Sexual Health News

Considering the number of women and men who report sexual harassment within the field of health care, we felt the need to address this flaw that we see throughout the system, including in oncology.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a draft recommendation encouraging physicians to screen for chlamydia and gonorrhea in all sexually active women aged 24 years and younger.

While pharmacotherapy makes strides in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, experts must recognize how other factors in a patient’s life can affect his or her disease.

Women who were physically forced or coerced into their first sexual intercourse were at increased risk for adverse outcomes in reproductive, gynecologic and general health, according to a study recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers said one in 16 women in the United States experience forced sexual initiation.

ORLANDO — Decreased sexual functioning is more common among female patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, which should prompt early screenings for these patient populations, according to study findings presented at the Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.

Midlife women who report experiencing workplace sexual harassment are more than twice as likely to develop stage 1 or 2 hypertension and clinically poor sleep vs. women not experiencing such behavior, whereas women who report sexual assault are more likely to develop depression and anxiety compared with women who have not been sexually assaulted, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine and presented at the North American Menopause Society annual meeting.