Health
Male couples report as much domestic violence as straight couples
Nearly half of all men in a new study about intimate partner violence in male couples report being victims of abuse.
Jul 10, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
More evidence that kids of gay parents do just fine
(HealthDay)—On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, new research suggests that children raised by gay parents are well-adjusted and resilient.
Aug 4, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Check your 'fun parts': What a new sexual health campaign for young Aussies gets right and wrong
The Australian government recently launched a new campaign, Beforeplay, to promote better sexual health among young people.
Jan 20, 2024
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Neuroscience
Do single people suffer more? The mere presence of a partner may reduce pain
Researchers at the University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT, Hall, Austria) and the University of the Balearic Islands (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) have confirmed the analgesic effects of social ...
Aug 23, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Medical, surgical abortions are very safe: review
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling last June, many feared that abortion bans would jeopardize the health of pregnant women.
Jan 6, 2023
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Addiction
HIV drug can also protect injection drug users (Update)
Doctors should consider giving a daily AIDS drug to another high risk group to help prevent infections—people who shoot heroin, methamphetamines or other injection drugs, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.
Jun 12, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Mutational tug of war over HIV's disease-inducing potential
A study from Emory AIDS researchers shows how the expected disease severity when someone is newly infected by HIV reflects a balance between the virus' invisibility to the host's immune system and its ability to reproduce.
Aug 23, 2016
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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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HIV & AIDS
Preventing HIV infection with anti-HIV drugs in people at risk is cost-effective
An HIV prevention strategy in which people at risk of becoming exposed to HIV take antiretroviral drugs to reduce their chance of becoming infected (often referred to as pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP), may be a cost-effective ...
Mar 12, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study suggests same-sex couples face more obstacles to infertility treatment
Same-sex couples encounter more obstacles to treatment for infertility than opposite-sex couples, suggests a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
Aug 23, 2015
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