Features Related to Sexual Health

1. What Parents Should Know About the HPV, or Cervical Cancer, Vaccine
   

   You've probably heard that a new HPV vaccine can protect women against cervical cancer. In fact, the vaccine may be most effective when given to girls and young women. Is the HPV vaccine something you should consider for your daughter? Is this vaccine safe? When should girls receive the shots, and a

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2. What Does It Take to Lift Your Sex Life to the Next Level?
   

   When it comes to giving your sex life a boost, your first instinct might be to turn to the usual suspects: lacy lingerie, scented oils, maybe a naughty toy or two. But who knew that getting a new dishwasher, practicing Pilates, or having a baby — yes, really! — could improve your bedroom connection?

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3. A Sweet Victory
   

   By Jennifer Weiner How far would I go to win? I was a year and a half into it before I learned that my marriage was based on a lie. It happened like this: My husband casually asked if I wanted to be his teammate in our city's Urban Challenge, a scavenger hunt/footrace that's a local version of The A

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4. Get the STD Picture
   

   Check out the first two words of "sexually transmitted diseases." If you're having sex, you may be at risk. Do you know as much as you think you do about STDs? It's easy to find out. Read through the list of symptoms below, then name that STD. It's been three weeks since I had sex with that guy who

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5. Why Women Lose Interest in Sex -- and 10 Tips to Rekindle Desire
   

   As you are reading this article, no less than one in three women you know are experiencing a loss of interest in sex. "Loss of libido in women, or low sexual desire, is the most common sexual problem for women and the main reason they seek sex therapy," says Patricia Koch, Ph.D., Associate Professor

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6. Sex Drive: How Do Men and Women Compare?
   

   The simplest way to capture the differences between men's and women's sex drives is to consider how you'd answer this test: create a sentence using the words "sex" and "love." If you're a woman, odds are your sentence goes something like this: "When two people understand each other, trust each other

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7. When and How to Reveal You Have an STD
   

   You may not be as lucky as a client of mine. There she sat over dinner, on a date with an interesting man she had just met through a matchmaking service. He had a cold and sinus headache. She pulled out her trusty but tiny pill holder that held one Advil, one aspirin, and one blue pill. She handed h

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8. The Dating Game: When's the Right Time for Sex?
   

   Whether you're new to the dating scene, a regular player, or jumping back into the game after a long hiatus, the same questions about dating rules apply: How soon do you lean over for that first kiss? Is it too early for a steamy make-out session? And last -- but by no means least -- how do you know

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9. The STD You Already Have
   

   SARS. West Nile. Ebola. These are the "A-list" viruses. If one of them decides to star in a major outbreak, Ashleigh Banfield will be there in a pink biohazard suit to report on the big event. Scary stuff. Then there's herpes. It goes about its business of infecting the human race with little or no

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10. The Hidden Epidemic
    

    July 9, 2001 -- America has a new AIDS demon, but it's understanding, not exorcism, that's needed. They are men on the down-low, or DL -- bisexual black men whose sexuality is kept secret. And it can be a deadly secret. The latest CDC figures show that the AIDS virus infects nearly a third of young,

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