Tens of thousands of men have answered questions about children, money, sex, marriage and many other issues that a popular men’s website is about to publish in a piece called “The Great Men’s Survey.” This report will be fully released in August, but some insighful information for all has been released this week… click here for read more
People with sexual performance anxiety are more likely to cheat on their partners. That’s just one of the curious findings of a new study by a University of Guelph professor on the factors that predict infidelity… click here for more
A new international, global study that included more than 1,000 couples from the United States, Brazil, Germany, Japan and Spain, found that tenderness is more important to men than to women overall… click here for more
A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is likely to transform a common and once easily treatable infection into a global threat to public health, according to an international research team that has uncovered a variant that is resistant to all currently available antibiotics… click here for more
A recent study has revealed erectile dysfunction can be linked to gum disease.
The research1, carried out on 70 male subjects, showed a correlation between gum disease and the ability to achieve an erection. The data indicates that as the severity of erectile dysfunction increased, so did the prevalence of chronic periodontitis (gum disease). Overall, more than four out of five men (81.8 per cent) with severe erectile dysfunction had gum disease. In comparison, in cases of mild erectile dysfunction, the incidence of gum disease was less than two in five men… click here for more
KUALA LUMPUR: More Malaysian women are being infected with HIV, with most of them contracting the virus from their husbands or boyfriends.
Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Senator Heng Seai Kie said although the total number of HIV cases in the country had declined over the past five years, the number of women and young girls infected had risen from 4% in 1995 to 18% by the end of last year.
“Most were housewives. In Asia, 25% to 40% of newly infected women and girls contracted the disease from their husbands or boyfriends.
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Sexually transmitted infections include all possible infections transmitted through genital to genital contact, oral to genital contact and genital to anal contact. Most of the infections are curable except viral infections namely herpes virus (HSV1 and 2) human papilloma virus (HPV) hepatitis B and HIV. Probably the following details from CDC USA might be useful to you:
1. Viral infections, such as human papilloma virus (HPV), genital herpes, Hepatitis B, and HIV are incurable.
2. HPV is the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection.
3. There are over 100 types of HPV viruses, and of them, 30 can be passed on sexually.
4. HPV can cause warts in or around the genitals, but many people with HPV never experience any symptoms at all.
5. There are about 13 different strains of HPV that may cause cervical cancer.
6. Genital herpes is caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2). Most genital herpes is caused by HSV-2 and is more common in women (1 out of 4) than in men (1 out of 8).
7. Genital herpes can be spread with or without the presence of symptoms. The first symptoms of genital herpes usually occur 2 weeks after transmission of the virus.
8. Tingling or burning in the legs and painful blisters in the genital area are symptoms of genital herpes.
9. Hepatitis B (HBV) is much more contagious than human immunodeficiency virus HIV.
10. HBV can survive outside the body for no more than 24 hours.
Sexually transmitted infections include all possible infections transmitted through genital to genital contact, oral to genital contact and genital to anal contact. Most of the infections are curable except viral infections namely herpes virus (HSV1 and 2) human papilloma virus (HPV) hepatitis B and HIV. Probably the following details from CDC USA might be useful to you:
1. Viral infections, such as human papilloma virus (HPV), genital herpes, Hepatitis B, and HIV are incurable.
2. HPV is the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection.
3. There are over 100 types of HPV viruses, and of them, 30 can be passed on sexually.
4. HPV can cause warts in or around the genitals, but many people with HPV never experience any symptoms at all.
5. There are about 13 different strains of HPV that may cause cervical cancer.
6. Genital herpes is caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2). Most genital herpes is caused by HSV-2 and is more common in women (1 out of 4) than in men (1 out of 8).
7. Genital herpes can be spread with or without the presence of symptoms. The first symptoms of genital herpes usually occur 2 weeks after transmission of the virus.
8. Tingling or burning in the legs and painful blisters in the genital area are symptoms of genital herpes.
9. Hepatitis B (HBV) is much more contagious than human immunodeficiency virus HIV.
10. HBV can survive outside the body for no more than 24 hours.
One of the reasons why Coca-cola is not an effective spermicide is because sperm are faster and may reach an egg in time to fertilise it, says an expert in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com today.
The author, Deborah Anderson, a professor in obstetrics and gynaecology at Boston University and Harvard Medical School, writes that Coca-cola douches were allegedly used during the 1950s and 60s as a contraceptive when other methods were not easily available. The acidity alledgedly worked as spermicide to kill sperm and the classic coke bottle shape lent itself to a “shake and shoot” applicator! … Click Here For More