sex /newsroom/taxonomy/term/3374/all en Men who paid for sex more likely to live with HIV /newsroom/channels/news/men-who-paid-sex-more-likely-live-hiv-337049 <p>Twenty years’ worth of surveys suggest that nearly one in ten sexually active men in 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been clients of sex workers. These men are about 50 percent more likely to be living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a team of international researchers, including <a href="/epi-biostat-occh/mathieu-maheu-giroux">Professor Mathieu Maheu-Giroux</a> and Caroline Hodgins of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University.</p> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:03:18 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 284908 at /newsroom Sex, drugs, and rock & roll chemistry in the brain /newsroom/channels/news/sex-drugs-and-rock-roll-chemistry-brain-265603 <p>The same brain-chemical system that mediates feelings of pleasure from sex, recreational drugs, and food is also critical to experiencing musical pleasure, according to a study by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University researchers published today in the <em>Nature</em> journal <em>Scientific Reports</em>.</p> Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:49:25 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26679 at /newsroom Equality need not be painful /newsroom/channels/news/equality-need-not-be-painful-261722 <p>Pain researchers' arguments for using only male rodents in preclinical pain research don't hold up to scrutiny, says ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ neuroscientist Jeffrey Mogil. <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v535/n7611_supp/full/535S7a.html#author-information">Nature</a></p> Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:18:59 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 26017 at /newsroom Sex-ed pilot project in Quebec /newsroom/channels/news/sex-ed-pilot-project-quebec-254861 <p> Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:15:50 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 24446 at /newsroom You can’t legislate the reality of a person’s sex out of existence /newsroom/channels/news/you-can%E2%80%99t-legislate-reality-person%E2%80%99s-sex-out-existence-239688 <p><a href="//www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/10/19/is-checking-the-sex-box-necessary/you-cant-legislate-the-reality-of-a-persons-sex-out-of-existence"> Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:35:07 +0000 kaviyanka.selvasandran@mail.mcgill.ca 21320 at /newsroom Pain curbs sex drive in female mice, but not in males /newsroom/channels/news/pain-curbs-sex-drive-female-mice-not-males-235376 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:09:24 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 20635 at /newsroom