Sexual Function

According to published results, postoperative sexual education counseling may improve patient satisfaction, sexual function and quality of life for sexually active women who undergo total hip arthroplasty.

CHICAGO — Menopausal women who participated in weekly cognitive behavioral therapy sessions reported improvements in sexual function and depression and anxiety symptoms, researchers reported at the Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society.

BOSTON — In the first year after stopping anabolic steroid misuse, men had worse sexual function than those who continued using or never used the agents as well as more depression and anxiety, according to a presenter at ENDO 2024.

Pelvic floor muscle training was associated with improvements in areas of sexual function such as arousal, orgasm, satisfaction and pain, according to a systematic review published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Pelvic floor muscle training improved reported sexual function for women with pelvic floor dysfunction, but uncertainties with specific sexual dysfunctions and exact dosing remain, according to researchers.

Prostate cancer survivors consuming plant-based diets had better scores for sexual function, vitality, urinary obstruction and incontinence than those on animal-based diets, study results published in Cancer showed.

Testosterone therapy improves sexual function and quality of life for men with a baseline serum testosterone of less than 12 nmol/L, though less improvement was observed for older men and those with obesity, data show.

Supervised resistance and aerobic exercise appeared to improve sexual function among men with prostate cancer, according to study results presented at ASCO Breakthrough.

Nearly three-quarters of people using testosterone therapy for gender affirmation reported pelvic pain, according to findings of an online survey published in LGBT Health.

Among postmenopausal women with vulvovaginal atrophy, ospemifene treatment and hormone therapy improved the vaginal microbiome in different ways, according to findings published in Menopause.