FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A once-daily pill developed by Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim increased female sex drive in late-stage trials, putting the group in the frame to launch the first non-hormonal treatment for women with low libido.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday.

Playwright, wife, mother takes on blooming technology, science and marriage in Broadway debut. "How extraordinary," Catherine Givings observes. "It looks like a farming tool. Where do you put it?"

"How extraordinary," Catherine Givings observes. "It looks like a farming tool. Where do you put it?"

House Democrats on the Education & Labor Committee appear to be united in favor of ENDA. House Democrats on the Education & Labor Committee appear to be united in favor of passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill that would outlaw employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The committee has scheduled a November 18 final markup of the legislation where members will decide whether the bill reaches the House floor for a final vote this session. Democrats control the committee with 30 members, while Republicans remain in the minority with 19. All but three Democratic members are co-sponsors of the legislation. Those three members also appear likely to vote in favor of the legislation introduced in June by openly gay Representative Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts. Nevada's Dina Titus along with Jason Altmire from Pennsylvania and Marcia Fudge from Ohio previously voted in favor of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the f

A German orchestra announced plans on Tuesday to play a concert in a brothel in a novel effort to bring classical music "out of the concert hall and to where people are."

A preliminary report commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops on the roots of the clergy sex abuse scandal found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said Tuesday.

A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead North American investigator analysing tests of the drug said Tuesday.

A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead North American investigator analysing tests of the drug said Tuesday.

A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead North American investigator analysing tests of the drug said Tuesday.

Philippine gay rights group wages battle to run in 2010 congressional elections. A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on grounds that it advocates immorality.

Tony Perkins is taking aim at John Berry, the highest ranking openly gay official in the Obama administration. Tony Perkins, the president of the anti-gay Family Research Council, is taking aim at John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management and the highest ranking openly gay official in the Obama administration. Berry might be the next target of conservatives who have been putting the feet of liberal appointments to the fire. In a video message posted on YouTube, Perkins uses a speech Berry delivered in June as fodder for the argument that the Obama administration is ?pushing the homosexual agenda.? Berry's Washington D.C. speech was in fact severely criticized by gay bloggers and activists, some of whom called it pandering despite his sexuality. The speech came after a series of missteps by the administration left bloggers and activists frustrated, angry and threating a boycott. The Justice Department had just filed a brief defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spray that numbs the penis can help prevent premature ejaculation, doctors reported on Thursday, and drug maker Sciele Pharma Inc, a division of Japan's Shionogi, plans to file for U.S. approval next year.

Demonstrators targeted Uganda's UN mission in New York on Thursday to protest a proposed law that would punish homosexuality with life in prison in the eastern African country.

More than one in 10 people don't realise that a woman can still get pregnant if she has sex standing up, according to a poll on Friday.

Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, the leading US group of women's health care professionals said Friday, also recommending less frequent subsequent tests.

Days after controversy erupted over new breast cancer screening guidelines, a US health group has said women should wait longer to get their first cervical cancer test.

Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, the leading US group of women's health care professionals said Friday, also recommending less frequent subsequent tests.

Days after controversy erupted over new breast cancer screening guidelines, a US health group has said women should wait longer to get their first cervical cancer test.

Utah Senator Chris Buttars is looking to sponsor legislation that would limit gay rights. Utah Senator Chris Buttars is looking to sponsor legislation that would limit cities and counties in the state from enacting gay rights legislation, the 'Salt Lake Tribune' reported. Buttars, a fierce opponent of gay rights, said Thursday he'll consider supporting a bill modeled after Salt Lake City's recently approved measure that bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the areas of housing and employment. The Mormon Church surprisingly supported the legislation, which was approved unanimously. ?Maybe we ought to have a statewide bill that allows those things,? he said. But Buttars, who is prominently featured in the new Reed Cowan documentary 8:The Mormon Proposition saying gay people are ?the meanest buggers I have ever seen,? is more likely attempting to limit gay rights in Utah. ?A person has a right to have a house or a job without worrying about their s