An extensive register-based study conducted in Finland has found an increase in severe mental health problems among some adolescents and young adults who have undergone medical gender reassignment (GR). According to the research, ...
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Almost 50% of women in midlife surveyed in a Monash University-led study had poor sexual well-being, including a doubling of the likelihood of desire and arousal dysfunction in early perimenopausal women from premenopause.
Nov 6, 2025
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Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review.
Oct 21, 2025
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For decades, it was thought that while the brain orchestrated male sexual behavior—arousal, courtship, and copulation—the spinal cord merely executed the final act: ejaculation. But a study from the Champalimaud Foundation ...
Sep 23, 2025
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Starting one's sex life and having children at a young age can run in the family. But can pregnancy have beneficial health effects, and do the partner's genes contribute to them? "We are just beginning to understand how pregnancy ...
Jun 28, 2026
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Although research on sexuality in older adults has been growing in recent years, most of the studies are focused on partnered sexual activity and not on solo sexual behavior, including masturbation or the use of sex toys.
Nov 26, 2025
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As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new U.S. studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit—the smartphone.
Jun 9, 2026
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Blocking reproduction increases lifespan in both males and females of many different species, a new international University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study has found.
Dec 10, 2025
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Genital herpes is a lifelong infection. While available treatments can manage symptoms, they cannot cure the infection or prevent transmission. Now, Yale School of Medicine researchers have taken a significant step toward ...
Jun 22, 2026
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Fewer than 1 in 10 hospitals in New South Wales and Victoria have policies to guide surrogacy births, new research has found, prompting urgent calls from experts for national standards.
Sep 11, 2025
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