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.

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.

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. 

Physically active women tend to have better sexual function, experts say. But only to a point.

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

Lockdowns related to COVID-19 may have changed some sexual behaviors among young adults in the United Kingdom (UK), a recent Sexual Medicine study reports.

People with sexual dysfunction should be screened for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), the results of a recent Journal of Sexual Medicine study suggest.

Dyspareunia – painful intercourse – is common in gynecological cancer survivors. However, multimodal physical therapy could offer some relief, according to the authors of a recent Journal of Sexual Medicine study.

Men with mild-to-moderate erectile dysfunction (ED) may benefit from intracavernosal platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection therapy, a recent Journal of Sexual Medicine study suggests.

Transgender men undergoing gender-affirming hormonal treatment (GAHT) should be monitored for cardiovascular risk, according to the authors of a recent Journal of Sexual Medicine paper.

To what extent might COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown and social distancing mandates affect the sexual functioning of men and women?

Pharmacologic intensive anti-hypertensive (HT) therapy doesn’t affect sexual health any more than standard therapy, suggests a recent study in the American Journal of Hypertension.