The other day I noted to my roommate about how the rate of STDs in senior citizens has more than doubled in the past 10 years. She immediately shouted out "My grandmother can't be having sex! You've got to be wrong!" Her reaction got me thinking about the topic of sex lives of older people, […]
Between 40 and 60% of women taking SRIs, a common type of anti-depressants, experience sexual side effects, including loss of arousal, lubrication and orgasm problems. Researchers, including Dr. Julia Heiman of The Kinsey Institute, found that women given Viagra were more likely to report improvement in sexual functioning than those on a placebo pill.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) frequently creates new educational tools for people to learn about their health. One of the major areas of work is in the area of sexually transmissible infections (STI).
Today I came across a recently posted section called "Making sense of your Pap and HPV test results" that […]
So there's quite a buzz circulating around about these new spray-on condoms. German inventor Jan Vinzenz Krause has created a condom that's made out of liquid latex. Here's how it works: before a man would normally put on a condom, he will instead spray liquid latex on his penis and wait at least 20 seconds […]
Philip Weiss was a guest on The Colbert Report Monday talking about his article "The Affairs of Men" which was featured in New York Magazine. While doing his research for the piece, he traveled to Bloomington to talk to researchers here at the Kinsey Institute. The video for the episode can be seen at Comedy Central. Weiss and Stephen Colbert discuss the "myth" of monogamy, and a need for sexual variety.
This press release was just issued by the NYC Health Department regarding a substance called "Stone" that is apparently sold as an aphrodisiac and can be harmful or even fatal. You can read the release below or go to their web site for more information.
PRODUCT ALERT: ILLEGAL APHRODISIAC CALLED ‘STONE’ CAN CAUSE SERIOUS POISONING AND […]
Male condoms can sometimes get a bad reputation for breaking easily, which may or may not be warranted. Condoms are broken easiest when they are used improperly, which happens more often than people think. Condoms are put under intense testing before they are sold to ensure the highest quality possible, which potentially means that breakage is […]
Our Kinsey Confidential podcasts were recently reviewed by Daily Splice. Though they don't have any standard way to rate podcasts, they do have entertaining ratings that range from negative to positive, and random "things" (one podcast was given "5 degrees celcius", another got "4.5 volts" [it was about electronics]), an education-related podcast was given "three […]
There's still a long way to go, but researchers have been working on a new form of birth control (for men!). The research has found that when testosterone and progestin are paired together, it's effective at suppressing sperm count. More research needs to be done to determine just how effective this will be, especially because […]
A study conducted by researchers here at The Kinsey Institute reveals that men are less likely to use condoms when they report an erection loss while using the condoms. So if a man has erection difficulties while he's wearing a condom, he's more likely to ditch the whole condom idea entirely and not use protection.
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