News tagged with hypoactive sexual desire
Viagra for women? Drug developed as antidepressant effective in treating low libido
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2009 |
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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.
Can light therapy improve your sexual functioning? New promising data
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Although we are still far from knowing exactly where and how the pineal suppressive role is exerted, the fact that the gland exerts an inhibitory function on the reproductive axis is widely accepted. In fact, the pineal seems ...
Thumbs down for new testosterone patch to boost women's sex drive
Mar 03, 2009 |
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A new testosterone patch, designed to pep up a woman's flagging sex drive after womb and ovary removal, may not work, and its long term safety is not proven, says Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB).
Sex is in the brain, says new research
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2009 |
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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. ...
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Postmenopausal women's loss of sexual desire affects health, quality of life
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Women with low levels of sexual desire, often as a result of menopause, are more likely to be depressed and to suffer physical symptoms such as back pain and memory problems than women who report higher levels of desire, ...
Testosterone patch benefits women with low sexual desire
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Novel research published in the current issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine supports the claim that women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder or HSDD (persistent or recurrent deficiency and/or absence of sexual fanatasies/thoughts, ...
Men experience sexual dysfunction during hepatitis C therapy
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Sexual impairment is common among men with chronic hepatitis C undergoing antiviral therapy, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Instit ...
A study confirms the importance of sexual fantasies in the experience of sexual desire
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Scientists of the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada) have studied how some psychological variables such as erotophilia (positive attitude ...
Partner issues significantly influence women's sexual activity in later years, study shows
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2009 |
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As a woman gets older, physical problems are less likely to influence whether she is sexually active than her partner's health or interest in sex, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San ...
While prevalent, sexual problems in women not always associated with distress
Oct 31, 2008 |
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The largest such study ever published finds that, while about 40 percent of women surveyed report having sexual problems, only 12 percent indicate that those issues are a source of significant personal distress. The report ...
Survey finds disconnect between sexual problems in women and feeling of distress
Nov 04, 2008 |
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The largest such study ever published finds that, although about 40 percent of women surveyed report having sexual problems, only 12 percent indicate that those issues are a source of significant personal distress. The report, ...
Female supervisors more susceptible to workplace sexual harassment
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 08, 2009 |
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Women who hold supervisory positions are more likely to be sexually harassed at work, according to the first-ever, large-scale longitudinal study to examine workplace power, gender and sexual harassment.
Sexual intimacy and breast cancer survivors: New research
Nov 10, 2008 |
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An Indiana University study found that young, female breast cancer survivors often suffer from sexual and intimate relationship issues and are interested in using sexual enhancement products to treat these problems.
Researchers find vibrator use to be common, linked to sexual health
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Two Indiana University studies conducted among nationally representative samples of adult American men and women show that vibrator use during sexual interactions is common, with use being reported by approximately 53 percent ...
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