Sexual Health News

ATLANTA - Taking up a sensitive issue among religious conservatives, an influential government advisory panel Thursday recommended that 11- and 12-year-old girls be routinely vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Girls as young as nine and young women up to age 26 should be able to get Merck and Co.'s Gardasil vaccine aimed at preventing a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cancer, a panel of U.S. experts said on Thursday.

ATLANTA - Should a new vaccination against a sexually transmitted disease be given to girls as young as 9 years old? That question will be taken up Thursday by a panel that helps set government recommendations on what shots U.S. citizens should get — and at what age.

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Hunted for centuries for its purported qualities as an aphrodisiac, asthma cure and as a kind of living voodoo doll, the tiny primate known as the Slender Loris has long faced a battle just to survive.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Right-wing U.S. radio commentator Rush Limbaugh, a one-time target of a prescription fraud investigation, was detained at a Florida airport when agents found a bottle of Viagra in his luggage that was not prescribed in his name, police said on Tuesday.

NAIROBI, Kenya - At a conference this week on sexual health, the Rev. Dominic Wamugunda tried to lighten his talk with a joke — about rape.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Using a condom offers women very effective protection against a sexually-transmitted virus that leads to cervical cancer, according to a study published.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with breathing problems during sleep may commonly suffer from erectile dysfunction (ED) as well, a small study suggests. Researchers found that of 30 men with the breathing disorder sleep apnea, 24 (80 percent) also had symptoms of ED.

NAIROBI, Kenya - He was speaking at a conference about sexual health — a meeting convened in part to help reduce the alarming number of rapes in Kenya. But the priest wasn't crusading. He was trying to entertain.

Scientists have discovered an orchid that never needs to get a date—it can fertilize itself by performing a sexual act never before seen in flowers.

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Chinese drug firms have appealed a court ruling upholding US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's China patent for its impotency drug Viagra, both sides have said.

NAIROBI (AFP) - African countries should demystify sex in order to effectively deal with abuses, human reproductive experts told a pan-African conference on sexual health and rights.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Indian housewife is facing a "tremendous threat" from HIV/AIDS as age-old social customs and a lack of awareness restrict access to protection from sexually-transmitted infections, experts warned on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For some individuals prone to migraine, this susceptibility may not necessarily interfere with their sex life and may in fact improve their libido, according to research published in the journal Headache.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer won U.S. approval on Thursday, a step welcomed as a major advance against a disease that kills about 300,000 women worldwide each year.

Although we rarely think about them, the glands of the endocrine system and the hormones they release influence almost every cell, organ, and function of our bodies. The endocrine system is instrumental in regulating mood, growth and development, tissue function, and metabolism, as well as sexual function and reproductive processes.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenage girls commonly have sex not because they want to, but because they feel pressured into it - and the result may be a higher risk of sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy, a new study suggests.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young women with diabetes with sexual dysfunction may find that Viagra (sildenafil) improves arousal, orgasm and sexual enjoyment and decreases pain during intercourse, results of a small study suggest.