Sexual Health

Social media influencers who offered sexual health advice often provided unreliable information, highlighting the need for teenagers to critically evaluate the information they receive online, according to researchers.

Spanish-speaking women in the late reproductive stage reported eight menopause symptoms at the same frequency as those already transitioning through menopause, according to a cross-sectional analysis published in Menopause.

This year, women’s health care providers have faced challenges that developed throughout the year, from the lingering COVID-19 pandemic to a changing legal landscape.

PHILADELPHIA — Nearly 60% of women with systemic sclerosis reported that their sexuality was negatively impacted by their disease, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2022.

Intravenous kisspeptin was associated with brain processing of erotic stimuli and facial attractiveness and was well tolerated by premenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder, according to study data.

Assessment of sexual function occurred far less often among women undergoing brachytherapy for cervical cancer than men who received the internal radiotherapy for prostate cancer, according to results of a retrospective analysis.

Women who took a probiotic supplement for bothersome vaginal odor and symptoms such as irritation and painful urination reported substantial improvements within 2 weeks, according to study findings presented at the NAMS Annual Meeting.

Compared with young women in the general population, those with a cancer diagnosis were more likely to report sexual dysfunction, according to a population-based, cross-sectional study.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed every October.

Although most women with breast cancer reported adverse sexual health effects of treatment, many also reported their oncologist paid less attention to discussion of these effects during consultation.