A 28 year old Indian male presented with an unusual foreign body, a penicillin bottle containing tincture of iodine, in the preputial sac. The purpose of introducing the bottle was to tickle his glans penis as a form of masturbation. The bottle was so firmly impacted that it could be removed only under general anaesthesia.

Cybersex is a subcategory of online sexual activities (OSA) and is defined as when two or more people are engaging in sexual talk while online for the purposes of sexual pleasure and may or may not include masturbation. Cybersex is a growing phenomenon with a significant impact on participants but very little research has been done on this subject to date. This study is the first to attempt to ...

BACKGROUND while much has been written about adult sexuality, relatively little is available about the sexuality of older people. Available literature often does not discuss specific sexual behaviours and includes predominantly married, better-educated, mostly young old. OBJECTIVE the purpose of this study was to assess a sample of lower-income older adults, about whom there is limited inform...

Seven hundred and two (346 non-Asian, 356 Asian) undergraduate volunteers were assessed in a confidential laboratory setting on levels of interpersonal sexual behavior (e.g., petting, intercourse), intrapersonal sexual behavior (e.g., fantasy, masturbation), and sociosexual restrictiveness (e.g., lifetime number of partners, number of "one-night stands"). The purpose was to examine possible dif...

Insertion of foreign bodies into the genitourinary system is a pathological action believed to increase sexual gratification usually for psychiatric patients and mentally retarded cases especially during masturbation. In this report, we represented a male case who is inserted a 195 cm cannula by himself into the bladder through the urethra because of his psychiatric disorder.

BACKGROUND As the number of HIV/AIDS cases continues to increase in Puerto Rico, outercourse, or non-penetrative sexual activities, may be one alternative for healthy sexual living for persons living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS. METHODS Between April and August 2006, we surveyed 1138 women living in low-income housing in Ponce, PR on their attitudes toward and participation in outercourse ac...

We present a descriptive analysis of 963 queries obtained through e-mails from unmet young people regarding their health needs. Boys had more queries on sexuality and masturbation while queries from girls were related more to psychosocial issues, particularly depression and loneliness.

A lesbian couple in a monogamous relationship each presented with vaginal discharge demonstrable on culture to contain Trichomonas vaginalis. Their symptoms had failed to respond to standard regimens of metronidazole, and subsequent microbiological sensitivities confirmed resistance of the trichomonads to metronidazole (minimum inhibitory concentrations in aerobic conditions > 8 mcg/ml). In add...

views on infant sexuality encompassed " pleasurable activities far removed from any concerns with reproduction, " 13 activities such as sucking, cuddling, hugging etc. Martinson suggested that infantile sexuality be viewed under a " general conceptual rubric, such as the pleasure-pain principle. " 12 Although penile erections and vaginal secretions in response to stimulation have been interpret...