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Menopause considerations

...nopause, he added. "Often women become depressed, libido is reduced and there is an increased risk of premature onset of osteoporosis, heart disease and Alzheimer's disease."Women experiencing premature menopause are the group that benefits most from hormone replacement therapy, he commented....

Male contraceptive in trial

...utting the testes to rest, while ensuring the male libido and male characteristics remain intact.// Professor Chater says he is confident the injections will not impair long-term fertility.Trial participants will receive the injections for up to 18 months, with the trials to be extended to India and China ...

Hormone replacement therapy improves sexual function

...ormone replacement in patch form improves mood and libido in postmenopausal women.Women often report low libido, slow arousal, difficulty reaching orgasm and painful intercourse. They assume it's just part and parcel of the menopause//and, there is no licensed treatment for these symptoms. But a new study ...

Hormone Therapy applicable for Prostate Cancer

...ffects, Bolla said, including hot flashes, loss of libido and impotency. Kenneth Koeneman, urology professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, said the side effects go beyond sexual dysfunction. "It's systemic castration," Koeneman told UPI. Hormone suppression also cab cause bre...

Low Testosterone Levels the Cause Of Depression In Men

...g from diminished appetite, fatigue, and decreased libido to irritability, decreased muscle mass and strength, and decreased bone mineral density. Many of these symptoms also play a role in depression, but studies linking depression to hypogonadism are lacking. Researchers studied the association between h...

Testosterone Therapy can improve sexual function in postmenopausal women

...l questionnaires reflecting their sexual activity, libido and side effects if any. The observed benefits and side effects included a sense of well-being, unexplained fatigue, breast cancer, mood changes, acne and increased hair growth; none were significant enough to be linked definitively to the addition ...

Epilepsy Medicine May Result In Sexual Dysfunction

...Association for Neurologists has revealed that the libido of a patient may be affected by the drugs that are used for treating epilepsy.// The secretion and creation of testosterone triggered by some epilepsy drugs are capable of reducing the sexual drive of the patient. For most epileptics, however, treat...

Light Cafe to help beat winter blues for SAD

...p problems, lethargy, overeating, anxiety, loss of libido and mood swings. SAD is yet to be fully understood, but is thought to be linked to a biochemical imbalance in an area of the brain called the hypothalamus, which controls mood, appetite, and sleep. It is believed to be caused by the shortening of d...

Coffee May Increase Female Libido

The female libido can be increased by drinking coffee, according to scientists belonging to the Southwestern University who carried out experiments on rats. Coffee in effect stimulates a part of the brain which is involved in regulating arousal. // This effect will be...

Secure Relationship Leads To Decreased Libido In Women

...rsity in Germany, researchers found that a women's libido starts //to wane as soon as she feels secure in a relationship. Researchers found that 60% of 30-year-old women wanted sex 'often' at the beginning of a relationship, but within four years of the relationship this figure fell to under 50%, and aft...

Sex Ends as Seasons Shift and Kisspeptin Levels Plummet

...e, mediates the decline of male Siberian hamsters' libido and reproduction as winter approaches and daylight hours wane. "Ours isn't the first study to link the peptide to reproduction, but it is the first to connect kisspeptin to how animals interpret seasonal cues, including day length," said IUB biolo...

Lost That Lovin' Feeling? Don't Blame the Pill

...ed that some women, indeed, experience a change in libido while taking oral contraceptives, but he could fin...he available literature illustrated that decreased libido is an idiosyncratic, unpredictable reaction in a small minority of women,’ stated Schaffir. Schaff...

Women's Sex Lives Mediocre

...and psychological stability enough to diminish her libido and fertility; ? How menopause presents sexual challenges by instigating both psychological and hormonal changes. Soure-Newswise SRM...

Health Issues That Can Impact Sexual Satisfaction

...r ourselves,” Rockwell notes. “What happens is the libido goes down, and the ability to accept and give pleasure decreases. People who suffer from unsatisfying sex lives may not even realize that it could be caused by stress.” 7. Pregnancy. “Physically, there is no barrier to sex during pregnancy,” Rockwe...

Are Oysters Really Aphrodisiacs?

... have said that eating oysters would stimulate the libido but there has really been no scientific evidence a...t suffer from erectile dysfunction (ED) or lack of libido can enjoy the benefits of Veyron-S. To become a real Casanova was never so easy. Veyron-S proprie...

Spearmint Tea To Combat Hirsutism

...pearmint was used in earlier studies to bring down libido in men by reducing androgen levels. Hence the researchers chose to use this in women suffering from hirsutism. Currently oral contraceptives and other medications are used to bring down hirsutism. According to the researchers, spearmint could work ...

Family Planning Method is as Effective as the Contraceptive Pill

...lower.” Some studies have suggested that women’s libido is higher during their fertile period, and this co...d this a problem. It’s possible that the increased libido may be one of the reasons that some of the couples in our study used a barrier, such as a condom, in...

Patch To Increase Libido In Women

Intrinsa, a patch that is reported to increase libido in women will hit the market soon. This was developed by Proctor & Gamble and was granted// a licence by the European Medicines Agency. This patch could be placed on the stomach or bottom and it works by releasing the male hormone testosterone into...

Simple Changes in Diet Could Improve Sex Life of Women

...le steps, which Marrena says, will help bring back libido in days. She advises women suffering from sexual...erotonin levels, and increase testosterone and eat libido foods. Fish oil has a chemical - dopamine - that could bring in a feel-good factor. The chemical i...

Testosterone Cream – Ineffective in Enhancing Libido in Female Cancer Survivor

.... The finding revealed, there was no difference in libido between the two groups. Instead both groups showed a marginal increase in libido, portraying a placebo effect, rather than the effect of the testosterone cream. Explaining that the ineffectiveness of the testosterone cream could be attributed to lo...

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