Porn HIV Testing: The System Isn't Broken

Last week's HIV diagnosis in Porn Valley generated the expected anti-porn schadenfraude and finger-pointing but also some thoughtful debate within the industry about condom use, regulation, and testing. Pornographer Ernest Greene warns that misinformation is pernicious in times like these. More »

Sinnamon Love Wants You To Play Safe

While most pornstars at AEE were looking sexy at porno booths, promoting their latest releases; Crush Object Sinnamon Love decided to do something a little different. More »

That Fat Ass Could Save Your Life

Harvard Medical School's researchers are all about that big bubble butt. Seriously, it's good for you. More »

Plagued by premature ejaculation? Good news: it's not your fault! Hardworking scientists have discovered that there's a gene that's correlated to premature ejaculation. We're not sure why that's supposed to make anyone feel any better—but hey, at least you know what's to blame for your two minutes in heaven. (bbc.co.uk, via BuzzFeed)

We know as well as anyone that porn can't "make" anyone do anything sex-related they didn't already want to do, but when we read that "a 48-year-old woman with a stimulating electrode implanted in her right ventral thalamus started to compulsively self-stimulate" we realized that science was the final frontier for sexual compulsion debates. That, and we'd like to volunteer for future studies if anyone's looking for willing lab bunnies. (mindhacks.com - thanks Praemedia)

Real American Heroes

A 77-year-old Brooklyn man is being unfairly persecuted by the IRS just because he tried to deduct over $300,000 in "therapeutic" treatments for his chronic depression. You know, like ... prostitutes, erotic massages, sex toys and porn. That sounds pretty therapeutic to us. This guy should be given a medal, not a tax bill. (nypost.com; thumb via doctoradventures.com)

Hypochondriacs should be aware of latest health scare that could destroy your life—orgasm-induced stroke. It actually happened to a 35-year-old woman in Illinois ... and it could happen to you! So have fun on your date tonight! (cbsnews.com; thumb via, via)

How Sex Surrogates Give You Good Loving

The use of sexual surrogates is a little-understood practice, mostly because there's hardly anybody out there who does it these days. At first glance, it sounds pretty sweet: you hire a professional therapist to come over to your house and help get you off in a completely legal arrangement where you get to avoid using ugly words like "hooker" and "cash only." Heck, your insurance might even cover it! More »

Men who want to preserve their sexual function as they age are being advised to— what else?—have more sex in order to do so, thus proving the old "use it or lose it" maxim is true after all. It's also sort of like telling people that the secret to getting rich is making more money, but then we're not the experts here. (reuters.com)

French AIDS Awareness Campaign Is As Stylish As You'd Expect It To Be

It appears that hyper-productive, hyper-talented artist James Jean has been burning the midnight oil again—this time in the service of AIDS awareness. Through superagency TBWA\PARIS, he's produced two sexy, inviting posters for the French activist group AIDES with the theme "Explore. Just protect yourself." The images are pretty hot—think Hieronymous Bosch meets John Currin—and even if the copy isn't quite as creative, it's still a message worth hearing. Those kids at the Sorbonne would do totally better with posters like these on their walls than ones featuring, say, Jerry Lewis. (jamesjean.com + coloribus.com, via juxtapoz.com)

Everything you ever wanted to know about wet dreams, in case, you know ... you missed one of those super groovy filmstrips back in health class and are still curious about all these wonderful changes happening to your body. (jamaica-gleaner.com + Keeley Hazell with her own brand of wet dream)

Fox News is not afraid to take on the toughest issues facing our nation today, like asking whether your vagina is depressed. Maybe it just has a case of the Mondays? (foxnews.com, more @ nerve.com + Gawker)

Proving once again that some men would risk death in order to be able to sport an impressive woody, 56 men in Singapore have fallen victim to an illegal sexual enhancement drug called Power 1 Walnut. The drug, which is concocted from diabetes medication combined with a compound similar to Viagra, is said to cause hypoglycemia. Symptoms include tremor, dizziness, drowsiness, weakness and confusion; similar if less life threatening effects can also be experienced via our Best of Babelogs posts. We're just saying. (thestar.com.my; more @/thumbnail via ssquah.blogspot.com)

Thursday is Valentine's Day — but more importantly, it's National Impotence Day. If you find yourself stuck at eight o'clock come the big night, here are a few tips to help you get back on track. Trust us, she'll appreciate it more than flowers and candy. (independent.co.uk)

The second generation female condom is about to be reviewed for FDA approval. Once it's approved, everyone can go back to forgetting that this product actually exists. (cnn.com)

Sex: the cause of—and solution to—all of life's little problems. If by "problems," you mean headaches, that is. (abcnews.go.com)

If you're a busy woman on the go it can be hard to find time to do your Kegel exercises. But take heart: if you wear high heels, you may actually be working your pelvic floor muscles just by walking around. Think there's any chance they'll bring back Easy Spirit with a "Looks like a pump, feels like a vaginal muscle exercisor" campaign? (bbc.co.uk)

Taking fish oil supplements is not only good for your health—it can also make you horny as hell. (Other diet changes can help with that, too.) Just be sure to get your dosage from eating tuna or taking pills and not, you know ... some other way. (foxnews.com)

Headed to Brazil for Carnival this year? You'll be glad to know the government's promised that there will be enough free condoms for everyone. Now all you'll have to worry about is finding an opportunity to use them! (earthtimes.org)

Christopher Columbus not only brought war, oppression and the ravages of smallpox with him when he "discovered" America—he also invented syphilis! (Well, sorta. His sailors took the mutated, sexually transmitted form of the bug back to Europe.) And you thought that not getting mail delivered on his birthday was annoying ... (yahoo.com)

The University of Virginia is testing a new "female Viagra" which is actually a gel (no, not this one) that women rub on their arms to make themselves horny. If they made it taste like whipped cream or chocolate sauce then you could solve two bedroom problems at once. (foxnews.com, via brahsome.com)

All you guys out there who are scared off by pregnant women should take note—expectant ladies are wilder, wetter, and hornier than they are at any other time of their lives. (Plus, there's the whole giant boobs thing.) Aren't hormones great? (foxnews.com)

Good news, vegansexuals! A diet that is high in soy is good for the breasts. More soy milk, better boobies — that's our kind of science.(nutraingredients.com, breasts via Iga, natch + nextdoormania.com)

What should your New Year's resolution be for 2008? Fuck more. Yes, we know that's the same resolution you make every year, but this time you should really mean it! (suntimes.com)

You (yes, you!) should be having sex at least once a week, and here are some of the health benefits you'll gain by doing so. Whatever happened to "just because it feels good"? (newsweek.com)

Commie pinko pervs that we are, we were glad to see three of our very favorite things—porn, public radio, and subsidized healthcare—come together this weekend as NPR profiled Sharon Mitchell and the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation. We also learned that Sharon will talk prospective talent out of a porn career if, say, they're even considering a job in education or politics someday. And you thought they were just about treating crabs! (npr.org; more @ aim-med.org, and more on AIM's "Porn 101" series here)

This completely weird research study says that having sex in a "hasty situation" makes you more likely to have coronary incident and die. Of course, that just makes it more of a challenge doesn't it? (thestar.com.my)

A new book says that having a lot of sex and eating dark chocolate can increase your brain power and fight the effects of aging. Between this and the boob staring ... we are going to live forever! (telegraph.co.uk)

In what just may be the most stunning piece of medical research ever published, we're informed that staring at boobs for just five minutes every day can actually prolong your life. So what if the Weekly World News isn't exactly known as a reliable source for cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs? We're still looking forward to celebrating our 134th birthday after all these years of doing what we do. (news.softpedia.com)

Not everyone appreciates Jenna's entreprenurial spirit as much as we do, however: following the sexual health of the adult industry, fellow pornstress Anita Cannibal took La Jameson to task for not doing enough to promote safer sex in her movies. We guess we could take Anita to task too for promoting cannibalism as a mainstream sexual activity, but why add to all the drama? (laist.com)

Researchers say that men who lose their virginity later than their peers are more likely to develop sexual dysfunction as a result. Or maybe it's the other way around. And having sex too early might not be so great either. Actually, they have no idea what the problem is, but it sounds like virgin or no virgin, we're all fucked. (abcnews.go.com)

Porn unfairly gets the blame for a lot of things, but there's one trend for which it might have to plead guilty: the discomfiting rise of genital cosmetic surgery. We've said a million times that we love all you ladies (and your ladyparts) just the way you are, so if your crotch ends up looking like this don't say we didn't warn you. (thestar.com)

Persistent sexual arousal syndrome strikes again! This time it's in the person of Sarah Carmen who has 200 orgasms a day (!) without even trying. (!!) Hmm, think it's contagious, because we suspect that some of the interns might be coming down with something. (newsoftheworld.co.uk, via sexoteric.com)

A Spanish gynecologist has been fined after advising a patient who needed to "loosen up" to stick an aubergine in her hoo-hah. (That's an eggplant for you non-foodies.) We think we saw that girl on YouPorn! (typicallyspanish.com)

A Massachusetts doctor claims he was just doing "research" when a undercover cop busted him for solicitation of prostitution ... which is actually a pretty good alibi when your specialty is infectious diseases and STDs. How do you think he became an expert in the first place? (telegram.com)

Let's face it—the female condom has never been a popular item with anybody, but we've been hearing talk about a new second generation version and now The New York Times has a look at the specs. We're not sure how inserting a crazy wizard's hat is going to grab people, but just about anything would be an improvement on the original. (nytimes.com) More »

Been stocking up on those "herbal Viagras" you found super cheap down at the corner store? We hope you saved your receipts, because it turns out, they can have some pretty bad side effects. Surprised? And we always thought we could trust the makers of Horny Goat Weed! (ap.google.com)

If you're lucky enough to have health insurance, you're pretty much covered for all your needs—unless, say, those health needs include sex therapy. In a recent op-ed piece, living legend Dr. Ruth Westheimer argues that this should change and we're inclined to agree with her. We know good sex always makes us healthier and happier. (forbes.com)

We seriously doubt you'll see us striking yoga poses like the Sexy Secretary, Erotic Froggie or Wild Child to "jump start" our libido anytime soon—that's what porn is for, duh! But we know Forbes is on our wavelength when they provide Eight Healthy Steps to Better Sex: In Pictures. (forbes.com, thumbnail via nudeyogaphotoblog.com)

Yet another scientific study tells us that abstinence-only education doesn't keep kids from having sex; in fact, such programs are more likely to encourage risky behavior than ones that talk about condom use. Why else do you think there are all those slutty Catholic schoolgirls running around every Halloween? (ap.google.com)