Study Challenges Myth That Sex Late in Pregnancy Hastens Birth • Sexual Health News • Jun 02 06 A new study debunks the widely held belief that engaging in sexual intercourse during the final weeks of pregnancy can hasten labor and delivery. In fact, just… Sex during pregnancy myth debunked • Sexual Health News • Jun 01 06 A new study debunks the widely held belief that engaging in sexual intercourse during the final weeks of pregnancy can hasten labor and delivery. In fact, just the opposite was true in… HIV increases among women many powerless over sex • Sexual Health News • May 30 06 Everyone engaging in the near-universal activity of sex is at risk of becoming infected with HIV, but women and girls often do not have any control over whether they… Genetic variations impact sexual desire • Sexual Health News • May 30 06 New evidence that individual differences in human sexual desire can be attributed to genetic variations has been revealed by a research group headed by a professor of psychology at the Hebrew University… Multi-pronged approach curbs risky sex in the HIV+ • Sexual Health News • May 29 06 Programs intended to help individuals infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to reduce their sexual risk work best if they include training on skills like how to… Viagra helps women with sexual dysfunction • Sexual Health News • May 24 06 Similar to what has been shown in men, Viagra (sildenafil) appears to be a useful treatment for women with sexual dysfunction related to the use of antidepressants known as selective serotonin… High Blood Pressure Linked to Female Sexual Dysfunction • Women's Sexual Health • May 19 06 A study presented today at the 21st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension in New York City found that female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is more prevalent in… US urged to allow wider emergency contraception • Sexual Health News • May 19 06 A leading international medical journal has called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to dismiss political pressure and allow emergency contraception to be sold without a prescription. The Lancet,… Jailed women seen to need sexual health services • Sexual Health News • May 16 06 Incarcerated women are at “extremely high” risk for sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancies, a survey conducted in Rhode Island shows. “Reproductive health services must be offered” to this… Hysterectomy Type Makes Little Difference in Later Sexual Function • Sexual Health News • May 16 06 Women who undergo a total hysterectomy, in which both the uterus and the cervix are removed, are no more likely to experience sexual difficulties or urinary or bowel… An evolutionary life-history framework for understanding sex differences in human mortality rates • Sexual Health News • May 10 06 Despite research efforts to find modern factors that would explain the different life expectancies of men and women, the gap is actually ancient and universal,… Sex work as work • Sex and Health - Safe Sex • May 09 06 The sale of sex and sexual services forms a substantial part of economic activity in western economies, employing several millions of people and generating considerable revenues and profits. Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial… New male contraceptive • Men's Sexual Health • May 08 06 Men and women have long been promised a male version of the female contraceptive pill. But the first new male contraceptive to market may not be hormonal at all. Researchers received Food and Drug… Berlin brothel caters to virgins • Sexual Health News • May 05 06 A brothel has become the first in Berlin to offer special deals for virgins, with prostitutes trained in the delicate art of catering for customers who have never had sex, a German… Penile Prosthesis • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 Penile prostheses are divided into 3 general types: malleable (semirigid), mechanical, and inflatable devices. The malleable devices are made of silicone rubber and several models contain a central intertwined metallic core. The mechanical device is… Disorders Affecting Emission, Ejaculation, & Orgasm • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 Bilateral sympathectomy at the L2 level has resulted in ejaculatory dysfunction in about 40% of patients. High bilateral retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy causes an even higher percentage of emission failures. Retrograde ejaculation is… Male Sexual Dysfunction Involving Emission, Ejaculation, & Orgasm • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 Physiology of Emission, Ejaculation, & Orgasm Different mechanisms are involved in erection, emission, ejaculation, and orgasm, and these events can be dissociated from one another (eg, a frequent complaint… Erectile Dysfunction - Intracavernous Injection • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 One of the most dramatic changes in urology has been the introduction of intracavernous injection of vasoactive drugs for the diagnosis and treatment of ED. A list of drugs that have been… Vacuum Constriction Device • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 The vacuum constriction device consists of a plastic cylinder connected directly or by tubing to a vacuum-generating source (manual or battery-operated pump). After the penis is engorged by the negative pressure, a constricting ring… Penile Vascular Surgery • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 Isolated stenosis or occlusion of the extrapenile arteries is amenable to surgical repair. Restoration of potency has been reported after surgery of the internal iliac and internal pudendal arteries. Currently, the most commonly used… Erectile Dysfunction Transurethral Therapy • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 Alprostadil, the synthetic formulation of PGE1, is the only pharmacologic agent approved by the FDA for the management of ED via intracavernous and transurethral routes. Alprostadil stimulates adenyl cyclase to increase intracellular levels… Phosphodiesterase (PDE) Inhibitors • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 Sildenafil citrate (Viagra, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals) is a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5), the enzyme that breaks down the intracellular second messenger of erection cGMP and thus enhances penile erection. The clinical efficacy and safety… Erectile Dysfunction Hormonal Therapy • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 Referral to endocrinology is recommended for patients with thyroid, adrenal, pituitary or hypothalamic dysfunction. The urologist should be aware that aging men with ED may show a variety of symptoms when hypogonadism coexists:… Nonsurgical Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 Although the penile prosthesis remains one of the most effective treatments for all types of ED, nonsurgical management has replaced prosthetic surgery as the preferred choice in the last decade. Both specific… Advanced Testing for ED • Male Sexual Dysfunction • May 05 06 A. Nocturnal Penile Tumescence (NPT) Test Nocturnal erections occur in healthy males of all ages. Of the nocturnal erections, about 80% occur during REM sleep. The average man has 3-5 episodes of… Page 30 of 39 pages « First < 28 29 30 31 32 > Last » << Back to main
