Safe sex, it seems, has gotten a bad rap, with one recent survey showing that a quarter of young men and women consider sex with a condom a “hassle.” But there’s hope yet, as other new research finds safe sex can be fun. The new study of male condom users finds that certain factors, including [...]

Most deaths of young children around the world are from mainly preventable infectious causes, experts have said. A US team, writing in the Lancet, looked at mortality figures from 2010. They found two-thirds of the 7.6m children who died before their fifth birthday did so due to infectious causes – and pneumonia was found to [...]

Picture this: A group of female friends lounge around a living room, noshing on snacks and sipping wine. At the center of the circle, a woman gives a presentation on her wares, sharing bits of knowledge with the hope that some of the women will choose to purchase her products. I’ve just described a typical [...]

Earlier this week, a coalition of legislators introduced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, designed to encourage employers to make nice to their pregnant employees. If they need extra bathroom breaks or help lifting heavy things or a chair to sit in, employers shouldn’t balk. But many are. Complaints about pregnancy-related work discrimination have soared 50% [...]

Given the ease with which the average person can rattle off brand names like “Viagra” and “Cialis,” or joke about “four hour erections,” it would seem that erectile-dysfunction drugs are just about as common as ibuprofen. We take it for granted, but the little blue pill has drastically changed the way we think about erectile [...]

Middle-aged men and women suffering from depression may be more susceptible to dementia down the line, a recent study reports in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Previous studies have linked depression in older adults with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, but it has never been clear which came first: was depression a risk factor for dementia [...]

Perhaps it need not be said that one vagina is not the same as the next, but medically speaking, doctors have long thought that all “healthy” vaginas had certain things in common — namely levels of some good bacteria. But a new study led by Jacques Ravel at the University of Maryland School of Medicine [...]

The search for the G-spot is a bit like the sexual equivalent of searching for UFOs: rarely does a year goes by without a new study either confirming or disproving the existence of this small area just inside the vagina, which – to varying degrees – is a source of sexual pleasure for women. It’s [...]

Don’t worry, you didn’t just accidentally click on spam email. Though most advertised penis-enlargement methods are bogus, a new review of 10 existing studies suggests that some non-surgical techniques really can increase the length of a man’s organ. Two urological researchers, Marco Ordera and Paolo Gontero of the University of Turin in Italy, examined outcomes [...]

A fortieth birthday is a big deal that calls for a big present. How about 40 straight days of sex? That’s the gift that Carolyn Evans bestowed upon her husband, Ray, in January 2009. Immediately, she regretted it. “I woke up the next morning and thought, I will not survive this,” says Evans, 40, who [...]