Hefei Red Cross Sexual Health Recovery Hospital in China has defended the posting of excerpts of an ancient, erotic novel on its Web site, saying it was intended for treatment.

The hospital in China's central Anhui province uploaded chapters from "Secret Lust of Spring Palace" which is an ancient novel containing explicit sexual content

The issue whether girls as young as 9 years old should take a vaccine against HPV and other sexually transmitted diseases will be decided by a panel on Thursday.

Gardasil, the first known vaccine to prevent cancer costs $360 for a three-time dose. Studies have revealed that inoculation is effective in protecting against cervical cancer and genital warts

A study named the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health reveals that the teens who claim to have taken a pledge to remain virgin till their marriages are most likely to be dishonest about their sexual lives as their peers who may deny taking a pledge after becoming sexually active.

Janet Rosenbaum, of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, told Reuters Health that the teenager don't provide proper account of their past sexual activities, making it difficult to rely on the studies based on the virginity pledges

The Lancet, a leading international medical journal has urged U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make the emergency contraception as an over-the-counter drug.

The journal, in its upcoming May 20 edition, has said that acting FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach must make an independent decision on Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc's bid to sell its Plan B or "morning after pill", without prescription

Researchers say jailed women need reproductive health services as they are at "extremely high" risk for sexually transmitted diseases.

The study found that 38 percent of 484 incarcerated women in Rhode Island had multiple sex partners and more than 83 percent had unplanned pregnancies after their release