sexual problems

Baldness drug 'risks impotence'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Mon, 12/20/2010 - 21:21

Some doctors in the US and Ireland are claiming anti-baldness drug Propecia is putting men at risk of sexual problems like impotence and say that the drug should be better labelled.


 

Study: Obese People Have Less Sex, but Risky Sex

WebMD Health  Wed, 06/16/2010 - 15:25

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Obesity may have a significant negative effect on sexual health, and researchers note that given the prevalence of obesity, it is possible that sexual problems may also become more common.


 

Being obese raises the risk of sexual problems

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 06/15/2010 - 17:02

LONDON (AP) -- Scientists say being fat can be bad for the bedroom, especially if you're a woman....


 

Tumor surgery impairs sexuality

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Thu, 03/11/2010 - 23:00

(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) Sexual problems are frequent after operations for carcinoma of the rectum.

Christian Schmidt et al. describe the consequences for quality of life in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International.


 

Major schizophrenia study finds striking similarities across 37 ...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sun, 11/15/2009 - 23:00

(Wiley-Blackwell) An international study of schizophrenia has found striking similarities in symptoms, medication, employment and sexual problems, despite the fact that it covered a diverse range of patients and health care systems.

It is estimated that schizophrenia will affect as many as one in every 250 people at some point in their lives.


 

Chemical BPA in workers linked to sex problems

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 11/10/2009 - 23:20

NEW YORK (AP) -- Male factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported Wednesday....


 

Sexual problems rarely addressed by internists caring for cancer...

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Tue, 10/20/2009 - 22:00

(Massachusetts General Hospital) Few internists who care for cancer survivors address issues of sexual dysfunction with their patients, according to a study led by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers.

More than half the internists responding to a survey indicated they rarely or never discussed sexual problems with their patients who had survived cancer.