Researchers at the University of Bath found that women feel pain more than men do.

Ed Keogh and his team of researchers, examined 98 males and females whose arms were put in cold water. The results revealed women feel pain more often, in more areas, and for longer periods, than men

According to a study reported in the Wall Street Journal, male circumcision reduces the risk that men will contract HIV through intercourse with infected women by about 70 percent.

The study was conducted on over 3,000 HIV-negative South African men, ages 18 to 24. Half of them were selected to be circumcised, while the other half remained uncircumcised

Women subconsciously prefer the aroma of dominant men when they are at the most fertile stage of the menstrual cycle, research suggests, in a BBC Health report.

Study results, published in Biology Letters, reveals that women have evolved to seek out the most virile sexual partner when conception is likely

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has updated its 1996 guidelines for HIV screening, now recommending that all pregnant women be tested.

The move is a preventive measure to ensure HIV-infected pregnant women can start HAART treatment and thereby reduce the risk of vertical transmission of infection to their infants. They can also be advised to avoid breastfeeding, which is known to increase the risk of transmission

Early testing has proven so successful at helping prevent the spread of AIDS in babies, that a federal panel is recommending that all pregnant women, not just those at high risk, be screened for the virus.

In 1996, the U.S. Preventine Services Task Force said there was not enough evidence to prove that screening all pregnant women was beneficial