admired, while women with the same are condemned—the so-called sexual double standard. But that turns out to be a myth, according ...
May 16, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Relationship education can reduce STIs and risky sex among young gay, bisexual men
New research from Northwestern University has shown that educating couples, rather than individuals, may be a highly effective strategy to end the HIV epidemic.
May 10, 2023
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Vaccination
Vaccine battle against cancer-causing HPV thwarted by cost, stigma in Venezuela
Venezuelan Glorimar Montano saved up for months to pay the $120 for a single dose of the vaccine that protects against the cancer-causing HPV virus—a shot that is free and compulsory in most other countries.
May 9, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Teen dating violence sets stage for future abusive relationships
Teens who are abused by a romantic partner may suffer long-lasting repercussions, and this is especially true for girls, a new analysis finds.
May 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Oral sex is now the leading risk factor for throat cancer, says researcher
Over the past two decades, there has been a rapid increase in throat cancer in the west, to the extent that some have called it an epidemic. This has been due to a large rise in a specific type of throat cancer called oropharyngeal ...
Apr 26, 2023
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