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Teen Girls, Parents Talk About Sex
Dec. 14, 2005 -- Most teenaged girls are talking to their parents about sex and birth control, according to a new survey. Researchers surveyed more than 1,500 girls under 18 who visited one of 79 different family planning clinics across the U.S. and found more than half had talked to their parents a
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Commitment May Be Good for You
Dec. 7, 2005 -- People in committed relationships are happier than people who aren't, and married people may be the happiest of all. A new study shows people who are married report the highest levels of well-being, regardless of whether they are happily married or not. "Even when controlling for rel
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Unhappy Marriage: Bad for Your Health
Dec. 5, 2005 - Being in an unhappy marriage may be hard on the body as well as the heart. A new study shows couples that often argue may take longer to heal from simple wounds than those in less hostile relationships. In addition to allowing old physical and mental wounds to fester, researchers say
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Creativity May Boost Sexual Activity
Nov. 30, 2005 - Creativity may be a boon to sexual activity, according to a new study that could help explain why many famous artists in history were also notorious womanizers. The study showed that professional artists and poets had about twice as many sexual partners as those who don't indulge in
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Feel Attractive, Have Better Sex?
Nov. 11, 2005 -- Call it the feeling-frumpy-or-fine phenomenon of sex and aging for women. A new study shows that a woman's sex life may be richer if she thinks she's at least as attractive as she was 10 years earlier. But if she thinks her glory days, in terms of attractiveness, are over, some aspe
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His and Her Humor on Different Plane
Nov. 7, 2005 -- Humor hits men and women differently, new brain research shows. The findings appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences, a serious journal that's not very giggly reading. Two studies in the journal's online edition pair humor with high-tech science. The results may
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Married With Kids: Is Libido Lower for Women?
Sept. 28, 2005 -- Married women are more likely to have sexual desire problems than either single women or married men, and those with children under the age of 5 are the most likely to report having little interest in sex, a new study shows. Researchers in the U.K. surveyed 11,000 men and women bet
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Bad Marriage May Be Bad for Both Men and Women
Sept. 16, 2005 -- Being in a bad marriage may be equally hazardous to the health of both spouses, according to a new study. Researchers found men and women in unhappy marriages suffered from increased stress levels throughout the day at home and at work as well as higher blood pressure at midday at
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Oral Sex Common Among U.S. Teens
Sept. 15, 2005 -- Many teens have had oral sex, and a lot of adults who've had sex with someone of the same sex don't consider themselves homosexual, according to the CDC. A CDC survey collected data on the sexual experiences of Americans aged 15-44. More than 12,500 people were interviewed in perso
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Study: Bisexual Men Not Aroused by Both Sexes
Aug. 30, 2005 - Bisexual men aren't fully bisexual, a controversial study suggests. In the study, bisexual men reported being sexually aroused by erotic videos of both men and women. But a device attached to their genitals told another story. Gerulf Rieger, a PhD candidate at Northwestern University
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