Men and their physicians need not hesitate to use a drug proven effective in preventing prostate cancer out of concern that it is likely to cause sexual dysfunction, say authors of a study conducted by the Southwest Oncology Group.

Female Circumcision, also referred as female genital mutilation (FGM) is on the Rise in Britain.

In new academic research published today in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE, male circumcision is found to be much less important as a deterrent to the global AIDS pandemic than previously thought.

Young, single women in urban China are aware of contraceptive methods but some may be too shy to ask for them, research published in the online open access journal BMC Health Services Research reveals.

Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, said he is backing down in his effort to require that pre-teen girls be vaccinated against a virus known to cause cervical cancer in women.

Though commercial sex is the major reason behind the prevalence AIDS in most parts of India, sixty pc of the estimated 5.2 million HIV-infected adults in India are living in rural areas.

Many studies in coaching literature have found that male athletes tend to prefer a male coach. Newly released research from the University of Alberta has indicated that male athletes actually prefer a female team physician to attend to their medical issues, including those related to sexual health.

A generation of children born with HIV are now coming of age and reaching sexual maturity. Girls in this group who are sexually active are experiencing a higher number than expected of cervical abnormalities, a new study finds.