Shaina Gaul

Let’s talk for a second about genital warts. It's an awkward subject, I know, but it’s also a major concern among sexually-active individuals in this country. Genital warts are caused by certain ...

The pink pill, also known as female Viagra, has generated a lot of buzz in the news in recent years. While scientists continue to tweak the formula and conduct experiments, those of us waiting ...

With the second installment of the "Sex and the City" movie franchise rising up over the horizon, female friendships and morning-after “kiss and tell” sessions are once again at the forefront of ...

A study conducted in 2008 published in the Annual Review of Nursing Research reported that lesbian women are the segment of the population least likely to pursue health care. This is due, in some ...

Sexual relations are officially forbidden among British troops in a war zone. Following an “alarming” rise in pregnancies (133 servicewomen became pregnant in Afghanistan and Iraq in the past six ...

We’re constantly learning more each day about the benefits of a healthy diet. Now it turns out that the unsexiest vegetable may be the best one for your sex life! Yes, it's true; new research goes ...

For those of you who follow E!’s reality show Girls Next Door, news of Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett’s upcoming sex tape was probably a shock. Well, the fact that she made a sex tape with her boyfriend ...

I’ve touched on the importance of the mind in enabling female arousal before and during sex. Now recent research confirms that most men and women neglect to pay attention to a woman’s most ...

In this era, 50 has never seemed so young – so it’s not an insult to call the pill middle aged! That’s right, May 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the unveiling of the birth control pill. It ...

High blood pressure has been a long-running problem for Brazilians, affecting up to 25 percent of the population at any given time. This week, Brazil’s Minister of Health decided that something ...

It’s a gender stereotype as familiar as the chocolate-crazed PMS lady: guys always want to have sex in the morning. Whenever my boyfriends would insist that they were horniest in the morning I ...

A disturbing new connection has been found between sexual assault and poor health. Sexual abuse advocates are now touring hospitals and dentists' offices alerting health practitioners to the ...

Many couples choose to engage in bondage play for sexual satisfaction. Bondage usually involves the use of restraints to add to a dominant/submissive role play. Because they driven by power and ...

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of taking part in sexual intercourse. It was all going great until about halfway through – with all of the pushing, pulling, and jostling around, it felt like ...

I’ve spent a lot of time on this website discussing female sexual challenges – low libido, difficulty achieving orgasm, insufficient lubrication, etc. The one topic I've yet to broach is a female ...

People choose to be celibate for a number of reasons, including health issues, personal experiences, and moral beliefs. Celibacy does not refer to a temporary or involuntary period of abstinence ...

I think we can all agree that contemporary media has a huge impact on the development and expression of sexual desire in women both young and old. Therefore, my ears are always pricked whenever I ...

News broke in late March of a curious proposition being broadcast to all of America. A self-proclaimed avid Phillies fan posted an ad on Craigslist stating that she would have sex in return for ...

A recent study just confirmed a link between oral sex and mouth cancer. The British Medical Journal reports that an increase in the sexually-transmitted disease HPV (human papillomavirus) ...

HIV is a sexually transmitted disease that stands for human immunodeficiency virus. The definition of a virus is an infectious agent that replicates itself inside the cells of living beings, which ...

Many women have questions about the relationship between sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy, as these two topics are often discussed as two separate, mutually exclusive bodily states. ...

Although it wasn't discovered until 1989, approximately 170 million people are currently infected with hepatitis C. It is a DNA virus primarily transmitted through bodily fluids and can be ...

Approximately one third of the world’s population has been infected with hepatitis B, and it is most common in China, Africa and Asia. It is a DNA virus primarily transmitted through bodily fluids ...

Have you ever heard of ectoparasitic infections? Not many people have. The term refers to infections resulting from a parasitic infestation, most often through sexual contact. ...

Chancroid is a bacterial disease transmitted through sexual contact. It is characterized by small ulcers that grow within two weeks of contracting the disease. While men usually only get one ...

In the first part of this article I detailed my journey into the world of injectable fillers. Upon seeing these substances advocated in magazines such as Redbook and Better Homes and Gardens, I ...

I have subscriptions to a wide range of magazines from The Bark to Bitch. I recently opened my latest issue of Redbook to find an article titled “Is Your Face Older than You Are? In it, I read ...

Just when you thought the cast members of MTV’s The Jersey Shore couldn’t sink any lower, they promote false birth control information on cable television. In a recent appearance on ABC’s The ...

Anyone with a newspaper can tell you that scientists are on an everlasting labyrinthine quest to figure women out. Science is particularly obsessed with quantifying women’s sexuality; apparently ...

The movie Thirteen made a big splash when it first debuted in 2003. To many it felt different than your run-of-the-mill coming of age story. Perhaps because it doesn’t read like an after school ...

Thanks to advancements in modern medicine, more and more women have the honor of experiencing menopause first hand. Menopause marks the end of a woman’s childbearing age, as the production of ...

The letter "v" in V-Day stands for valentine, victory and vagina. It’s a global movement designed to promote female sexual health and fight against violence. One common way to celebrate V-Day is ...

There are several reasons why a woman’s first time having sex may be tenuous, and many of them were discussed in the first installment of this series. In this article, I’d like to focus on ...

The title of this article brings to mind an episode of Sex and the City, “Great Sexpectations.” The first time Carrie has sex with her new boyfriend, the experience isn't quite what she imagined ...

I’ll be honest; I had to do a lot of research before sitting down to write this article. I have only come into contact with one uncircumcised penis during my short stint as a single adult woman, ...

There is a lot of buzz in the media right about sexual addiction. It is still a new term, and celebrities such as Tiger Woods, David Duchovny, and Gene Simmons have all been associated with it. ...

Have you ever heard of trichomoniasis? If not, read up; it’s the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) among young sexually active women today. Women are much more likely to contract the ...

Crab lice (commonly referred to as public lice) are one of the many sexually transmitted diseases that we must protect ourselves from in this day and age. The only way to get crab lice is through ...

Syphilis is notorious for masquerading as other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), so it’s important to know about the causes and symptoms to adequately protect yourself. Syphilis is caused by ...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is an infection resulting from an imbalance of bacteria in the vagina. As harmful bacteria continue to grow, a woman may experience pain, odor, discharge, burning, or ...

If you’re trying to cut back on unnecessary expenditures, going out on date nights with your significant other may be the first to go. Who wants to pay for overpriced restaurant food and movies ...

There comes a time in many women’s lives when sterilization is both desired and needed. Thankfully, the ability to control fertility and prevent pregnancy is now possible through recent medical ...

It is estimated that a whopping 10 million women in the US suffer from eating disorders and one in five fall victim to eating disordered thinking. Eating disorders result from a myriad of ...

The procedure commonly referred to as a D & C is dilation and curettage. It is a surgical operation designed to treat miscarriage in women and is often mistaken for a D & A, or dilation and ...

The phrase “prenatal care” refers to the healthy choices a woman makes while pregnant. We all have a few habits that we’d like to change, and many of these come to fruition when a woman realizes ...