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COVID-19: Lower Libido and Satisfaction Reported in Healthcare Workers

COVID-19: Lower Libido and Satisfaction Reported in Healthcare Workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the sexual function of healthcare workers in Brazil, according to a new Sexual Medicine study.

What is Klinefelter Syndrome? How might it affect sexual health?

What is Klinefelter Syndrome? How might it affect sexual health?

Klinefelter syndrome is a disorder of sex development (DSD) in which a child who is genetically male (or whose sex assigned at birth is male) is born with an extra X chromosome.

Study Examines Body Image Self-Consciousness & Its Links to Insecure Attachment and Sexual Dysfunction

Study Examines Body Image Self-Consciousness & Its Links to Insecure Attachment and Sexual Dysfunction

Body image self-consciousness appears to have a “mediating role” between insecure attachment patterns and sexual dysfunction in women, according to a recent Journal of Sexual Medicine study. For lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) women, the relationship may be more substantial.

Choking Is a Sex Health Concern Among U.S. College Students

Choking Is a Sex Health Concern Among U.S. College Students

Undergraduate students take part in a variety of sexual behaviors, but some of those activities, like choking, could be dangerous, report the authors of a new Journal of Sexual Medicine paper.

How do health and safety protocols implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic affect male sexual function and health?

How do health and safety protocols implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic affect male sexual function and health?

Scientists are still learning about the ways COVID-19 affects sexuality. Recent studies have found that men who had COVID-19 or are recovering from it may experience sexual issues, such as erectile dysfunction (ED), premature ejaculation, or anorgasmia (orgasmic disorder).

Do women ejaculate?

Do women ejaculate?

Yes, some women do ejaculate a thick, milky, white, or gray fluid when they reach orgasm. But not all do, and some women might not realize that they do.

Study Analyzes Diabetes, Mental Health, and Sexual Function During COVID-19 Pandemic

Study Analyzes Diabetes, Mental Health, and Sexual Function During COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people with type 2 diabetes who report decreased sexual function are more likely to have alexithymia, anxiety, and depression according to a recent study of Turkish subjects in Sexuality and Disability. 

Peyronie’s Disease: Should Nonresponders Receive Entire CCH Injection Protocol?

Continuing Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum Injections Among Initial Nonresponders Results in Significant Curvature Improvements in the Majority of Peyronie’s Disease Men

Manaf Alom MBBS; Holli Burgon BS; Matthew Ziegelmann MD; Tobias Köhler MD; Sevann Helo MD; Landon Trost MD

How might men with a history of COVID-19 infection be affected sexually?

How might men with a history of COVID-19 infection be affected sexually?

Research on COVID-19 is ongoing, and scientists are still learning how the virus affects sexuality.

Study Compares Transgender, Cisgender Brain Scans

Study Compares Transgender, Cisgender Brain Scans

Transgender individuals appear to have a “unique brain phenotype” compared to their cisgender peers, according to a recent Journal of Sexual Medicine study.

What is dhat syndrome?

What is dhat syndrome?

Men with dhat syndrome experience physical and emotional distress linked to perceived semen loss and/or a fear of semen loss. In the Indian Journal of Psychiatry, Om Prakash describes dhat syndrome as “‘semen loss’-related psychological distress.”

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