News tagged with sexual problems
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
Nov 16, 2009 |
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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 ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Physiological impacts of homophobia
Young adults who are lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are at far higher risk for severe mental health problems than their heterosexual peers. New research from Concordia University suggests that the stress of being rejected ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2011 |
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63 percent of women report sexual problems with orgasm proving biggest issue in teens and 20s
Almost two-thirds of females attending a general urology practice reported that they suffered from sexual dysfunction, according to a paper in the August issue of BJUI.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Drug may slow growth of early prostate cancer
A new study suggests a way to help men with early, low-risk prostate cancer avoid being overtreated for a disease that in most cases will never threaten their lives. It found that a drug can slow the growth of these tumors ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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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
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Hardness is the way to happiness: sex survey
Men's confidence in their erections varies widely across Europe with Spanish men most worried and Germans the happiest, a survey for the makers of Viagra showed on Monday.
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Diabetes impairs but does not halt sex among older adults
Many middle-aged and older adults with diabetes are sexually active according to a study of nearly 2,000 people aged 57 to 85 presented in the September 2010 issue of the journal Diabetes Care. Almost 70 percent of partne ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 27, 2010 |
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70 percent of women likely to experience sexual problems after breast cancer
A new study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine looked at whether women were more likely to experience sexual problems after breast cancer. The results showed that 70% of women were facing sexual function problems approx ...
Sep 23, 2010 |
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German firm shelves libido-boosting drug for women
German drug firm Boehringer Ingelheim has shelved development of a libido-booster for women after it was given the thumbs down by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the company said.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 09, 2010 |
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Research highlights the negative effect of filarial hydrocele on marriage and sex
A large proportion (94%) of lymphatic filariasis (LF) patients with hydrocele and their wives report the inability to have a satisfactory sexual life because of this condition. In a new ethnographic study, published on April ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Friendship and confiding in spouse eases stress over sexual issues in older men
A new study suggests that it may not help older men and women with sexual problems to talk to a doctor, but men who talk to their partner report greater happiness - and those who talked with friends felt less depressed.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 05, 2010 |
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Sexually satisfied women have better general well-being and more vitality
Pre- and post-menopausal women who self-rated themselves as being sexually satisfied had a higher overall psychological well-being score and scores for "positive well-being" and "vitality," compared with sexually dissatisfied ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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