The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health
Education. Pleasure. Health. Advocacy.
Every Saturday The CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine examining college women’s genital self-image and its correlation with frequency of gynecological exams. Researchers Andrea L. DeMaria, Ariane V. Hollub, and Debby Herbenick proposed that gynecological exams are underused … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which states that recently the U.S. teen birth rate hit its lowest mark in 70 years. The CDC reported that the U.S. teen birth rate declined 9 percent from 2009 to 2010, reaching a historic low at … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a new birth control procedure, currently in advanced clinical trials in India, which is administered to men. The procedure, called RISUG in India (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance), takes about 15 minutes and is effective after about three days. A doctor applies … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine wherein one gynecologist claims he has anatomical proof the G-Spot exists. Discussions about the elusive female G-Spot, or the Gräfenberg Spot, have been in high circulation for decades, but there has been no definitive … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing research conducted at the University of South Carolina, which found that instances of human papillomavirus infection (HPV) lasted longer in African-American women than in Caucasian women. This points to a possible higher risk of cervical cancer and other HPV-related health … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a study which found that women who have early access to the birth control pill tend to be better educated and better paid than women did not have early access to oral contraceptives. The results of this study were discussed in a MSNBC.com article in the context of the recent … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing recent research about the growth in the prevalence of oral cancer as a result of the Human Papillomavirus or the HPV virus. Researchers from Ohio State University and the National Cancer Institute found that HPV-positive tumors now account for a majority of the cases of … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a series of studies and commentary about the use of vibrators among men. In the March 2012 issue of Contemporary Sexuality, the monthly newsletter of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT), there is a discussion about the … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a recent announcement from the American Heart Association (AHA), which states having sex only slightly raises the chance for a heart attack. The report, published online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, is the AHA’s first science-based set of … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a 2009 study that searched for genetic and clinical predictors of sexual dysfunction in patients being treated pharmacologically for depression. The occurrence of sexual dysfunction is one of the reasons that patients treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors … [Read more...]
