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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1413 health Sexual Health News en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:42 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1413 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091120/hl_hsn/spraymaydelayejaculation hsn/20091120/spraymaydelayejaculation HealthDay health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:42 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A spray touted as the first potential treatment for premature ejaculation has proved effective in a second study, according to the company that developed it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/hl_nm/us_premature_spray nm/20091119/us_premature_spray Reuters health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:18:27 GMT Reuters - A spray that numbs the penis can help prevent premature ejaculation, doctors reported on Thursday, and drug maker Sciele Pharma Inc, a division of Japan's Shionogi, plans to file for U.S. approval next year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091119/hl_hsn/genitalherpesmaynevergodormant hsn/20091119/genitalherpesmaynevergodormant HealthDay health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:48:45 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Herpes, the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital lesions, never truly goes into a dormant state, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091118/hl_hsn/viagrahelpfulforchildrenwithheartdefect hsn/20091118/viagrahelpfulforchildrenwithheartdefect HealthDay health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:48:56 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil, commonly known as Viagra, boosts the heart's pumping ability in children and young adults who've had the Fontan operation to correct single-ventricle heart defects, researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/hl_afp/healthwomensexdrugs afp/20091118/healthwomensexdrugs AFP health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:25:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/hl_afp/healthwomensexdrugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258479105776-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ItdQmGAxmfxaPWD077FO2g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Viagra pills are seen during the manufacturing process. A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead North American investigator analysing tests of the drug said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead North American investigator analysing tests of the drug said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/hl_afp/healthwomensexdrugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258479105776-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ItdQmGAxmfxaPWD077FO2g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Viagra pills are seen during the manufacturing process. A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead North American investigator analysing tests of the drug said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/hl_nm/us_shockwave_therapy nm/20091117/us_shockwave_therapy Reuters health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:38:58 GMT Reuters - It sounds painful, but shockwave therapy may be an effective treatment for men who suffer from erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a small study showcased here at the European Society for Sexual Medicine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091117/hl_hsn/studytoutssuccesswithfemaleviagradrug hsn/20091117/studytoutssuccesswithfemaleviagradrug HealthDay politics Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:49:08 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- New industry-funded research suggests that the antidepressant flibanserin, which has been touted as a female version of Viagra, can enhance libido in women with low sex drives. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091117/hl_hsn/teengirlsathigherriskforstdsreport hsn/20091117/teengirlsathigherriskforstdsreport HealthDay health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:48:55 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Teen girls aged 15 to 19 accounted for the largest number (409,531) of the 1.5 million reported chlamydia and gonorrhea cases in the United States in 2008, followed by women aged 20 to 24, according to an annual federal report released Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_re_us/us_immigration_hpv ap/20091116/us_immigration_hpv AP health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:53:04 GMT AP - Immigrant girls and women will no longer have to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus to get their green cards. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_he_me/us_med_std_cases ap/20091116/us_med_std_cases AP health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:23:58 GMT AP - Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091116/hl_nm/us_sex_diseases_usa nm/20091116/us_sex_diseases_usa Reuters health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:38:45 GMT Reuters - American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_colombia_passion_parfait ap/20091113/lt_colombia_passion_parfait AP health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:02:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_colombia_passion_parfait"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.fcb1684a0ee14a8aa04a897bf1b2955d.colombia_viagra_dessert_wfm102.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=1d5QwPPdysz5GMHSV8fw3g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A dessert tiled 'passion dessert' sits on display at the annual gastronomy fair in Bogota, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. The dessert's ingredients include passion fruit and the active ingredient in viagra, according to one of the dessert's creators Juan Sebastian Gomez. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Colombian cooking school has concocted a "love dessert" made with passion fruit &mdash; and Viagra.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_colombia_passion_parfait"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.fcb1684a0ee14a8aa04a897bf1b2955d.colombia_viagra_dessert_wfm102.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=1d5QwPPdysz5GMHSV8fw3g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A dessert tiled 'passion dessert' sits on display at the annual gastronomy fair in Bogota, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. The dessert's ingredients include passion fruit and the active ingredient in viagra, according to one of the dessert's creators Juan Sebastian Gomez. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091112/hl_hsn/bpatiedtoimpotenceinmen hsn/20091112/bpatiedtoimpotenceinmen HealthDay health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:48:51 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to high levels of the controversial plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) significantly raised the risk of sexual dysfunction, including impotence and low sex drive, among Chinese factory workers, a new study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/hl_afp/healthusmedicinesex afp/20091110/healthusmedicinesex AFP health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:02:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/hl_afp/healthusmedicinesex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091110/capt.photo_1257894033208-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gyakmWARZAH9s9ssAVpWcw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Erectile tissue grown in the laboratory has successfully restored sexual function in rabbits, bringing hope to men sexually impaired by accident or disease, US researchers said Tuesday in a published study.(AFP/File/Christian Puygrenier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Erectile tissue grown in the laboratory has successfully restored sexual function in rabbits, bringing hope to men sexually impaired by accident or disease, US researchers said Tuesday in a published study.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/hl_afp/healthusmedicinesex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091110/capt.photo_1257894033208-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gyakmWARZAH9s9ssAVpWcw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Erectile tissue grown in the laboratory has successfully restored sexual function in rabbits, bringing hope to men sexually impaired by accident or disease, US researchers said Tuesday in a published study.(AFP/File/Christian Puygrenier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091110/hl_hsn/scientistsgrownewpeniletissueinthelab hsn/20091110/scientistsgrownewpeniletissueinthelab HealthDay health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:49:54 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers were able to restore sexual function to rabbits with damaged penises by growing new penile tissue in the lab and implanting it, a new study reports. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/hl_afp/healthussex afp/20091105/healthussex AFP health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:22:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/hl_afp/healthussex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257459645593-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=dolCL4aPnM.wuGE4li9q1w--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="The logo of the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA). The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.(FDA)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/hl_afp/healthussex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257459645593-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=dolCL4aPnM.wuGE4li9q1w--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="The logo of the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA). The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.(FDA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_he_me/un_who_china_syphilis ap/20091103/un_who_china_syphilis AP health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:43:10 GMT AP - China has seen a tenfold increase in syphilis cases over the past decade, as migrant workers made enough money in the country's economic boom to hire more prostitutes, a senior Chinese health official was quoted as saying Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/hl_nm/us_china_syphilis nm/20091103/us_china_syphilis Reuters health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:27:24 GMT Reuters - China is experiencing an epidemic of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that the country virtually wiped out in the 1960s, a senior public health official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.