According to the tallies, young men in a study thought about sex only 19 times a day, on average, far fewer than the 8000 times expected.

Using data compiled from 21,743 men and 24,608 women who took a self-assessment of their health status, the scientists discovered that binge eating was almost as big an issue for men as it is for women -- about two men for every three women.

A recent study out of the Harvard School of Public Health found that when men eat fatty, unhealthy food, their sperm lose the ability to move vigorously enough to make the journey all the way up the ovarian tube. A related study found that eating trans fats reduces sperm count. Added together, these facts seem to indicate that a junk food diet may lead men to male infertility.

Between the ages of 20-29, testosterone levels drop for all men. Men without children have a 12 to 15 percent decrease in testosterone, while men with a baby between one month and a year old have a 30 percent decrease. Those with infants younger than one month old experience the greatest decline, with levels four to five times lower than men with no children and twice as low as fathers of older children.

A new study has determined that there was a 55 percent increase in emergency room hospital visits for prescription drug-related suicide attempts in men between the ages of 21 and 34 from 2005 to 2009. The largest increase was shown to come from men taking antidepressants, which rose a whopping 155 percent among men 21 to 34.

A new study, just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, has found that even people who have no symptoms and no clue that they're carrying herpes can, nevertheless, spread the disease. People who have herpes but no symptoms shed the virus in genital secretions 10 percent of the days they are tested, meaning they can infect sexual partners on those days. In contrast, those who manifest active herpes symptoms “shed" the virus about 20 percent of the time.  Explore what immune system boosters help if you have herpes (HSV-2).

Researchers genetically altered mice so they overproduced a stress hormone called "corticotrophin-releasing factor," or "CRF." In reaction to the increased stress, the mice turned gray and lost hair. But then, the scientists injected the mice with a mellow-out compound called astressin-B, which blocked production of the stress hormone. To the great surprise of the research team, one of the side effects was that the mice grew back their missing fur. The take-home message here is that stress and hair-loss can go hand-in-hand, and so reducing stress may be key in reducing hair loss.

A recent study conducted at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center found that men who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) on a regular basis are 38 percent more likely to have erection difficulties than their counterparts who rarely or never use these drugs.  This was not the result the researchers expected, as ED is believed to be a result of inflammation.  Read on for natural alternatives to NSAIDs to prevent erectile dysfunction with this natural health blog!

Recent research has found that antioxidants may hinder female fertility. The researchers fed antioxidants directly to the ovaries of female mice, and to their surprise, discovered that the ovaries of the affected mice produced very few eggs, and those eggs that did get produced had little viability. Learn more about antioxidant dietary supplements and fertility with this natural health blog!