OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between frequency of sexual intercourse and risk of ischaemic stroke and coronary heart disease. DESIGN Cohort study with 20 year follow up. SETTING The town of Caerphilly, South Wales and five adjacent villages. SUBJECTS 914 men aged 45-59 years at time of recruitment in 1979 to 1983. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Ischaemic stroke and coronary heart disease, a...

Aims: To investigate how the Chinese make love. Methods: From Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2009, a survey was carried out of 600 adults (300 male and 300 female adults) in Tianhe community (Guangzhou, China). Information included masturbation, sexual foreplay, oral sex, intercourse, coordination with sexual partner, self-evaluation of one’s sexual function. Results: 255 females and 229 males fulfilled the...

Aims: Past studies on age at first sexual intercourse among South African youth have been largely cross-sectional and lack theoretical basis. This paper investigates factors influencing first sexual intercourse among South African youth using Waves 1-3 of Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) data, based on Social Cognitive Theory. Methods: This quantitative data was analysed using Stata 12, and employs...

The aim of this review was to investigate if sexual intercourse during pregnancy is safe for mother and foetus. The method of this study included bibliography research from both the review and the research literature, mostly in books, professional journals and in ‘pubmed data base’ Results: The research showed that Women often wonder about the safety of sexual intercourse while pregnant and als...

background: infertility makes an essential challenge to the sexual life of couples, especially infertile women. when pregnancy does not happen, infertile women think that sexual intercourse is not fruitful and sexual desire became reduce gradually. infertile women progressively forget that their sexual relationship is also a response to their natural need. objective: this qualitative study was ...

Background and Aims: Younger age at first sexual intercourse is associated with a variety of adverse health outcomes. We aimed to gain a clearer understanding of a wide range of individual, family and social factors that may influence sexual behavior of children and adolescents. Specifically, we examined the relationships of developmental assets with age of first sexual intercourse among a larg...

BACKGROUND Despite abundant theoretical evidence of higher rates of suicide among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youths, little is known about the relationship between suicide and types of sexual intercourse experience in youths. This study examines the association between the type of intercourse experience and suicide risk outcomes (SROs: suicidal ideation, plans for suicide, suicidal attemp...