Actor’s death raises bizarre questions

Shock over reports of actor was compounded when officials there said he was found hanging with a rope tied around his neck and genitals. Those circumstances have led to speculation that the "Kill Bill" star's death was a case of accidental auto-erotic asphyxiation — death while masturbating and restricting the flow of oxygen to the brain as a means to intensify orgasm.

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Low sex drive? No big deal, say most women

If you don’t have much desire for sex, but aren’t bothered by your lack of desire, do you have a medical problem? A new study, published Friday in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, is adding fuel to this long-running debate and raising some important questions that may spark discussions between lovers.

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STD postcards: You've got mail — and more

Thanks to a new Internet-based service called inSPOT, people are now receiving anonymous e-mails about sex, but they aren’t spam and there is no hidden ad for herbal concoctions to increase the size of anything. Rather, the “e-cards” are notices from a previous sex partner that the recipient may have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease.

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Your walk may reveal more than you think

The way a woman walks might be giving away a lot more about her than she knows, a new study says.

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Man Gets Probation for Dead Deer Sex

A 20-year-old man received probation after he was convicted of having sexual contact with a dead deer. The sentence also requires Bryan James Hathaway to be evaluated as a sex offender and treated at the Institute for Psychological and Sexual Health in Duluth, Minn.

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At the annual meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA), Inc.

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We talk about sex. A lot. But all too often we don't know exactly what we're talking about. What's considered getting to third base these days anyway?

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I guess we can look forward to a new pharmacological trade name appearing in our spam folders in the near future.

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American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday.

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Some genetic testing companies are promising to match couples based on the DNA testing, touting the benefits of biological compatibility.

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Her boyfriend wants her to dress sexier - to attract other dudes. Why? Also, what could be causing painful cramps during orgasm? Sexploration answers your most intimate queries.

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Press ... rip ... YEOW! That guttural scream you hear rattling the door of a back room in your local day spa just may be coming from a man getting his pubic hair waxed. It's not just for women anymore.

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Modern-day vampires are being featured in major Hollywood movies, a hit HBO series and referenced on runways and in a new energy drink that comes in hospital blood bags. So why the resurgence of interest? And why are they always so hot?

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Teens whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found.

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More women - particularly those in their late teens and 20s - are experimenting with bisexuality or at least feel more comfortable reporting same-sex encounters, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control.

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The brains of lesbian women respond to sexual hormones differently from heterosexual women, according to a new analysis.

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Women who are sexually satisfied are also happier, no matter their age, a new study suggests. It's not clear which causes the other, however.

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Is it sexy to be spiritual? New research has found that spirituality has a greater effect on the sex lives of young adults - especially women - than religion, impulsivity, or alcohol.

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North Carolina health officials have chosen an unlikely weapon to battle the climbing rates of syphilis in the United States: Wal-Mart gift cards. During a recent weekend, they canvassed neighborhoods offering the cards to anyone willing to be tested.

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Satisfaction eludes women with a newly identified condition called persistent genital arousal disorder.

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Federal health officials favor approving GlaxoSmithKline's long-delayed vaccine Cervarix to prevent the leading cause of cervical cancer in U.S. women.

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A vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline blocks the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

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Can a woman be allergic to sperm? Can a stroke ruin a man's sexual desire? And if you're turned on by noses, are you a nasophiliac? Sexploration answers your queries.

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An AIDS advocacy group filed complaints Thursday with state officials against 16 production companies that show unprotected sex in porn movies.

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Michelle Obama may have become an archetypal black female success story - law career, strong marriage, happy children - but the reality is often very different for other highly educated black women.

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Teens often hold seemingly contradictory ideas about having sex, a new study shows, confounding the abstinence-only sex education message supported by over a billion dollars of federal funding.

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Public health departments in Riverside and San Bernardino counties are encouraging teenagers to sign up for a service that delivers sexual health information to them through the latest fashion in teen communication -- text messages.

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More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past.

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To hear the ex-hippies and Summer of Love enthusiasts tell it, the spring and summer of 1967 in San Francisco changed everything, especially sex. The real story is more complex.

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The American Psychological Association has declared that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients that they can become straight through therapy or other treatments.

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