News and Research on Sexual Health

All You Need to Know About Emergency Contraception

In 2020, one in every four consultations from women was for sexual and reproductive health, and seemed to be the top consulted specialty online, according to insights from Practo. Practo says it registered 4000+ queries related to SRH every ...

Young Adults Become Quite Rational While Making Sexual Choices: Study

Young adults considered both the risks and benefits of their sexual behavior in a highly consistent and thoughtful manner, stated a new study published in the journal Psychological Science. "There is a tendency to view sexual decision ...

Importance of Sex to Women in Their Midlife

Significant percentage of women rate sex important throughout midlife, according to a new study. The study also found the factors that affect which women continue to value sex most. Previous studies have shown that sexual function among women is ...

Do People Lack Awareness of Erectile Dysfunction?

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is defined as the inability to get or keep an erection. Awareness of ED is alarmingly low in men and women aged 20 to 70, a new survey commissioned by the European Association of Urology (EAU) has revealed. Majority of ...

Flirting: Does It Really Work?

Flirting can lead to a lot of misunderstandings, awkwardness and even sexual harassment allegations. Not everyone knows to figure out what the other person is trying to convey. People fail to understand whether the other person is smiling, being ...

Human Sperm Swims in Entirely Different Way Than Earlier Thought, Say Scientists

Scientists were able to scan the sperm swimming freely in 3D using a high-speed camera capable of recording over 55,000 frames in one second, and a microscope stage with a piezoelectric device. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, ...

People Whose Gonorrhea Is Cured With Simple Oral Antibiotic Now Identified Easily

New test that can detect which people with gonorrhea will respond successfully to the inexpensive oral antibiotic ciprofloxacin has been discovered. In research published in the peer-reviewed journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, a UCLA-led team ...

Low Sexual Desire Noticed by Men Up 32% in a Decade

Men are 32 per cent more likely to report low sexual desire than a decade ago, suggests new research that detected that change. The research showed that while fewer men are now complaining about erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation, ...

Fertility More Likely to Decline in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic

New study outlines the findings on the link between COVID-19 and fertility. The findings of the study are published in the journal Science . Throughout history, spikes in mortality due to wars and famines were followed by increased births, ...

Why Have Sexual Worries in Men Changed Over the Past Decade?

Over the past decade, men have become more open with their sexual concerns and have accepted that most sexual problems are treatable. Fewer men complain about impotence or erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation. This is because family ...

Oral Herpes Rates are Declining in Kids

Nearly two-thirds of kids and young adults are reaching sexual debut unexposed to herpes, but are at risk of HSV-1 genital acquisition in adulthood, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal BMJ Global Health . ...

Erectile Dysfunction Among Indian Men

India is the impotence capital of the world. In India the conversations about Erectile dysfunction (ED) are often a taboo and left unspoken. However, a study by Pfizer Upjohn reveals facts about the high prevalence of this lifestyle disease ...

Human Eggs Prefer Some Men's Sperm Over Others: Study

Eggs use chemical signals to choose sperm, revealed new research from Stockholm University and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Different women's eggs attract different men's sperm - and not necessarily their partners. Humans spend ...

New Sex Hormone Discovered

Scientists have discovered a new hormone that stimulates sexual functions in fish could lead to novel infertility treatments in humans. When University of Ottawa biologists Kim Mitchell and Vance Trudeau began studying the effects of gene ...

Families Talking Together Intervention Helps Reduce Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior

Adolescent sexual risk behavior is lowered with involvement of parents and healthcare providers, stated new study. Now, a randomized clinical trial carried out under a grant by the National Institutes of Health shows the efficacy of a triadic ...