National Orgasm Day poll finds hands remain the favorite, while many adults turn to sex toys, erotic media and fantasy for solo pleasure.

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C., July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In honor of National Orgasm Day (July 31) and as part of its overall commitment to sexual health and wellness, Adam & Eve surveyed more than 2,000 American adults to learn how they prefer to masturbate. The results show that while manual stimulation remains the most common choice, many adults are embracing a variety of methods – including sex toys, erotic media and fantasy – as part of their solo sexual wellness routines.

More than half of respondents (54%) said they typically use their hands when masturbating, while 15.5% reported using sex toys, 10.5% said they rely on erotic media, and 5.3% said they use fantasy or imagination alone.

Among respondents who use sex toys, nearly 35% said they experience more intense orgasms during solo play than they do with a partner, highlighting the role that self-exploration can play in sexual satisfaction.

“There isn’t one ‘right’ way to masturbate,” says Dr. Jenni Skyler, PhD, LMFT, C-PST, and Adam & Eve’s resident sex therapist. “For some people, their hands provide everything they need. Others enjoy the additional stimulation of a vibrator or stimulator, or the use of erotic content. The important takeaway is that masturbation is a healthy form of self-care, and people shouldn’t feel embarrassed or ashamed about it.”

The web-based survey, conducted by an independent third-party survey company, of over 2,000 American adults ages 18 and up, was commissioned by Adam & Eve as part of its ongoing research into sexual wellness and behavior.

About Adam & Eve
Adam & Eve is the nation’s leading and most trusted retailer of sexual wellness products, serving customers online and through more than 100 independently owned and operated retail stores. For more than 50 years, Adam & Eve has been helping normalize pleasure as an essential part of overall well-being through trusted education, discreet shopping experiences, and a broad assortment of high-quality products. Adam & Eve empowers adults to explore sexual wellness and pleasure with confidence, curiosity, and without judgement. Find out more at Adam & Eve. 

About PHE, Inc.
PHE, Inc. is a modern health and wellness company and the parent company of Adam & Eve. Born from a graduate school project at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, PHE has spent more than fifty years building one of the country’s largest networks of sexual wellness retail locations and digital platforms – serving millions of consumers annually and pioneering the idea that sexual health belongs in the mainstream wellness conversation. Learn more at phenic.com.

For more information about Adam & Eve, visit their website, https://www.adameve.com, or contact Adam & Eve Director of Public Relations Katy Zvolerin at 919.644.8100 x 3121 or 419468@email4pr.com. 

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The largest federal investment in rural health in a generation deserves more than disconnected tools. AssureCare and CURIS are making sure FQHCs make it count.

CINCINNATI, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AssureCare®, a leading AI-powered population health management company, and CURIS, a national consulting firm specializing in clinical transformation for community health centers, today announced a partnership to help Federally Qualified Health Centers and rural clinics translate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program funding into care infrastructure that lasts long after the grant cycle ends.

The RHT program represents a $50 billion federal commitment to rural health — the largest of its kind in a generation. Distributed across all 50 states over five federal fiscal years, the program funds five strategic goals: making rural America healthy again, expanding sustainable healthcare access, strengthening the rural health workforce, and driving innovation in both care delivery and technology. AssureCare and CURIS will unpack all five goals – and how the right technology delivers on them – in a live webinar on July 28th.

AssureCare brings the only integrated platform purpose-built for Federally Qualified Health Centers to the partnership, connecting care management, AI-powered analytics, and intelligent patient engagement and outreach capabilities, in a single seamless system. AssureCare’s NutraVance™ now extends that platform into nutrition management, giving FQHCs a clinical pathway for Food as Medicine that connects directly to the chronic disease management goals at the heart of the RHT program – not as a separate initiative, but as part of the same care plan and within the same integrated system.

“FQHCs are being asked to do more with RHT funding than most technology vendors are equipped to help them do,” said Yousuf Ahmad, President and CEO of AssureCare. “Care management, patient engagement, nutrition – these aren’t separate initiatives. They’re all part of the same patient journey, and they require one connected system. That’s what we built. And it’s why care teams using our platform spend less time working around technology and more time doing what they came into this field to do – improve patient outcomes.”

CURIS brings more than a decade of hands-on FQHC expertise, including leading population health strategies and assessments across more than 300 health centers nationwide. Together, AssureCare and CURIS offer FQHCs both the consulting expertise to navigate the RHT program’s requirements and the technology infrastructure to meet all five of its strategic goals on a single, connected platform.

“The organizations that get this right won’t just hit their goals on paper, they’ll achieve sustainable infrastructure that keeps working long after the funding stops,” said Shannon Nielson, Founder and Principal Consultant at CURIS. “The RHT program provides FQHCs real opportunity, but funds alone won’t fix fragmented care. Technology is what turns dollars into real access, better outcomes, and sustainability that lasts. That’s exactly what we’re empowering organizations to do.”

AssureCare and CURIS provide FQHCs with a 360-degree view of every patient, from the first data point to the last interaction. This kind of integrated infrastructure is exactly what the RHT program’s funding is meant to support: technology that improves efficiency, data sharing, and patient outcomes today, while building a foundation FQHCs can rely on tomorrow.

To learn more, AssureCare and CURIS invite FQHC leaders to join their live webinar, Rural Health Transformation in Action: Building Sustainable Care with the Right Technology, on July 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST – Register Here

About AssureCare®

AssureCare is a leading provider of AI-powered population health management solutions designed to manage large, complex populations. AssureCare enables healthcare organizations to digitize care processes, optimize clinical and financial performance, and personalize member engagement across the continuum. Serving health plans, government agencies, providers, pharmacies, and community organizations, AssureCare’s platform supports more than 60 million lives through intelligent care management, analytics, and engagement solutions. The company continues to lead the industry in applying responsible AI and advanced technology to improve healthcare outcomes and operational efficiency. AssureCare is a proud member of the Vora Ventures portfolio.

Learn more: www.assurecare.com

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About CURIS

CURIS is a national healthcare consulting firm specializing in operational improvement, compliance, and clinical transformation for community health centers nationwide. CURIS has lead population health strategies and assessments for more than 300 health centers across the country.

Learn more: https://curis-consulting.com/

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Morpheus Studios completed the entire three-minute sequence using only its AI video creation platform AICRON — 289 AI-generated cuts, zero live-action footage — saying the team “deliberately avoided what AI does best”

SEOUL, South Korea, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Korean drama “Agent Kim: Reactivated” has ended its run with a nationwide rating of 23.0% and a peak of 27.1% (Nielsen Korea), the highest-rated Korean miniseries of 2026 to date. Aired on SBS in Korea and streaming on Netflix, the series topped Netflix’s Global Non-English TV chart for three consecutive weeks and reached the Top 10 in 73 countries (per Netflix Tudum). It is also the first Korean commercial drama to feature a fully AI-generated three-minute sequence. Morpheus Studios, which produced the sequence, released production data to coincide with the finale.

The sequence, aired across Episodes 1 and 2, depicts a past covert mission of the protagonist (So Ji-sub) in North Korea — a building explosion, a snowbound car chase, gunfights and a river plunge. Not a single frame of live-action footage appears anywhere in the sequence: every shot, including multiple close-ups of the lead actor’s face, was generated by AI. The actor’s AI-recreated likeness was produced with his consent and the production company’s cooperation.

Morpheus Studios generated roughly 500 concept images in the first month to lock the visual direction, then 1,000 AI images and over 2,000 video clips in two months; 289 cuts made the final broadcast. Everything from planning and image generation to editing and color grading ran 100% within AICRON, overseen by Ryu Jae-hwan, Vice President of Morpheus Studios and VFX supervisor (“Road to Boston,” “Swing Kids,” “The Flu”).

“‘Agent Kim: Reactivated’ gave the team a clear goal: use AI to fully realize the protagonist’s past exploits — scenes that would have demanded significant time and cost to shoot in live action,” said Ryu. “What AI does best is reproducing patterns from the data it was trained on, and relying on that alone produces generic images. The key was pushing the technology toward what it is not naturally good at — cinematic angles and dramatic moments.”

After the sequence aired, Korean social media reaction was dominated by “I had no idea it was AI.” A disclaimer noted AI was used in parts of production, but the sequence’s fully AI-generated nature went unnoticed until Morpheus Studios disclosed it — demonstrating that AI can now carry full sequences at broadcast quality, not just assist individual VFX shots.

For Morpheus Studios, the sequence also serves as a showcase for AICRON itself. “AICRON was built to give creators a new creative tool in AI, and we will keep upgrading it,” said Sean Lee, CEO of Morpheus Studios.

About Morpheus Studios

Morpheus Studios is an AI video production studio founded by veteran VFX professionals from Korean film and television. In February 2026, the studio launched AICRON, a node-based AI video creation platform integrating more than 150 AI models. For more information, visit aicron.io.

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