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I Had an Abnormal Pap Smear!

Written by Shaina Gaul on November 19, 2009 - 3:51pm

No woman expects it. Most of us don’t even think about it.

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Genital Herpes May Never Go Dormant

November 18, 2009 - 5:32pm

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Herpes, the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital lesions, never truly goes into a dormant state, new research suggests.

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Women Love Lube, Study Says

Written by Nina Jacinto on November 18, 2009 - 3:12pm

Debby Herbenick, associate director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University, and colleagues studied over 2,000 heterosexual women and found what many will find obvious: women love lube.

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Sexual Health

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Rape-aXe: The Anti-Rape Device

Written by Shaina Gaul on November 17, 2009 - 4:25pm

August 31st, 2005 was a big day in South Africa. It was the day that Sonette Ehlers, a blood technician who worked for the South African Blood Transfusion Service, unveiled an innovative solution to the increasingly dangerous issue of rape in her country – Rape-aXe.

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Sexual Well-Being

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AIDS is the Leading Cause of Death in Women

Written by Anna Portela on November 17, 2009 - 3:45pm

On Monday, November 9, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44. Unsafe sex is the main reason for this factor.

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'Viagra' for Women Raises Questions

Written by Nina Jacinto on November 16, 2009 - 4:07pm

Apparently Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH doesn't believe that women could have sexual dysfunctions the same way men do. Unlike Viagra, this German drugmaker plans to create a drug that doesn't act on women's bodies, but minds.

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Sexual Health

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Lysteda Approved for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

November 16, 2009 - 7:26am

MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Tranexamic acid (Lysteda) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first non-hormonal drug to treat heavy menstrual bleeding, a medical condition called menorrhagia. It works to stabilize a protein that helps blood clot.

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Sexual Health

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Study Touts Success With 'Female Viagra' Drug

November 16, 2009 - 7:24am

MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- New industry-funded research suggests that the antidepressant flibanserin, which has been touted as a female version of Viagra, can enhance libido in women with low sex drives.

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Sexual Well-Being

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Military Sexual Trauma – Seeking Justice

Written by Marcia G. Yerman on November 13, 2009 - 3:05pm

On the second day she was embedded with Marines during the invasion of Iraq, journalist

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Sexual Health

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Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness

Written by Shaina Gaul on November 12, 2009 - 12:51pm

One of the biggest challenges that a woman with breast cancer faces is whether to undergo a mastectomy -- the surgical removal of one or both breasts in order to eliminate the spread of cancerous tiss

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When Sleep Suffers, So Does Decisiveness

SATURDAY, Nov. 21 -- Sleep-deprived people may put themselves and others at risk when they need to make split-second decisions, U.S. researchers have found. The study, which included 49 U.S. ...

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