Question: I’ve heard the term sexologist, but maybe in reference to joke or innuendo, what exactly does the term encompass?  I’m not trying to be a wise guy, please advise.

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Sexpert Yvonne K. Fulbright defends her credentials as a “sexpert.”

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Scars from acne are not an uncommon side effect for people of color, but they don’t have to be.   Find out about a high-tech solution below. 

We’ve all been victims of a yawning attack. It starts out with one person, and then makes its way across the room. Is yawning contagious?

The French woman who had sought the legal right to commit suicide to end the suffering caused by an incurable and disfiguring cancer killed herself with sleeping tablets, authorities said.

Chantal Sebire, 52, whose face was distorted by a rare cancer of the sinus, was found dead in her home in eastern France last week, shortly after a court ruled that a doctor could not be allowed to help her die.

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a link between the asthma drug Singulair and suicidal behavior, according to a news release Thursday.

The FDA has requested Singulair’s manufacturer Merck & Co. evaluate the drug’s data for more information about suicidality and mood changes, according to the news release.

The agency is also reviewing the post-marketing reports of patients who have reported such behavior after taking the drug.

An 8-year-old girl was so afraid of the dentist that she refused to even open her mouth to eat, her parents told one newspaper.

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A man in India who suffers from a disease that causes blood to accumulate and rot in his veins hopes to walk again following an operation.

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A nurse accused of infecting patients in Texas with hepatitis C may have put another 300 at risk in Virginia, one hospital has said.

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The disclosure of hidden tobacco money behind a big study suggesting that lung scans might help save smokers from cancer has shocked the research community and raised fresh concern about industry influence in important science.

Two medical journals that published studies by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers in 2006 are looking into tobacco cash and other financial ties that weren’t revealed. The studies reported benefits from lung scans, which the Cornell team has long touted.

It’s a crucial public health issue: Dozens of groups, including such anti-smoking crusaders as the American Cancer Society, have given the Cornell team money to see if routinely screening smokers with CT scans can spot the world’s most lethal cancer in time to prevent deaths.