A contraceptive for men is soon going to start trials at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, just in time for the celebration of 50th anniversary of the female contraceptive pill! Dr. Swerdloff, the director of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s Male Contraceptiv[...]
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Happy 50th Birthday, Pill!
The Pill turned fifty years old this year and Time magazine has an incredible piece detailing our tumultuous, misunderstood relationship with it. If you read anything today, let this be it: It was the first medicine ever designed to be taken regularly by people who were not sick. Its main inventor w[...]
Hetero Bareback Anal Out of Control in NYC
Fascinating! A recent study conducted by New York City’s Department of Health recently revealed that women are having lots of unprotected anal sex! The New York City Department of Health immediately issued a statement to remind bareback anal sex enthusiasts of the risks: Anal membranes are eas[...]
Wisconsin Sex Ed: Between the Law and a Lawyer
When it comes to sex ed, some Wisconsin teachers are officially screwed. The state requires them to teach about contraception, but Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth has proclaimed that if any of them do, he’ll press charges. Leslie Madsen-Brooks covers the issue at BlogHer: R[...]
Negativity Is Cool
Looks like some nasty habits aren’t so nasty after all. Commenting in a recent article in O Magazine, Bryan Gibson, professor of social psychology at Central Michigan University, says: “In certain situations, what is typically a detrimental trait can turn out to be a good one.” And[...]
Sweden Bans Implants Citing Explosion Risk
Sweden’s Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket) has banned three brands of silicone breast implants due to their risk of bursting. Gnarly. They estimated that some 35,000 European women have had their breasts augmented with dangerous Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) since 2001. Sweden is follo[...]
Facebook To Blame for Syphilis Outbreak?
First, it was divorce. Now, researchers at National Health Service in Britain have decided that Facebook is behind the fourfold increase in cases of syphilis in Teesside, Durham and Sunderland. Director of Public Health Peter Kelly told the Telegraph that social networks are “making it easier for [...]
Erectile Dysfunction: Indicative of Heart Disease?
A study out of Germany this week indicates that erectile dysfunction may be a powerful indicator of cardiovascular disease in men. The study, which sampled 1,519 men from 13 countries with cardiovascular disease over a five-year period involved a questionnaire about erectile dysfunction that asked m[...]
More Yaz and Yasmin Lawsuits
A group of Canadian women are suing the makers of Bayer’s popular oral contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin, saying they were not adequately warned about the pills’ adverse side-effects. Some women using the popular contraceptives report racing hearts, strokes and, in some cases, serious gallbl[...]
Not In The Mood? Hit The Gym
According to Sex & A Healthier You, a site dedicated to sexual health, metabolic syndrome is one of the greatest enemies of the libido. Why? Your cholesterol level and how well your body uses insulin are linked to your sexual health. [Metabolic syndrome] is marked by high blood pressure, abdomi[...]