Neuroscience
Kisspeptin hormone injection could treat low sex drive in women and men
The hormone kisspeptin could be used to treat women and men distressed by their low sexual desire, according to two new studies.
Feb 3, 2023
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News tagged with sexual desire disorder
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Drug to treat hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women of 'very limited use'
An independent analysis of the medical trials which formed the final basis of approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly suggests the drug bremelanotide has very limited effectiveness as a treatment for ...
Mar 8, 2021
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Health
Site of male sexual desire uncovered in brain
The locus of male sexual desire has been uncovered in specific regions of brain tissue where a key gene named aromatase is present, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study in mice.
Sep 11, 2020
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Health
The FDA may soon give women more options for boosting their libidos
More than two decades after Viagra revolutionized the treatment of men's sexual health, women looking for a pharmaceutical boost in the bedroom are having another kind of Me Too moment.
Jun 21, 2019
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Medical research
When brain metabolism dips, desire goes up in monkeys on 'female Viagra'
As the drug touted as "the female Viagra" comes to market, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are learning more about how the drug, called flibanserin, affects the brain.
Dec 10, 2015
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Medications
'Female Viagra:' Long overdue or Big Pharma overkill?
Addyi - better known as "female Viagra" (though it's not a very accurate comparison) - is either a long-overdue acknowledgment that women's sexual health matters as much as men's, or the latest attempt to make women feel ...
Sep 18, 2015
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Medications
Drug industry links run deep in field of sexual medicine
How do you measure sexual desire?
Aug 20, 2015
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Medications
FDA could approve first female libido pill soon
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could soon approve a controversial drug aimed at boosting libido in women.
Aug 17, 2015
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Health
Sex life wanes for more than half of new mums
If you're a new mother in Australia and aren't feeling it in the bedroom, you're clearly not alone.
Jun 18, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Is sexual addiction the real deal?
Controversy exists over what some mental health experts call "hypersexuality," or sexual "addiction." Namely, is it a mental disorder at all, or something else? It failed to make the cut in the recently updated Diagnostic ...
Jul 19, 2013
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