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Spray May Delay Ejaculation

November 19, 2009

THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) — A spray touted as the first potential treatment for premature ejaculation has proved effective in a second study, according to the company that developed it.

PSD502 — which combines the drugs lidocaine and prilocaine — is sprayed on the head of the penis before intercourse.

The study of men in Canada, Poland and the United States found that those treated with the spray five minutes before intercourse were able to delay ejaculation up to five times longer than those who used a placebo. In addition, men who used the spray and their partners reported improved sexual satisfaction. Read More

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Genital Herpes May Never Go Dormant

November 18, 2009

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

As a matter of fact, even when it’s not causing an outbreak, the virus is shedding tiny bits of itself in the genital tract.

While the study did not specifically address whether or not the very small amounts of virus being continually shed are enough to infect someone else, the findings have the potential to change the way in which scientists view the life cycle of the disease. Read More

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Teen Girls at Higher Risk for STDs: Report

November 16, 2009

MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) — Teen girls aged 15 to 19 accounted for the largest number (409,531) of the 1.5 million reported chlamydia and gonorrhea cases in the United States in 2008, followed by women aged 20 to 24, according to an annual federal report released Monday.

The researchers also found that black females continue to have a higher rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) than any other racial or ethnic group. Read More

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Study Touts Success With ‘Female Viagra’ Drug

November 16, 2009

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.

The research compiles the results of several trials, the first to test a treatment for low libido in women that works on the brain, lead investigator Dr. John M. Thorp Jr., a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, said in a university news release. Read More

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New HPV Vaccine Might Stop Vulvar Cancer in its Tracks

November 4, 2009

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) — A vaccine that targets human papillomavirus (HPV) is able to stop precancerous lesions in the vulva from progressing into full-blown malignancies, Dutch researchers report.

Two other vaccines — Gardasil and Cervarix — have been approved for young women to prevent infection with HPV, which is also thought to spur precancerous lesions in the cervix and cause 70 percent of cervical cancers. Read More

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Doctors Overprescribing the Pap Test

November 2, 2009

MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) — In 2002 and 2003, screening guidelines for the cervical cancer-detecting Pap test were changed significantly, yet fewer than one-third of U.S. primary care physicians follow those guidelines, according to a recent study.

Many overprescribe the screen, telling researchers that they would recommend it to virgins (most cervical cancers arise from a sexually transmitted virus), women with inoperable cancers and even women who have had their cervix surgically removed. Read More

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One Embryo as Good as Two in Second IVF Attempt

October 28, 2009

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) — Women undergoing a second round of in-vitro fertilization should get one embryo instead of two, suggests new Swedish research that found the first approach is almost as successful as the second and greatly reduces the risk of multiple births.

A previous study produced the same result, but this latest report examined the women for a longer period of time, through more embryo implantations. Read More

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Old, New Pap Methods Equally Good, Dutch Study Finds

October 27, 2009

TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) — Traditional Pap tests and the newer liquid-based cytology are equally reliable in screening for cervical cancer, a new study has found.

In the United States, liquid-based cytology testing has all but replaced the traditional Pap test, but in Europe the debate continues over which method is best, according to Dr. Mark Schiffman, a senior investigator at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, co-author of an editorial accompanying the study’s publication in the Oct. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read More

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HPV Vaccine No More Painful Than Other Shots

October 26, 2009

FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) — There have been reports that injections of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine are especially painful, but a new study finds that they don’t hurt more than any other shots.

Public health officials worried that reports of excess pain might prevent young women from getting the vaccine, which protects against a virus that can cause cervical cancer, some other kinds of cancer and genital warts. There was also concern that some women might not get all three required doses. Read More

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Guidelines Urge Use of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs

October 22, 2009

THURSDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) — Doctors should prescribe oral phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitor drugs, such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, for men with erectile dysfunction, unless the patient is on nitrate therapy, according to a clinical practice guideline issued by the American College of Physicians.

The type of erectile dysfunction (ED) drug prescribed should be based on the individual preferences of patients, including cost of medication, ease of use and types of side effects, the authors noted. Read More

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