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• Ladies, If You're Not In The Mood, CNN Is Here To Save You...

  CNN has solved the problem of a woman's decreased libido. Hint: they want you to become a man.  Their top 5 ways women can improve their sex drives... Read More... Posted Jul 25 2008, 12:49 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: viagra, drugs, sex, cnn, medicine, erections, sex life, erectile dysfunction

• Guys Who Ride Bikes: Your Balls Are In Danger!

  A new report has just reminded us why we almost prefer taking public transportation... News-Medical.net has a story featuring a London urological surgeon who warns men that, should they ride the wrong bicycle, they could do severe damage to their family jewels... Read More... Posted Jul 09 2008, 11:04 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: bikes, medicine, erections, cycling, bicycles, genitals, medical news, injury, e.d.

• Boy Dies From Urinary Tract Infection While Parents Pray

  We're not out to attack religious people or anything. It's just that in the past few weeks, there have been a bevy of news stories out there in this country that happened to feature wackos who happened to be religious doing things that happen to be totally bonkers nutjob crazy. Now we hear from Strollerderby and the AP that a boy in Oregon died from a urinary tract infection (!) after his parents failed to so much as request a catheter for him. The fucked up part about all this is that they might not even be charged in his death... Read More... Posted Jun 24 2008, 10:15 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 39 comment(s) Filed under: religion, death, infected tube, medicine, hospital, doctors, praying dog, health benefits, health care, teenage boys, oregon, praying

• Is There a Such Thing as Gay Cancer?

  No, not exactly, but apparently gay men and lesbians face different cancer risks than the straight folk. At least according to a group of doctors in the UK. Read More... Posted Mar 05 2008, 12:29 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: the UK, lesbians, medicine, the gays, cancer, gay cancer

• My Year Beats Your "Le Weekend"

  Canada has just broken new ground in the ongoing sexual revolution (which began with the invention of rectal thermometers in 1342) with a new daily dosage of Cialis. Yes, "Le Weekend," as Europeans call the 24-36 hour anti-impotence drug, is now "Le Year," as this new version means men can be "spontaneous" and get boners all day long. Great-- just what we need... sex day and night. Yawn. Read More... Posted Feb 25 2008, 04:30 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: underage-ness, drugs, sex, penis, canada, france, medicine, erections, promiscuity, impotence, french, cialis

• Someone at ABC News is Still Angry About Their High School Cup Size

  Interesting bit of science being reported recently, as some Canadian researchers are claiming a direct relation between the size of a woman's breasts when she is young and her risk for diabetes later in life -- but it's a pretty complex finding. On the one hand, it's possible that larger breasts might go hand-in-hand with obesity, which is a risk factor. On the other hand, doctors are still unclear how -- or even if -- breast growth might be physically related to insulin production, so it bears further research. And some are even calling the study and its methods into question. Lots to unpack here, right? So what's the first thing on the mind of ABC News Medical Unit author Audrey Grayson? Read More... Posted Jan 30 2008, 10:07 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: boobs, bad science, boob envy, abc news, medicine