Sexual Health
ED an Indicator of Men's Health (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Erectile dysfunction could be an indicator of testosterone deficiency and the metabolic syndrome, a set of factors that may indicate an increased risk of heart and vascular disease and type 2 diabetes, a new international study shows. More »
HPV Vaccine for Boys? It Just Might Happen (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of all people will have a sexually transmitted disease or infection at some point in their life, the American Social Health Association reports. More »
NY court grants 3 women new chance to stay in US (AP)
AP - A Manhattan appeals court has granted three women who suffered genital mutilation in their native Guinea a new chance to stay in the United States. More »
Cuba approves sex change operations (Reuters)
Reuters - Cuba, in the latest change since President Raul Castro took office in February, has allowed doctors to perform sex change operations, a specialist at the National Center for Sex Education said on Friday. More »
Prosecutor: British man fatally shot wife, kid (AP)
AP - A British man despondent over his sex life and his mounting debt shot his wife and baby daughter to death as they lay in bed together, covered them with a comforter, then bought a one-way ticket home to England, a prosecutor told a jury Friday. More »
Norway accuses Gambian couple of circumcising daughters: report (AFP)
AFP - Norwegian police accused a Gambian couple on Friday of subjecting five daughters to genital mutilation in the country's first-ever case against the illegal act of female circumcision. More »
Program decreases recurrent STDs in teens (Reuters)
Reuters - Sexual Awareness for Everyone, or the SAFE, program has shown promise in curbing recurrent bouts of common sexually transmitted diseases among high-risk teenage girls, researchers report. More »
NYC issues warning after aphrodisiac kills man (AP)
AP - Health officials are warning New Yorkers to stay away from an illegal aphrodisiac made from toad venom after the product apparently killed a man. More »
Gene Therapy May Treat Erectile Dysfunction (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Gene therapy may be a way to treat erectile dysfunction in men who do not respond to pills such as Viagra, researchers report. More »
Erectile dysfunction predicts heart problems: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Problems with maintaining an erection may foretell heart trouble ahead for men with type 2 diabetes, two new studies show. More »