Adult women who survived cancer as a child report having less sex, less interest, less desire and less satisfaction than their sisters who never had cancer, according to a new study.
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The Health Benefits of Sex
Researchers haven’t yet nailed down the full impact of sex on one’s overall health, though various experts have listed potential benefits.
How To Make It Through Infertility Without Destroying Your Relationship
From the moment a couple decides to have a baby together, their perspective on their sex life changes. For most couples, there is a new tenderness and intimacy between them that comes with the shared intention to start a new life together.
Sex and Infertility: Commitment to One Another is Key
From the moment a couple decides to have a baby together, their perspective on their sex life changes. For most couples, there is a new tenderness and intimacy between them that comes with the shared intention to start a new life together.
Sex Ed 101: How to Talk to Your Doctor About Sex
When was the last time you talked about your sex life with your doctor? For many people, the answer may be never. But if you take the “sexy” out of sex, it becomes a physical act like any other – be it sleeping, eating or exercising. Sex, in other words, is part of our health. So discussing sex with our doctor is entirely relevant and should be routine.
Sperm Donor or Parent? Check the Box on California Form
A bill aimed at protecting the parental and adoptive rights of same-sex couples in California passed a key legislative hurdle on Monday in an effort to close gaps in a state law that have led to at least one high-profile legal case.
The Sex Lives of Roundworms and What it Means for the Sex Lives of Humans
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even little roundworms do it. Um, yes, we’re talking sex here. Not some thinly disguised innuendo from a 1920s Cole Porter song.
Living with PCOS
Linda, 21, began to experience irregular and painful periods at age 14. Her doctor then diagnosed her with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a common endocrine disorder which causes an imbalance of sex hormones in women. The Doctors send Linda to OB/GYN Dr. Jennifer Ashton to find out her treatment options.
As Mixed-Status HIV Couples Weigh Risks, More Choose to Conceive the Old-Fashioned Way
When Susan Hartmann got married, she and her husband knew that they had to be careful. Given that she’s HIV-negative and he’s HIV-positive, they had to be vigilant about protected sex. But later, they decided they wanted to start a family.
Doctors Successfully Implant Lab-Grown Vaginas into 4 Women
For women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, life can be difficult. Born with an absent or underdeveloped vagina, women suffering MRKH often have difficulty experiencing a normal sex life, can fail to menstruate and sometimes cannot reproduce naturally.But now, researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found a way to normalize life for women with severe cases of MRKH: Using patients’ own cells, they have successfully grown vaginas in a laboratory setting and implanted them into four women.