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Scientists are developing an electronic ‘sex chip’ that works by stimulating the pleasure centres in the brain. The technology, which creates tiny shocks deep in the brain, has already been used in America to treat Parkinson’s disease. Now researchers are focusing on the orbitofrontal cortex, which is associated with feelings of pleasure caused by eating [...]

Tags: brain research, electronic sex chip, Parkinson's research

Health Risks of Noncoital Sexual Activity Washington, DC — When counseling patients about preventing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), it’s important for physicians to ask direct questions about both intercourse and noncoital sexual activity, according to a new Committee Opinion issued today by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Noncoital sexual behavior includes mutual [...]

Tags: anal sex, boys, chlamydia, gonorrhea, lesbian sex, male sexual health, oral sex and health, safe sex, sexually transimitted disease, std's, syphillis

Viruses are not the cause per se of cervical cancer. There has to be exposure to the virus and their has to a susceptibility to it. Their are many factors involved and by changing those inputs (behavior, diet,nutrition, life focus, spiritual focus of an individual, teaching wise choices vs. risky behaviors, etc.) outcomes can be [...]

Tags: adolescent health, sexual behavior, sexual disease

Information to share, not out of fear, but to encourage judiciousness. By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women run a significant risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) from their very first sex partner, according to a new report. Human papillomavirus or HPV is the cause of genital warts, as well as most [...]