Sexual Health

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.

A complete sexual history was taken at less than 2% of initial visits to a primary care physician in 2015 in the United States, and HIV testing occurred at less than 1% of PCP office visits annually from 2009 to 2017, data show.

Patients with autoimmune bullous diseases often experience negative impacts on their sexual quality of life, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Dermatology virtual meeting.

Don Dizon, MD, is an innovator in oncology and an expert in social media. In this episode, we discuss the importance of authenticity and how platforms like Tik Tok have helped him engage with patients.

The U.S. Preventive Service Task Force recommends that physicians provide behavioral counseling to all sexually active adolescents and adults who are at an increased risk for contracting an STI.

An international research effort is underway to assess the effects of lung cancer treatment on women’s sexual health.

Women aged 18 to 45 years with rheumatic diseases want rheumatologists to play an active role in their sexual and reproductive health, according to findings from a series of interviews published in Arthritis Care & Research.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 29 studies published over the course of 30 years showed that sexual health interventions among black adolescents were significantly associated with improvements in abstinence, condom use and sexual health knowledge.

The CDC’s Recommendations for Providing Quality Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Service report highlights the important role of all health care providers in reversing the increasing trend of STDs in the United States and outlines which clinical services should be available in primary care settings.

The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, or SAHM, and the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, or NASPAG, published a position statement in The Journal of Adolescent Health that highlighted the risks that crisis pregnancy centers pose to pregnant adolescents by spreading misinformation and limiting the information available to teens.