Health
First sexual experience influences women's future sexual desire: study
For most people, having sex for the first time is a meaningful and memorable rite of passage.
Feb 21, 2022
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News tagged with sexual desire
Health
Incorporating sexual pleasure in educational sexual health programs can improve safe sex behaviors
Sexual health programs that include sexual desire and sexual pleasure can improve knowledge and attitudes around sex, as well as condom use compared to those that do not, according to research published in the open access ...
Feb 11, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
The link among resilience, sexual function, and quality of life in menopausal women
The ability to overcome adverse situations (otherwise known as resilience) has been shown to have positive effects on overall health and quality of life. A new study found that resilience is also linked to sexual health and ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Medications
Bupropion found to not improve sexual desire for female cancer survivors
Despite preliminary supporting evidence that the dopaminergic agent bupropion might improve sexual desire for female cancer survivors, the NRG Oncology CC004 clinical trial determined that bupropion did not improve outcomes ...
Dec 10, 2021
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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 08, 2021
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Health
Humans have used drugs with sex for millennia—the reasons are much broader than you think
On their own, sex and drugs are cultural taboos. Combining them only adds to our reluctance to talk about them. But understanding how sex and drugs are connected isn't something we should shy away from or perceive as deviant.
Dec 04, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Sexual health often overlooked in cancer survivorship care, especially for female patients
A new study points to a need for oncologists to ask their patients about sexual health after chemotherapy, radiation and other cancer treatments. In a survey of nearly 400 cancer survivors, 87% said they experienced sexual ...
Oct 30, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study explores link between methamphetamine use and risky sexual behavior
Recreational use of the illicit drug methamphetamine has long been associated with increases in overall impatient and risky behavior. Now, a new study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers affirms that meth use increases ...
Sep 30, 2020
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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
Hormones are not the key to younger women's sexual function
A Monash University study into the causes of sexual dysfunction in young women has found social factors play just as important a role as hormone levels, and hormone therapy should not be prescribed as the only treatment.
Jul 22, 2020
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