I want to talk a little bit about size -- penis size. Here's the story. We know that a lot of men are self-conscious about how big their penis is or isn't. It turns out that some brothers with good old average size penises are packing magnum-sized condoms to impress their partners, potential partners, and the guys they hang out with.

They leave them out on the table by the bed, flash them when they go to take money out of their wallets, and worse, wear them when they are having sex. This is kind of cute, but it's a real problem. If a condom is too loose, it will slip off during sex and leave both partners without protection. Wearing the wrong-sized condom - too big or too small - is a bad idea no matter how impressive the packaging may be!

Here's background on this story.

We've been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill, which got final approval from the FDA on June 23, 1960. The first combined hormone birth control pill changed the lives of women here and worldwide. The pill heralded modern contraception. It and other birth control methods developed subsequently made it possible for millions of women to safely and effectively decide if and when to have a child.

Practically overnight, it gave women freedoms that they had only dreamed about. With access to modern contraceptives, women can decide the size of their families. They can pursue an education. They can have careers outside the home. And they can enjoy their sexuality without being afraid of becoming pregnant when they don't want to be. All this adds up to much better health and improved well-being for women.

Getting back to the pill -- most people know that the pill is a highly popular, safe, and effective method of contraception. But many people do not know that is has many non-contraceptive health benefits. Many women, who do not need protection from unintended pregnancy, use the pill specifically for some of these benefits.

Dr. Vanessa Cullins talks about the real issue behind the recent false claims about abortion and African-American women, and what the anti-choice groups in the South don't want you to know.

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Just Out!!! Gardasil, the vaccine that protects girls and women from genital warts and cervical cancer has been approved for boys and men. Genital warts, cervical cancer, and some cancers of the penis, scrotum, anus, and throat are caused by certain types of human papilloma virus (HPV). While the vaccine may not protect boys and men against all HPV types that can cause these cancers, it does protect them against the two HPV types (types 6 and 11) that cause 90 percent of genital warts in the U.S.

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It's great that we have a chance to touch base again about sex and maintaining health. A young woman I talked with recently wanted to know if people can get chlamydia from a toilet seat. Her boyfriend said that's the only way he could've gotten it.

Look, chlamydia is not passed through casual contact. You're not going to get it by shaking hands, hugging, kissing, sitting on a toilet seat, or using someone's fork or knife.

This week we heard from actor Gabourey Sidibe, star of Lee Daniels' new movie 'Precious,' based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire, with executive producers Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry. Gabby does an incredible job of portraying Precious, an illiterate, low-income teenage girl who faces incredible obstacles in her life, including brutal abuse inflicted by her parents, with pregnancies resulting from repetitive rape by her father. Remarkably, she finds the strength to triumph over these extreme hardships. Gabby spoke about this challenging role and told us about her role model growing up. See what Gabby has to say about how her mother taught her about sex.

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A couple of years ago, a young man asked me an interesting question about herpes. He said he'd been with his current partner for six months and just got diagnosed with herpes. He said his partner swore she didn't cheat on him. He wanted to know if he should believe her.

My advice to the young man was, "Believe her until you have real evidence to not believe her." Herpes may not be the evidence that a partner is cheating. A person can be infected with herpes for years -- even a lifetime -- without knowing it. That's why it is possible for herpes to break out in someone whose partner has been sexually faithful.