9I�� News - sex

Men who paid for sex more likely to live with HIV

webfull — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:02:38 +0000

Twenty years’ worth of surveys suggest that nearly one in ten sexually active men in 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been clients of sex workers. These men are about 50 percent more likely to be living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a team of international researchers, including Professor Mathieu Maheu-Giroux and Caroline Hodgins of 9I��.

Published: 25 January 2022

Sex, drugs, and rock & roll chemistry in the brain

webfull — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:03:35 +0000

The same brain-chemical system that mediates feelings of pleasure from sex, recreational drugs, and food is also critical to experiencing musical pleasure, according to a study by 9I�� researchers published today in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.

Published: 8 February 2017

Equality need not be painful

webfull — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:19:02 +0000

Pain researchers' arguments for using only male rodents in preclinical pain research don't hold up to scrutiny, says 9I�� neuroscientist Jeffrey Mogil. Nature

Published: 13 July 2016

Sex-ed pilot project in Quebec

webfull — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:15:53 +0000

Published: 31 August 2015

You can’t legislate the reality of a person’s sex out of existence

webfull — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:35:10 +0000

Published: 22 October 2014

Pain curbs sex drive in female mice, but not in males

webfull — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:09:29 +0000

“Not tonight, dear, I have a headache.” Generally speaking, that line is attributed to the wife in a couple, implying that women’s sexual desire is more affected by pain than men’s.

Published: 22 April 2014

Help prevent the transmission of HPV!

webfull — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:24:35 +0000

The 9I�� Division of Cancer Epidemiology has recently launched the CATCH study to test the effectiveness of a Carrageenan-based gel in preventing the tranmission of HPV. Carrageenan is derived from red algae, and commonly used as a thickening agent in food products. It could represent an inexpensive method of prevention against the virus, whereas the vaccine and screening procedures are considerably more expensive.

Published: 25 March 2013

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