Coming down with an infection like chlamydia or gonorrhea should be a giveaway that you’ve been intimate with someone, but more than 10% of young adults who get the diagnosis won’t admit to sexual activity, according to a study …
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Young Adults Choose Self-Esteem Boost Over Sex and Money
It’s hard to imagine anything young people might value more than food, getting an extra paycheck or even having sex, but according to the results of a recent study in the Journal of Personality there is one thing prized most …
The Crying Game: Women’s Tears Dial Down Testosterone
Men tend to hate it when women cry — for reasons that they often have difficulty articulating. Now, new research suggests why — men may be biologically primed to react to a woman’s tears.
The Future of Birth Control
Perhaps at no other point in history has the role of contraception in society been so thoroughly explored, analyzed and debated.
Healthland’s Top 10 Stories of 2010
Sex, drugs and surgery. You loved these stories so much the first time, we’re betting you’ll want to read them again. Here are Healthland’s top 10 most-read stories of 2010. Enjoy!
Many Elderly Men Are Still Having Sex, And Many Want More
Del Boca Vista doesn’t look so different from swingin’ Miami after all. Not only are many elderly men still getting it on, but they say they wish they were having even more sex, according to a survey of 2,783 Australian men …
Food and Sex: Tried and True Ways to Reduce Anxiety
It’s no secret that eating something tasty and having sex are pleasurable, anxiety-reducing activities. But researchers studying stress responses in rats found that sex and food could reduce anxiety even over the long term, for …
Sperm on Steroids: 6 Inches Long and Raring to Fertilize
Call them sperm on steroids, these 6-inch (15 cm) long wriggly organisms that Australian fertility specialists have magnified more than 7000x to help determine which are most likely to fertilize that lucky egg.
Study: ‘Hyper-Texting’ Teens More Likely to Have Had Sex, Tried Drugs
Teens who send more than 120 texts a day are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol or illegal drugs than peers who text less, according to a study conducted at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Mom Sues TV Host Tyra Banks Over Daughter’s Guest Appearance
It’s possible, with some effort, to believe that Tyra Banks imagines her talk show to be as uplifting and current as a new Victoria’s Secret bra — “Tomorrow on Tyra: Women Who Escaped the Sex Industry!” It’s also possible to …
Is Katy Perry a Sesame Streetwalker, or Do Viewers Just Want Her to Be?
After a barrage of complaints, a video of Katy Perry playing tag with Elmo has been pulled from Sesame Street. Parents took exception to the revealing cut of her outfit, which, considering what she usually wears in videos, …
Not Faking It: Why a Placebo Can Improve Sex Life
The power of a capsule of sugar to relieve depression or ease back pain is called the placebo response: as long as you believe you are taking medicine, you often get better. (Actually, placebo response even shows up in clinical …
Sex and the City of Indianapolis
According to a new study by the Journal of Abdominal Obsession, um, I mean, Men’s Health magazine, Indianapolis is the most sexually satisfied city in America. Followed by two cities in Ohio and another city in Indiana.