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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/health/sexual-health health Sexual Health News en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:50:06 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/health/sexual-health http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20120214/sc_livescience/treatablestdscarierthanfatalflustudyfinds livescience/20120214/treatablestdscarierthanfatalflustudyfinds LiveScience.com health Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:50:06 GMT LiveScience.com - Passing someone a sexually transmitted infection is viewed as worse than giving them the flu — even if the flu turns out to be fatal, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/us_nm/us_syracuse_coach_lawsuit nm/20120210/us_syracuse_coach_lawsuit Reuters health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:34:37 GMT Reuters - Allegations that the wife of former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine had sex with several Syracuse basketball players are irrelevant in a slander lawsuit against head coach Jim Boeheim, a judge ruled on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120210/hl_ac/10947338_parents_more_influential_than_sex_ed_on_teen_pregnancy_rates ac/20120210/10947338_parents_more_influential_than_sex_ed_on_teen_pregnancy_rates ContributorNetwork health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:52:44 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, school districts with sex education programs may have lower teen pregnancy rates. The recent study reports that not all sex education models are created equal, however. Those programs that teach about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases may be more effective than their abstinence-only counterparts. The relationship between the sex education curriculum and teen pregnancy rates disappears when demographic characteristics and religion, for instance, are factored in. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/hl_nm/us_erectile_drugs nm/20120210/us_erectile_drugs Reuters health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:51:08 GMT Reuters - Most studies looking at whether erectile dysfunction drugs can help men overcome premature ejaculation problems agree that the pills make a difference, but much of the research is flawed, according to a new review of the evidence. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/hl_nm/us_sex_ed_girls nm/20120209/us_sex_ed_girls Reuters health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:37:40 GMT Reuters - In a new study, states with more comprehensive sex education programs had lower teen birth rates -- but the effect seemed to be due more to political, religious and social differences between those states than the sex ed itself. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120209/hl_hsn/expertswarnofantibioticresistantgonorrhea hsn/20120209/expertswarnofantibioticresistantgonorrhea HealthDay health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:47:00 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is an increasingly worrisome reality, and steps need to be taken to limit the risk that an untreatable strain of the sexually transmitted disease will spread, U.S. researchers warn. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/hl_nm/us_impotence nm/20120209/us_impotence Reuters health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:14:13 GMT Reuters - Men who have the allergic skin condition eczema may have a higher risk of erectile dysfunction than other men, according to a Taiwanese study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/hl_nm/us_eczema nm/20120208/us_eczema Reuters health Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:57 GMT Reuters - Men who have the allergic skin condition eczema may have a higher risk of erectile dysfunction than other men, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/hl_nm/us_recall_dietary nm/20120206/us_recall_dietary Reuters health Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:50:29 GMT Reuters - Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male erectile dysfunction, the Long Beach, California, company said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20120206/sc_livescience/sexeducationlesseffectiveinconservativestates livescience/20120206/sexeducationlesseffectiveinconservativestates LiveScience.com health Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:05:00 GMT LiveScience.com - Sex education is failing to reduce adolescent birthrates in conservative states, according to a new study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120201/hl_ac/10915489_study_followup_exams_key_in_diagnosing_child_sexual_abuse_problems ac/20120201/10915489_study_followup_exams_key_in_diagnosing_child_sexual_abuse_problems ContributorNetwork health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:56:41 GMT ContributorNetwork - In cases of child sexual abuse, a second follow-up exam often finds injuries, trauma or sexually transmitted infections missed on the first evaluation, especially in teens, says a study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. With 80,000 reports of child sexual abuse in the U.S. annually, doctors say children should be examined at least once more in cases of reported sexual assault. Here are details about child sex abuse and how further medical evaluation might help. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/hl_nm/us_second_exam_child_sex_abuse nm/20120130/us_second_exam_child_sex_abuse Reuters health Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:16:16 GMT Reuters - When a child is thought to have been sexually abused, a second medical exam may be key to picking up injuries and sexually transmitted infections, a study published Monday finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120126/ap_on_he_me/us_med_oral_cancer_virus ap/20120126/us_med_oral_cancer_virus AP health Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:34:26 GMT AP - About 16 million Americans have oral HPV, a sexually transmitted virus more commonly linked with cervical cancer that also can cause mouth cancer, according to the first nationwide estimate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120126/hl_hsn/activeingredientinviagrashrunkdisfiguringgrowthsinkids hsn/20120126/activeingredientinviagrashrunkdisfiguringgrowthsinkids HealthDay health Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:47:16 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new preliminary report suggests that the active ingredient in Viagra, sildenafil, could reduce the size of large growths that can disfigure the bodies of children. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120125/ap_on_he_me/eu_eu_viagra_ruling ap/20120125/eu_eu_viagra_ruling AP health Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:05:01 GMT AP - A European Union high court ruled on Wednesday that the name Viaguara cannot be registered as an EU trademark for energy and alcoholic drinks because it is too similar to the impotence pill Viagra. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120120/hl_hsn/moreamericanspracticingsafesexcdcreports hsn/20120120/moreamericanspracticingsafesexcdcreports HealthDay health Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:47:49 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans who practice behaviors that put them at risk for HIV infection has declined significantly, federal health officials reported Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20111027/us_yblog_thelookout/even-in-new-york-city-sex-education-is-controversial yblog_thelookout/20111027/even-in-new-york-city-sex-education-is-controversial The Lookout health Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:01:25 GMT The Lookout - A group of parents and religious leaders are outraged that New York City will soon require comprehensive sex education in middle school and high school. After The New York Post obtained some workbooks that may be used in the classes, the curriculum has attracted national media attention, with Fox News calling it "shocking." The workbooks ask [...] http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110923/us_yblog_thelookout/report-slams-single-sex-education-as-deeply-misguided yblog_thelookout/20110923/report-slams-single-sex-education-as-deeply-misguided The Lookout health Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:55:12 GMT The Lookout - Eight social scientists say single-sex classrooms encourage gender stereotypes and do not improve student performance in a new report in Science Magazine. The report's lead author, Diane Halpern, told the New York Times that single-sex schooling increases aggression in boys and gender stereotyping among both sexes. She also charged that one of the main arguments for [...] http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110119/lf_ac/7640062_female_genital_mutilation_banned_by_islamic_leaders_in_mauritania ac/20110119/7640062_female_genital_mutilation_banned_by_islamic_leaders_in_mauritania ContributorNetwork health Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:00:55 GMT ContributorNetwork - This week, 34 well-regarded Mauritanian religious and national leaders signed a fatwa, or Islamic law, banning female genital mutilation (FGM). The fatwa is considered a huge stride toward women's rights in the Islam world. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sexualhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20101227/hl_ac/7471976_walmart_and_target_9_generic_prescription_drugs_levitra_fosamax_sprintec_tamoxifen_clomid ac/20101227/7471976_walmart_and_target_9_generic_prescription_drugs_levitra_fosamax_sprintec_tamoxifen_clomid ContributorNetwork health Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:01:22 GMT ContributorNetwork - You may know about Walmart and Target pharmacies' $4 (30-day) and $10 (three-month) generic prescription drugs. Both stores carry $9/$24 Levitra, ReliOn Ventolin, Fosamax, Clomid, Proscar, Tamoxifen, Sprintec and other generic drugs. The $4 for 30-day, $10 three-month and the $9/$24 prescription lists are regularly updated to include new medications as they are approved also.