Introduction. With nonscientific, religious, or magic arguments, sexual activity has been regarded in the past as dangerous to health. This opinion is now rejected, and… Read More »Controversies in Sexual Medicine: Is Sex Just Fun? How Sexual Activity Improves Health
Introduction. Sexual health services are limited and inadequate to reduce factors that hinder treatment and adequate care, despite the growing interest for public awareness and… Read More »A Conceptual Framework for the Evolution of Sexual Medicine and a Model for the Development of Alternative Sexual Health Services: 10‐Year Experience of the Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health
Introduction. Transdermal testosterone patch (TTP) treatment produced statistically significant improvements in a satisfying sexual activity (SSA), sexual desire, and personal distress in postmenopausal women suffering… Read More »ORIGINAL RESEARCH–WOMEN’S SEXUAL HEALTH: Clinically Relevant Changes in Sexual Desire, Satisfying Sexual Activity and Personal Distress as Measured by the Profile of Female Sexual Function, Sexual Activity Log, and Personal Distress Scale in Postmenopausal Women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
Introduction. Homosexuality is a topic that needs to be integrated into the knowledge base of the practitioner of sexual medicine. Aim. To present to the… Read More »Continuing Medical Education: Sexual Orientation Matters in Sexual Medicine (CME)
Introduction The history of sexual medical sciences begins in the catholic North Italy. Paolo Mantegazza was a physician and anthropologist, also an author and poet… Read More »SEXUAL MEDICINE HISTORY: The Birth of Sexual Medicine: Paolo Mantegazza as Pioneer of Sexual Medicine in the 19th Century*
Introduction. It has been proposed that women’s sexual problems/dysfunctions, in the absence of personal and interpersonal distress, may have little clinical importance, as they may… Read More »ORIGINAL RESEARCH—WOMEN’S SEXUAL HEALTH: Presence of a Sexual Problem may not Affect Women’s Satisfaction from their Sexual Function
Introduction. Oral contraceptives (OCs) have been the preferred method of birth control because of their high rate of effectiveness. OC use, however, has been associated… Read More »ORIGINAL RESEARCH—WOMEN’s SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION: Impact of Oral Contraceptives on Sex Hormone‐Binding Globulin and Androgen Levels: A Retrospective Study in Women with Sexual Dysfunction