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Sexual Health
Porn Industry Threatens to Sue Over L.A. County Law Requiring Condoms
Voters want actors in adult films to wear condoms, but the industry is threatening to sue and shift production elsewhere.
In a Rush to Mature: Study Finds Boys Hitting Puberty Earlier than Ever
First girls, now boys. Puberty is Inching ever deeper into childhood
Study: Free Birth Control Slashes Abortion Rates
What would happen if women at risk for unintended pregnancies received the birth control of their choice — especially the more effective kinds — at no cost?
HIV Treatment Results Are Improving — But Maybe Not as Much as We Thought
The proportion of U.S. patients who receive effective treatment has jumped from 45% in 2001 to 72% in 2010, according to a large national study, but that’s still lower than some previous estimates
Propecia Problems: Baldness Drug Linked with Long-Lasting Sexual Side Effects
The adverse side effects of the anti-baldness drug could last for months or even years for some men
A New Treatment For Curved Penis?
About 5% of men are plagued with a distressing condition called Peyronie’s disease — a painful curvature of the penis during erection that can make sex difficult or even impossible.
Morning-After Pill Akin to Abortion? The Science Says No
The topic debate over abortion and contraception has fueled more than a few political and religious debates, but a recent investigation by the New York Times shows why morning-after pills have no place in that discussion.
Hormone Replacement Therapy After Menopause: What Women Need to Know
A government panel confirms that estrogen and progestin replacement therapy should be used sparingly, only to ward off the most intense symptoms of menopause, and not to protect against chronic disease.
Watch Out, Viagra: FDA Approves a Fast-Acting Erectile Dysfunction Drug
Last Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Stendra, the first new drug in a decade to treat erectile dysfunction.
University Vending Machine Dispenses the Morning-After Pill
Chips, soda, candy bars and … contraceptives?
Men Are More Likely to Have Oral HPV than Women
A rise in oral sex may be pushing up HPV infection rates in men, along with head and neck cancers caused by the virus.
L.A. Mayor Signs Law Requiring Condoms in Porn Films
Filmmakers are threatening to leave the nation’s porn capital because of a new law requiring condom use on set.