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Health Tip: Heart-Smart Approaches to Relationship Stress

Health Tip: Heart-Smart Approaches to Relationship Stress

Latest Sexual Health News (HealthDay News) — Arguing with a partner or feeling anxious about meeting the in-laws can induce stress. When these strains are intense or prolonged, your heart can suffer, says Johns Hopkins Medicine. The school mentions these healthier ways to deal with relationship stress: Discuss life stresses with your doctor. Check if […]

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A Birth Control Pill You Take Just Once a Month?

A Birth Control Pill You Take Just Once a Month?

Latest Sexual Health News By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have developed a method that might eventually allow women to take birth control pills just once a month. In lab experiments, the researchers found that their tiny drug-delivery device — contained within a gelatin-coated capsule — worked as hoped: […]

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Herpes symptoms: How long do they take to show up?

Herpes symptoms: How long do they take to show up?

Herpes is a viral skin infection caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). Symptoms may not appear immediately after a person contracts the virus. When herpes symptoms do appear, they can affect the genital or oral area. There are two types of HSV: type 1, which mainly causes oral herpes, and type 2, which tends […]

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What to know about proctitis

What to know about proctitis

Proctitis refers to inflammation of the lining of the rectum. The rectum is a muscular tube at the lowest part of the large intestine. Waste passes here from the colon just before exiting through the anus. Inflammation of the rectal lining can cause pain, discharge, and other unusual symptoms. This inflammation has a range of […]

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How dormant herpes springs back to life

How dormant herpes springs back to life

Researchers may have finally revealed the way that herpes is able to go into and come out of hiding. Share on PinterestNew research helps explain how the herpes virus, depicted here, comes out of its latency stage. A herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection lasts for life. No vaccination can prevent it, and no treatment can […]

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It’s Not Just Menopause to Blame for Older Women’s Flagging Sex Drive

It’s Not Just Menopause to Blame for Older Women’s Flagging Sex Drive

By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter Latest Sexual Health News WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) — It’s not uncommon for a woman’s sex life to slow down with age, but hormones aren’t the only reason she might not be in the mood, a new study suggests. Postmenopausal issues, such as vaginal dryness or pain during sex, […]

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Syphilis in Women

Syphilis in Women

What are the signs and symptoms of syphilis? Syphilis infection, when untreated, progresses through different clinical stages with characteristic signs and symptoms. After the first infection, symptoms typically develop at around 21 days after the infection, but they may appear anywhere from 10 to 90 days following infection. Primary syphilis The first, or primary, stage […]