• Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 8:58am By Jessica O'Reilly
    Researchers at the University of Washington have been working to develop a male contraceptive pill for over thirty years and Seattle Weekly reports that they are approximately five years away from its release. Dr. John Amory and his research team...
  • Monday, October 12, 2009 - 11:31am By Tim McElreavy
    A new study from Sweden has found that when it comes to sex, teen boys are not as responsible as teen girls. Five hundred 17-year-old high school students of both genders were enrolled in sex education classes with an emphasis on sexually...
  • Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 9:17am By Tim McElreavy
    The development of the birth control pill in the early 1960s revolutionized human sexuality. More than 40 years later, scientists are beginning to wonder if the pill is having an impact on more than just menstrual cycles and sexual activity. Some...
  • Friday, October 2, 2009 - 2:58pm By Dr Marty Klein
      I continued my trip to Azerbaijan by visiting medieval times twice, from two entirely different—yet oddly related—directions. Today I went to Krasnaya Sloboda, a small town in the foothills near Russia that is experiencing a...
  • Monday, September 28, 2009 - 4:06am By Jessica O'Reilly
    The Brisbane Times reports that many people are too shy to discuss contraception and safer sex with their sexual partners. An online survey conducted by pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough and an internet dating site asked 1000 people about...
  • Friday, September 25, 2009 - 9:02am By Charles Moser and Janet Hardy
    I'm pregnant, but I'm not sure who the father is. You're definitely not alone: DNA studies by paternity labs across the U.S. show that at least 10% of kids are not the child of the man officially recognized as their father. Nonetheless, it's a good...
  • Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 6:46am By Jessica O'Reilly
    According to an online calculator, the average Brit has “indirect sex” with just under 3 million people. The Sex Degrees of Separation Calculator, available online at LlyodsPharmacy.com, asks users to input their age, gender, number of...
  • Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 3:19pm By Jessica O'Reilly
    BBC reports that many women believe a wide range of off-the-wall contraception myths. A survey of 1000 women in the United Kingdom, conducted by pollster Opinion Health, found that women falsely believe that common kitchen items can be used as birth...
  • Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 10:55am By Tim McElreavy
    The Associated Press has reported that on Monday, July 6, Arizona governor Jan Brewer (R) signed into law new restrictions on abortion. HB 2564 creates a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions. In addition, during that women period, the...
  • Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 8:59am By Tim McElreavy
    The Kansas City Star has reported that a petition signed by over 200 community groups nationwide urges CVS pharmacy stores to unlock condoms. CVS, which ranks 19 on the 2009 Fortune 500 list with revenue of more than $87 billion, is the largest...
  • Friday, July 10, 2009 - 9:22am By Charles Moser and Janet Hardy
    My daughter walked in on my partner and me while we were having sex! Children's sleep patterns often seem supernaturally attuned to adults having sex, don't they? The child who can sleep through the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius will come a-knocking at...
  • Friday, July 10, 2009 - 9:19am By Tim McElreavy
    For you ladies out there who like to indulge your sweet (ahem) tooth with eye candy, don't expect to spawn much in the way of fruit from your loins. New research suggests that attractive men produce less sperm during sex than ugly men. Call it...
  • Friday, July 3, 2009 - 1:39pm By Dr Marty Klein
    This weekend we celebrate the birthday of our country. Many will do this by participating in a parade, getting drunk, or displaying the Stars & Stripes. But there are other ways to celebrate the sacrifices that have made America the world’s most...
  • Friday, June 26, 2009 - 10:03am By Dr Marty Klein
    Two more “family values” politicians recently bit the dust, as Nevada Senator John Ensign and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford both admitted to extramarital affairs. Prior to that, both men were known as vociferous critics of “immoral,”...
  • Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 9:58am By Chris Hall
    Anti-abortion groups haven't really been very good at putting out the idea that they thought the assassination of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller last week was a Bad Thing. The first thing out of the mouth of Randall Terry, the founder of anti-...