News tagged with sexual disorders

When someone is raised female and the genes say XY

(AP) -- It's the birth defect people don't talk about. A baby is born not completely male or female. The old term was hermaphrodite, then intersex. Now it's called "disorders of sexual development." Sometimes the person ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 12, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 38

Viagra for women? Drug developed as antidepressant effective in treating low libido

The drug flibanserin, which was originally created as an antidepressant, is effective in treating women with low libido, pooled results from three separate clinical trials have found.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Sex is in the brain, says new research

More than 40 percent of women ages 18-59 experience sexual dysfunction, with lack of sexual interest — hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or HSDD — being the most commonly reported complaint, according to medical researchers. ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Drugs for low libido raise concerns over industry 'construction' of new diseases

Drug companies have not only sponsored the science of a new condition known as female sexual dysfunction, they have helped to construct it, in order to build global markets for new drugs, reveals an article in this week's ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Family life can lead to cannabis disorders

(PhysOrg.com) -- One in five young people experience a cannabis use disorder, according to a UQ and Mater Hospital study published today in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Multiple Symptoms Can Point to Bipolar Disorder

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to bipolar disorder, a successful diagnosis can be challenging.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UNL research aims to understand homelessness among women

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women make up nearly one-third of the homeless population in the United States. Yet little is known about how they become homeless or how they live. University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Les Whitbeck ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Psychiatric disorders and sexual trauma are associated with lower urinary tract symptoms

Depression, anxiety disorders and sexual trauma have all been implicated as risk factors in lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as incontinence and overactive bladder. The exact nature of these associations is unknown. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Childhood sexual abuse may be a risk factor for later psychotic illness

An Australian study suggests that children who are sexually abused, especially if it involves penetration, appear to be at higher risk for developing schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, according to a report in the ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Control gene for developmental timing discovered

University of Alberta researchers have identified a key regulator that controls the speed of development in the fruit fly. When the researchers blocked the function of this regulator, animals sped up their rate of development ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Lesbian, gay, bisexual individuals risk psychiatric disorders from discriminatory policies

A Mailman School of Public Health study examining the effects of institutional discrimination on the psychiatric health of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals found an increase in psychiatric disorders among the LGB ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Major schizophrenia study finds striking similarities across 37 countries in 6 regions

An international study of more than 17,000 people with schizophrenia has found striking similarities in symptoms, medication, employment and sexual problems, despite the fact that it covered a diverse range of patients and ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Brown professor continues debate over recovered memory

Fueling the debate over the controversial psychiatric disorder known as dissociative amnesia, or repressed memory, Brown University political scientist Ross Cheit is challenging claims by two Harvard University psychiatrists. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Shocked by therapies: psychologists reject sexual reorientation

US psychologists are slamming therapies treating homosexuality as an illness, and warning mental health workers against promising patients their sexual orientations might be changed.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Severity of binge eating disorder linked to childhood sexual or emotional abuse

Imagine stuffing yourself with a day's worth of food in two hours or less. Imagine feeling disgusted, depressed and guilty once you finally stop. Then imagine doing it again, repeatedly and uncontrollably, once a week or ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0