Posted in del.icio.us, sex on Mar 16th, 2010
CDC Releases New Data on HIV and Syphilis Rates Among Gay Men and MSM (Siecus) – The rate of diagnosis of new cases of HIV for MSM was 44 times higher than for other men and 40 times higher than for women.
How to Have Sex in Texas –
Sexuality & Social Networking: Review of Nina [...]
Posted in del.icio.us, sex on Feb 16th, 2010
Buzz off: Disabling Google Buzz | Webware – CNET – Instructions on purging your profile, blocking followers, then turning off Google Buzz.
Google Says Buzz Needed Wider Testing, Issuing Fixes This Week – google buzz – Lifehacker – In one week, Google's Buzz social network has moved through a splashy launch, a quick fix, a major [...]
Posted in del.icio.us, sex on Jan 28th, 2010
China’s latest scandal is counterfeit condoms – latimes.com – Health officials warn that inferior contraceptives can spread the diseases they are supposed to protect against. Some of the brand-name knockoffs have reached the U.S.
La Figa » Trans Speaker Receives Threat Over Appearance at Yale “Sex Week” – The threat, received through Angel’s Facebook account via [...]
Posted in del.icio.us, sex on Dec 3rd, 2009
The Sex Doctor Is Out / Violet Blue: Talk to your doctor about sex? You’re better off asking Twitter – Picking out a new doctor that you'll feel comfortable talking to — and hope to get accurate answers from — is a challenge with a health care system that is not consumer friendly, nor awake [...]
Posted in del.icio.us, sex on Nov 13th, 2009
SHPANK, CRØSS & STÖCK: Flat-pack on your back — Bookkake – Fake ikea instructions for bondage gear
Where The Party’s At: The Real Stars Of The Fleshbot Awards –
Bad Reputation: Doing Damage Control on Your Internet Profile | TechCoquette – If you find that you’re not pleased with how the internet reflects you, there are [...]
Posted in del.icio.us, sex on Nov 9th, 2009
High Schools Struggle When Gender Bends the Dress Code – NYTimes.com – Dress is always code, particularly for teenagers eager to telegraph evolving identities. Each year, schools hope to quell disruption by prohibiting the latest styles that signify a gang affiliation, a sexual act or drug use…But when officials want to discipline a student whose [...]
Posted in del.icio.us, sex on Nov 5th, 2009
Sexy Biz: Durex, Lifestyles, and Trojan lead in Consumer Reports condom test | Examiner.com – Consumer Reports tested 15,000 condoms for its most recent report, representing 20 models from different brands. The most reliable? While all of the condoms tested met minimum reliability standard requirements for volume and pressure, there were four different models from [...]
Posted in del.icio.us, sex on Oct 27th, 2009
These are my links for October 25th through October 26th:
Scary Sex Toys – Sex Toys That Are More Scary Than Sexy | Cory Silverberg – the sex toys below are ghoulish not just in their looks, but in misguided conception, poor design, and sometimes obvious danger.
Social Networking – Legal and Ethical Issues for Lawyers and [...]
Posted in del.icio.us, sex on Oct 22nd, 2009
These are my links for October 21st through October 22nd:
Mollena Williams Named Ms. SF Leather 2009 | San Francisco Bay Times – Originally from New York, Mo has been active in the BDSM community since 1996. She is a founding member of the Crowded Fire Theater Company and speaks at leather events across the [...]
Posted in hpv on Jun 8th, 2009
By Rick Nauert
PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on June 4, 2009
Informing men that a new vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) would also help protect their female partners against developing cervical cancer from the sexually transmitted infection did not increase their interest in getting the vaccine.
Mary Gerend, assistant professor of medical [...]
Masturbation Frequency Linked to Prostate Risk in 20s, Protection in 50s
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Jan. 27, 2009 — Frequent masturbation in young men is linked to higher risk of early prostate cancer, but it lowers prostatecancer risk for men in their 50s, a study shows.
High levels of male sex hormones, [...]
Posted in birth control on Jan 23rd, 2009
by Daniel Pellegrom
President Obama signed an executive order late Friday afternoon ending the Global Gag Rule.
President Obama’s decision to lift the Global Gag Rule gives me extraordinary reason to rejoice. I became Pathfinder International’s president in 1985, shortly after President Reagan imposed the original version of the Global Gag Rule (also known as the Mexico [...]
Posted in politics on Jan 21st, 2009
by Emily Douglas
President Obama took office just 24 hours ago, and the world is already a very different place for women and their reproductive health.
Global Gag Rule, Conscience Rule, and Ban on Stem Cell Funding on the Chopping Block
Word is that the administration will repeal the global gag rule tomorrow, on the 36th anniversary [...]
By Jason Gale
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — A sex hormone stimulated by excess body fat may trigger deadly ovarian cancer, a new study found.
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute found that, among women who had never taken hormones after menopause, obesity was associated with an almost 80 percent higher risk of ovarian cancer, the deadliest type [...]
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) – A vaccine designed to protect women and girls from cervical cancer caused by a wart virus may protect men, too, maker Merck and Co (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) reported on Thursday.
The Gardasil vaccine was 90 percent effective in preventing lesions, mostly sexually [...]
Posted in del.icio.us on Oct 29th, 2008
RH Reality Check’s Election and Reproductive Health Guide
Barbara Nitke has a beautiful new website, and is now blogging. I helped!
Lolita Wolf is a spanking expert – she was interviewed for the 30th anniversary issue of Penthouse Variations.
Gerard Damiano, director of Deep Throat, has passed away at the age of 80. (NYT).
Regina Lynn reviews the [...]
Posted in health on Oct 21st, 2008
By Laura MacInnis
GENEVA (Reuters) – Chocolate-flavored body spreads sold in British sex shops have been found to be tainted with melamine, the chemical that made thousands of babies ill in China, food safety authorities said Monday.
The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) said melamine had been found in Chinese-made “I Love You” sets, sold at Ann [...]
Posted in health on Oct 21st, 2008
By Caroline Wilbert
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Oct. 20, 2008 — It has never been so important to check your inbox.
Four years after the launch of inSPOT.org, which allows people with sexually transmitted diseases to notify sexual partners via email, nearly 50,000 e-cards have been sent, according to an article published in PLoS Medicine.
The [...]
Posted in health, legislation, women on Sep 19th, 2008
By HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON and CECILE RICHARDS
LAST month, the Bush administration launched the latest salvo in its eight-year campaign to undermine women’s rights and women’s health by placing ideology ahead of science: a proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services that would govern family planning. It would require that any health care [...]
Many health problems come with a tagalong: sexual dysfunction. Are the home fires burning less brightly lately? It might be time for a checkup. Here are a few medical conditions and situations whose impact can be felt in the bedroom:
Vascular disease. Several vascular conditions can express themselves as sexual problems. With time, they harm blood [...]
by Pat Wingert and Barbara Kantrowitz
. . .For years, researchers have known that women are twice as likely to develop depression as men and they suffer a wider range of symptoms. But when it came to prescribing effective treatments, researchers couldn’t agree if gender mattered. As some small studies suggested, certain drugs worked better [...]
All across the Internet, headlines are hollering: “David Duchovny: SEX ADDICT” According to Duchovny’s camp, the actor checked himself into rehab for sex addiction this week. . .
. . .While no one knows for sure what Duchovny’s issues with sex are, the story begs the question: Is sex addiction even real? According to Dr. Marty [...]
