Category: Women’s health
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3 facts about birth control
The introduction of oral contraceptives into modern medicine has played a significant role in the emancipation of modern women. They allow the fairer sex to experience all the pleasure of sexual intercourse, without the risk of becoming pregnant. However, in the last decade, more and more unpleasant aspects of this method of contraception have been…
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What do orgasm and fainting have in common?
For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to explain why achieving orgasm causes such pleasant sensations in the body in both men and women, and what is the mechanism of this. Orgasm is the result of rhythmic sexual stimulation. Rhythmic sexual movements send nerve impulses with a certain frequency to certain areas of the brain, often…
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Yoga improves sex life
In 2019, a small pilot study demonstrated how, after 12 weeks of yoga classes, significant improvements in sexual function were noted in men aged 24 to 60 years. The widespread opinion that yoga improves the quality of sexual intercourse in both men and women has not been supported by scientific data until recently. The proven…
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Low libido is not a disease
Human sexuality is often taken for granted: the desire for sexual contact is placed above other natural needs, and this is forever fixed in popular culture. There are hundreds of thousands of people who are simply not interested in sex, or at least not in the frequency that is socially acceptable. Many of them are…
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Decreased libido – when does it depend on the partner?
A decrease in libido or the desire for sexual intercourse is one of the most frequent complaints that make people turn to psychologists and sexologists. Many factors play a role in the levels of sexual desire – it does not have a constant value and often changes under the influence of climatic changes, hormonal fluctuations,…
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About the effectiveness of condoms against infections
For sexually active people, condoms remain among the best and most affordable ways to reduce the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Despite some inconsistencies in the evidence, studies show that condoms are an effective barrier against the penetration of even the most microscopic pathogens, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.…
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Genital warts are an effective method of prevention
Since 2017, children under 15 years of age need 2 doses of vaccine against HPV – human papillomavirus. A new study by Boston Medical Center, published in the well-known STD Journal, is the first scientific publication demonstrating clinical data confirming the recommendations of health organizations around the world regarding two doses of HPV vaccine to…
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What does chlamydia have in common with a persistent cough?
Chlamydia is interesting little bacteria. Yes, all bacteria are small by our standards, but when it comes to chlamydia, they are really small and in size resemble a virus more than a bacterium. Often associated with sexually transmitted diseases, chlamydia is also responsible for other lesions – the eyes and respiratory system… What distinguishes chlamydia…