“Testicular cancer’s the most prevalent cancer among men between 14-40 years old. One’s chance of getting the ball busting disease are about 1 in 250. Yet, most men still don’t talk about testicular cancer, let alone take the proper precautions to prevent it.
That’s why Britain’s Embarrassing Illnesses invited the Moseley Rugby team on to [...]
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… But with such high rates of reoperation, a new debate is emerging over whether breast implants constitute the kind of annuity medicine that will entail regular surgical tuneups, exposing patients to increased medical risk and out-of-pocket expenses. At a time when manufacturers have provided the F.D.A. with clinical studies that follow patients for just [...]
New show: Sex Cred
Posted in health on Sep 19th, 2007
MTV has a new series featuring Dr. Ruth Westheimer called Sex Cred with Dr. Ruth.
My pal Lena Chen of Sex and the Ivy is a co-host. In this episode, she talks about student misperceptions of sexual health.
Will Jessica also be a co-host?
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Genital Procedure Draws Warning (WSJ)
Posted in health, plastic surgery on Aug 31st, 2007
By RACHEL ZIMMERMAN
An influential physicians group is expected to warn today against so-called vaginal rejuvenation and other cosmetic procedures, saying the methods are unproven and potentially risky, and that medical claims about results are exaggerated.
Doctors who perform the procedures say the opinion from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is overly cautious (See report). [...]
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
A study in Uganda has come up with a surprising finding about sex and H.I.V. Washing the penis minutes after sex increased the risk of acquiring H.I.V. in uncircumcised men.
The sooner the washing, the greater the risk of becoming infected, the study found. Delaying washing for at least 10 minutes after sex [...]
PETALING JAYA: It may sound nutty, but walnuts may just be the remedy for erectile dysfunction.
Potent little pill: Prof Kim showing an “N-Hanz” tablet and the type of the walnuts that are used to produce it. It takes 3.3kg of walnuts to produce enough extracts for one tablet.Developed by a team of researchers at Universiti [...]
Let’s Talk About Sex (NYT Select)
Posted in abortion, birth control, health, women on May 19th, 2007
By ATUL GAWANDE
One statistic seems to me to give the lie to all the rhetoric about abortion, and it’s this: one in three women under the age of 45 have an abortion during their lifetime. One in three. All politicians — Democrat and Republican — say they want to make abortion at least rare (as [...]
I’m overdue for a mammogram (I had a scare last year - must call Monday), so I get to direct you to the Jane Guide to Breast Health:
Love Your Boobs
Show Us Yours
Slideshow: Perfect Breasts
Is This Normal?
Whip ‘Em Out Legally
etc.
You’ve had one recently, right?
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ATLANTA: The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is now among the “superbugs” resistant to common antibiotics, leading U.S. health officials to recommend wider use of a different class of drugs to avert a public health crisis.
The resistant form accounts for more than one in every four gonorrhea cases among heterosexual men in Philadelphia and nearly that [...]
Irene Kaoru, a new Sexerati contributor, writes:
What I wonder most is whether libido-boosting drugs and hormone therapy will become a positive or negative thing for women. What I wonder most is whether the current pharmaceutical focus on chemicals used to right bodily wrongs simply misses the bigger picture, and if, in the long term, it [...]
The Women’s War (NY Times Magazine)
Posted in Army, PTSD, harassment, health, women on Mar 19th, 2007
The cover story from last Sunday’s NY Times magazine was about women serving in Iraq, and treating female soldiers and veterans diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD):
There have been few large-scale studies done on the particular psychiatric effects of combat on female soldiers in the United States, mostly because the sample size has heretofore [...]
By Shari Roan, Times Staff Writer
With human papillomavirus, girls and women have been getting all the attention.
Parents across the nation have rushed to have their daughters vaccinated against the virus. States are wrestling with whether to require that adolescents get the vaccine. And recent research found that many more girls and women are infected with [...]
Cosmetic Surgery’s New Frontier…
Posted in health, plastic surgery on Mar 7th, 2007
….is your cooter:
Christopher A. Warner says he considers himself something of a maverick, a caring physician willing to challenge medical orthodoxy in order to help women.
That’s why the 39-year-old board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist recently opened the Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute of Washington in a red brick townhouse off Washington Circle. There, he is building a business as [...]
…When you look at the phthalate issue in a larger context, what you see is the current split within the sex toy industry between old-school adult novelty makers and new age sex-positive toy companies. The former are stuck in a model of “get it as cheap as you can from China, make it look like [...]
JAMyE wAxMAN reminds us to do our kegel exercises.
For this, I use my Smart Balls.
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Sex researcher says there’s more to orgasm than ‘G spot’ (N
Posted in Beverly Whipple, g spot, health, sex, sexuality, women on Mar 3rd, 2007
By LINDA A. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer
March 2, 2007, 12:42 PM EST
VOORHEES, N.J. — Sexuality researcher Beverly Whipple made her name a quarter century ago popularizing the “G spot,” the elusive female erogenous zone, but [...]
By Lindsey Tanner, Associated PressCHICAGO — One in four U.S. women ages 14 to 59 is infected with the sexually transmitted virus that in some forms can cause cervical cancer, according to the first broad national estimate.
The figure is mostly in line with previous assessments. The highest prevalence — nearly 45% — was found in [...]
Ring Toss: Links for 2007-02-23
Posted in anna nicole smith, bdsm, bondage, gay, health, homophobia, homosexuality, roundup, sex, sexuality, susiebright on Feb 23rd, 2007
US Soldier receives 100 year sentence for rape and killing of Iraqi girl
NBA Star John Amaechi Live at Lambda Rising (Myspace event)
The Anna Nicole Smith Litigation: Every Case Gets the Judge That It Deserves (AbovetheLaw)
Mr. Sulu pwns Tim Hardaway with homophobia PSA (BoingBoing)
N.Y. Jury Receives Graphic Lesson in S&M Practices (Law.com)
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Something in the Way She Writes (Cory Silverberg)
Posted in Mara Altman, Village Voice, disability, health, sex on Feb 15th, 2007
It was with complete disbelief (which later turned to horror then anger then desperation then I got hungry from all the anger…) that I read, in its poorly written entirety, the Valentine’s Day cover story of this week’s Village Voice titled “Something in the Way He Moves.”
The article is ostensibly a personal profile of [...]
…As the teacher, Monique Binford, delved into an unexpurgated discussion covering issues from vaginal dryness to Viagra, one student’s cane clattered to the floor, another student adjusted his hearing aid and a third fidgeted in her orthopedic shoes. By the time Ms. Binford got around to describing a safe sexual act involving Saran Wrap, a [...]
Starting on Valentine’s Day, British men 30-65 will be able to buy Viagra over-the-counter in a trial program at Boots Pharmacy.
Thanks, Lolita!
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Don’t Take ‘No" for an Answer: A Guide to Pharmacy Refusals, Policies and Practices
Posted in EC, health, laws, nwlc, regulations, women on Feb 11th, 2007
The National Women’s Law Center just released Don’t Take No for an Answer (PDF), a guide to pharmacy refusals, policies and practices:
This guide provides resources to help advocates find governing and supporting authority to fight against religious, moral, or personal refusals to fill lawful prescriptions. The resources included in this guide can be used to [...]
Abstinence-only sex ed finds few scientific fans (SF Gate)
Posted in abstinence, birth control, education, health, politics, reproductive rights, violetblue on Feb 11th, 2007
Mike Weiss, Chronicle Staff Writer
There is no good scientific evidence that teaching abstinence to teenagers will by itself prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, say the authors of a recent study. Yet they found that comprehensive sex education is declining and that more youngsters are being taught nothing more than abstinence.
As with similar debates [...]
Bottlerocket’s Eclectic Salon: Dr. Ruth
Posted in dr. ruth, events, health, nyc, sex, wine on Feb 10th, 2007
Get ready for Valentine’s Day! Renowned radio/TV personality and teacher Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer will be at Bottlerocket with the latest edition of her bestselling guide, Sex For Dummies®. Bottlerocket invites lovers of wine, and lovers, to join Dr. Ruth.
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