Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1413 health Sexual Health News en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:22:55 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/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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091023/hl_hsn/guidelinesurgeuseoferectiledysfunctiondrugs hsn/20091023/guidelinesurgeuseoferectiledysfunctiondrugs HealthDay health Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:49:32 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors should prescribe oral phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitor drugs, such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, for men with erectile dysfunction, unless the patient is on nitrate therapy, according to a clinical practice guideline issued by the American College of Physicians. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091021/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_australia_backpackers nm/20091021/oukoe_uk_australia_backpackers Reuters health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:26:38 GMT Reuters - British backpackers holidaying in Australia are returning home with much more than a suntan, and could be driving the spread Down Under of sexually transmitted diseases with their risky behaviour, a study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091020/hl_afp/lifestylebritaineuropehealthsex afp/20091020/lifestylebritaineuropehealthsex AFP health Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:29:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091020/hl_afp/lifestylebritaineuropehealthsex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091020/capt.photo_1256027364051-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P1arnONBw_cgjkaa2NE2ZQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Men's confidence in their erections varies widely across Europe with Spanish men most worried and Germans the happiest, a survey for the makers of Viagra has shown.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Men's confidence in their erections varies widely across Europe with Spanish men most worried and Germans the happiest, a survey for the makers of Viagra has shown.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091020/hl_afp/lifestylebritaineuropehealthsex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091020/capt.photo_1256027364051-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P1arnONBw_cgjkaa2NE2ZQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Men's confidence in their erections varies widely across Europe with Spanish men most worried and Germans the happiest, a survey for the makers of Viagra has shown.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091014/hl_hsn/impotenceincontinenceriskcastsdoubtonhightechprostatesurgery hsn/20091014/impotenceincontinenceriskcastsdoubtonhightechprostatesurgery HealthDay health Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:48:51 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Heightened risks for post-operative incontinence and impotence may outweigh any benefits from minimally invasive "keyhole" surgery for prostate cancer, a new study suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091013/hl_nm/us_cancer_prostate_surgery nm/20091013/us_cancer_prostate_surgery Reuters health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:41:28 GMT Reuters - Men who have less invasive prostate cancer surgery -- often done robotically -- are more likely to be incontinent and have erectile dysfunction than men who have conventional open surgery, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091013/ap_on_he_me/us_med_prostate_surgery ap/20091013/us_med_prostate_surgery AP health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:40:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091013/ap_on_he_me/us_med_prostate_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091013/capt.84f662636c164bf187c6578b7c6446ca.prostate_surgery_ilmg201.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=qOvBvIfJAIec9hOSvRbOEg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Dr. Greg Zagaja performs a robotic prostatectomy on a patient at University of Chicago Medical Center using a da Vinci Si robotics system, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 in Chicago. A study, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>AP - A new study suggests less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091013/ap_on_he_me/us_med_prostate_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091013/capt.84f662636c164bf187c6578b7c6446ca.prostate_surgery_ilmg201.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=qOvBvIfJAIec9hOSvRbOEg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="Dr. Greg Zagaja performs a robotic prostatectomy on a patient at University of Chicago Medical Center using a da Vinci Si robotics system, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 in Chicago. A study, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20091013/wl_oneworld/world3673681255400160 oneworld/20091013/world3673681255400160 OneWorld.net health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:15:21 GMT OneWorld.net - ENTEBBE, Oct 12 (IPS) - A trident of gender legislation will be debated in Uganda's parliament in November: the Marriage and Divorce Bill, the Domestic Violence Bill and the Female Genital Mutilation Bill. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091012/wl_sthasia_afp/lifestyleindiasexeducation afp/20091012/lifestyleindiasexeducation AFP health Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:47:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091012/wl_sthasia_afp/lifestyleindiasexeducation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091012/capt.photo_1255329031562-1-0.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=ExNsx_FsCPdl7sLn6gI2Vw--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="An Indian activist during a protest against sex education in New Delhi in September 2009. The sex education lesson for 15-year-olds is not part of India's national syllabus, and the exclusive private school teaching the subject is taking a risk by passing on the facts of life to its pupils.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)" border="0" /></a>AFP - In a Delhi classroom, 40 sheepish girls and boys stare silently at a sketch of a couple making love.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091012/wl_sthasia_afp/lifestyleindiasexeducation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091012/capt.photo_1255329031562-1-0.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=ExNsx_FsCPdl7sLn6gI2Vw--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="photo" title="An Indian activist during a protest against sex education in New Delhi in September 2009. The sex education lesson for 15-year-olds is not part of India's national syllabus, and the exclusive private school teaching the subject is taking a risk by passing on the facts of life to its pupils.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091010/hl_hsn/truckerstrailedbyriskybehaviorsstudy hsn/20091010/truckerstrailedbyriskybehaviorsstudy HealthDay health Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:49:03 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Prevention programs for long-distance truck drivers may help reduce risky behavior that can lead to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and hepatitis C, say U.S. researchers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091010/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_food_stamps_viagra ap/20091010/us_odd_food_stamps_viagra AP health Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:16:01 GMT AP - Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit liquor store supplied them during a series of illegal deals.