Our moral superiority about sex is proving deadly
Sarah Boseley: The west's attitude to issues of reproductive health, especially in the US, causes women's deaths all over the world.
Safe sex advertising campaign offers the bare facts
A hard-hitting government advertising campaign on sexual diseases, featuring raunchy scenes of young people grappling in pubs, clubs and on deserted footpaths, launches today in an attempt to make 18- to 24-year-olds think of condoms as 'essential wear' when they go out for a night.
Morning-after pill has not cut abortion rate, says expert
· Precautions should be 'during or before sex' · Emergency contraception 'still better than nothing'
Woman sues for lost sex life ‘nightmare’
Patient claims a vaginal operation by a leading surgeon left her disfigured.
‘I have a great sex life. Does that shock you?’
It's often assumed that people with disabilities can't enjoy sex. Joan McFadden meets two women who want to change that perception.
Teenagers in no rush to have sex, biggest survey shows
· Seven out of 10 wait until at least 16 to lose virginity
· But despite health risk, many fail to use condoms
Let us spray
Billed as libido in an atomiser, PT-141 will finally offer women the chance to turn on their sexual desire as and when they need it. Or so the science says. But there are concerns. Will sex in a spray usher in an age of 'McNookie' - quick easy couplings low on emotional nutrition? Julian Dibbell reports.
Barrier methods
By keeping condoms under lock and key, a US pharmacy chain is quietly helping to stigmatise safe sex.