Testosterone May Affect Learning Skills; May Be Put In Tablet Form
...ed. The tablets allowed the men to perform as well sexually as when they received testosterone injections but without prolonged exposure to a high hormone level caused by injections. The hormone level rises and drops steeply with injections, often causing mood swings and other side effects in some men. Studie...ACTG 315 Preliminary Results: Drug Cocktail Restores Partial Immune Function
...e and treat illnesses such as HIV disease andother sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, asthma andallergies. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services...Childhood Sex Abuse Impacts Adult Relationships
ITHACA, N.Y. -- College women who were sexually abused before age 18 tend to have less secure and ...w Cornell University study. College women who were sexually abused as children also show more signs of post-traumatic stress disorder than other college women, ...TB Prophylaxis Unnecessary In HIV-Infected People With Anergy, Study Suggests
...diagnose and treat illnesses such as AIDS andother sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, asthma and allergies. NIH isan agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services....Studies Find Public Policies For Children And Teenagers Not Very Effective
...lls indicatethat they do help students who are not sexually active delay theinitiation of sexual activity. The...s did not, however,keep teenagers who were already sexually active from having sex orhaving unprotected sex. More research is needed in the area ofimproving par...Intervention can help reduce risky sexual behavior, according to results published in Science
...longintervention program exhibited a lower rate of sexually transmitted disease symptoms comparedto the control group. "We think the study's full-year follow-up, with the clinical charts asan objective measure to back up the self-reports, is indicative that theparticipants' behavior is really changin...Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries
...rmation"consisting of videotaped information about sexually transmitted diseases and asupply of condoms. All the participants were invited to return to the centers six and 12 monthslater to take part in counseling and testing. "There was concern about attracting a low-risk group of the 'worried well,' butwe w...Health Promotion: Can Scare Tactics Work?
...ed by human papilloma virus(HPV) -- the number one sexually transmitted disease on many college campuses. About half of their sample of 219 college women received a brochure onHPV with vivid, personalized language describing the consequences of infection.They also completed questionnaires designed to ...Some CFS Patients Benefit From Low-Dose Steroid, But Side Effects Too Risky
...e and treat illnesses such as HIVdisease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, asthmaand allergies. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices. References: 1. R McKenzie, A O'Fallon, J Dale, M Demitrack, G Sharma, M Deloria, DGarcia-Borreguero, W Blackwel...... Centers for Disease Control andPrevention studied sexually active persons living with HIV and found that thosetreated with protease inhibitors were more likely to report inconsistent condomuse compared to persons not treated with protease inhibitors. Ralph DiClemente, Ph.D., Emory professor of behavioral sci...Study Offers Hope For Immune Reconstitution After HIV Infection
...e and treat illnesses such as HIVdisease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, asthmaand allergies. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices....Vinegar Offers Dependable Test For Cervical Cancer
...nt in industrializednations. Cervical cancer -- a sexually transmitted disease caused by the humanpapilloma virus -- is the leading cause of female cancer deaths in parts ofAfrica, Asia and Latin America, killing 200,000 women each year. "In most developing world countries, cervical cancer screening ...Poor Health In Pregnancy And After Childbirth Tied To History Of Abuse
...e, 16 (34 percent) saidthey had been physically or sexually abused in their lifetime. "The largemajority had both sexual and physical abuse," the Leserman says. On average,more than five years had passed since the abuse, with many having been abused 10or 15 years earlier. Only one woman said she was currently...Prevalence Of Sexual Abuse In Men
...us research has concentrated on the possibility of sexually abused boys becoming perpetrators in adulthood and that the possibility of early abuse leading to further victimisation as adults is a concept that has been neglected. Contact: Professor Michael King, Head of Department, Department of Psychiatry and ......7 million Americans loggingonto the Internet visit sexually oriented sites without any negative impact,these s...ing to the study, men are the largest consumers of sexually explicitmaterial on the Internet. Male respondents (86%) outnumbered female respondents(14%) by a r...Future Chlamydia Screening Should Take Account Of Possible Disadvantages For Women
...onsequence of implying that women are to blame for sexually transmitted infections and of neglecting men's sexual health needs. Public and professional education to increase awareness and reduce stigma is an essential prerequisite of a successful screening programme, say the authors. Contact: Dr Barbara Dunc...IOM Report Offers New Look At U.S. Vaccine Priorities
...quire acknowledging that that this age group maybe sexually active and at risk for certain infectious diseases. Vaccines are one of the few health care measures that save money, and thecost-effectiveness of all the vaccines in the top three groups comparesfavorably with that of currently licensed vaccines. H...Sex Can Boost The Immune System
... may be exposed tomany more infectious agents than sexually non-active people," Lowell says. "Theimmune system...olds and flu.Why there was no IgA rise in the most sexually active group is less clear. "Myfeeling is that the people in the very-frequent-sex group may be in o...Neurobiologists Show How The Brain Processes Signals From Pheromones
...erience ofthe animal. If the VNO is removed from a sexually naive animal--one that hasnever mated before--the ... similar to oneanother but different from those of sexually experienced females. Mombaerts also thinks that there is a stochastic, or random, element to theasym......e and treat illnesses such as HIVdisease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, asthmaand allergies. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices....