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| | Sexual Intercourse and Orgasm During Late Pregnancy May Have a Protective Effect Against Preterm Delivery |
 | | This interpretation, according to the researchers, is supported by the analysis for lower-risk women: Since these women had fewer medical reasons to reduce their sexual activity, the investigators note, they are a useful group in whom to assess "an effect of sexual activity per se," and no such effect was uncovered. | | | Using conditional logistic regression models, the researchers calculated odds ratios measuring the association between sexual activity and preterm delivery, taking into account a range of demographic, reproductive and behavioral factors that may affect the risk of this outcome. | | | The most notable exceptions were that whereas sexual activity was associated with reduced odds of preterm delivery for married and higher-risk women, it was not associated with preterm delivery risk among women who were unmarried or at lower risk of this outcome. |
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| | Sexual attraction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Because human social behavior is often highly complex, a sexual relationship may entail one which, at its beginning, has little or no sexual behavior, and only after a period of time, which can be a courtship period, or a threshold such as marriage, does sexual activity enter the interaction patterns. | | | Sexual attraction, in species which reproduce sexually, is attraction to other members of the same species for sexual or erotic activity. | | | The concrete meaning of a sexual relationship differs across cultures and history. |
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| | Sexual dysfunction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Sexual dysfunction or sexual malfunction is difficulty during any stage of the sexual act (which includes desire, arousal, orgasm, and resolution) that prevents the individual or couple from enjoying sexual activity. | | | Sexual problems were merely symptoms of a deeper malaise and the diagnostic approach was from the psychopathological. | | | Prior to Masters and Johnson the clinical approach to sexual problems was largely derived from the thinking of Freud. |
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| | Sexual Dimorphism of Brain Aromatase Activity in Medaka: Induction of a Female Phenotype by Estradiol |
| | Concentration-dependent effect of estradiol on the activity of brain aromatase and effect on the sexual phenotype of the genital papillae. | | | In this study, we investigated sexual dimorphism in the distribution of the activity of aromatase (estrogen synthase) in the brain of the teleost medaka and its regulation by sex steroids. | | | These results reveal sexual dimorphism in the localization of brain aromatase activity and suggest the involvement of specific hypothalamic nuclei, which are contained in those sections, in the regulation of male or female functions. |
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| | Sexual Desire Disorder - Mental Health Disorders on MedicineNet.com |
| | Many couples will also need direct focus on the sexual relationship wherein through education and couple assignments they expand the variety and time devoted to sexual activity. | | | Inhibited sexual desire (ISD) refers to a low level of sexual desire and interest manifested by a failure to initiate or be responsive to a partner's initiation of sexual activity. | | | A diagnosis of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder refers to condition in which an individual has very low desire for sex although sexual performance may be adequate once the activity has been initiated. |
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| | Sexual abstinence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Sexual abstinence is the practice of voluntarily refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity. | | | Additionally, as sexual skills are learned over time, there may be long term consequences to a practice that deprives people of experience they may need in order to form an understanding of their own feelings and their compatibility with others. | | | Some groups that propose sexual abstinence consider it an essential means to reach a particular intellectual or spiritual condition, or that chastity allows one to achieve a required self-control or a self-consciousness. |
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| | Sexual network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Subgraphs, both large and small, can be defined within the overall sexual network graph; for example, people who frequent particular bars or clubs, belong to a particular ethnic group or take part in a particular type of sexual activity, or are part of a particular outbreak of an STD. | | | A sexual network is a social network that is defined by the sexual relationships within a set of individuals. | | | Liljeros et al., "The web of human sexual contacts", Nature, Vol. |
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| | Abstinence Clearinghouse About Us |
| | The 1998 circumstantial review The Sexual Abstinence Message Causes Positive Changes in Adolescent Behavior, concludes that the improvements in data reflecting adolescent sexual activity are due, at least in part, to an explosive growth in privately-funded abstinence programs.(4) | | | FACT#1: Abstinence and decreased sexual activity are primarily responsible for the decline during the 1990s in adolescent pregnancy, birth and abortion rates. | | | While the percentage of those who initiate sexual activity is significantly lower than among young people of the same age in the general population and in comparison schools. |
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| | Sexual activity may explain differences in sexual identity, study suggests |
| | Frequent sexual activity may have shrunk rats neurons because they fired more often or were overworked, he speculates. | | | exual experience alters brain neurons that shape future sexual behavior and activity, according to a study by a professor of psychology at the University of CaliforniaBerkeley, S. Marc Breedlove, PhD. | | | Sexual activity may explain differences in sexual identity, study suggests |
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| | Questions Asked by Asexual and Questioning People |
| | Sexual acts can seem completely one sided or sexual activity might rely strongly on sensuality with very little emphasis on genital sex. | | | Sexuality itself can seem like a somewhat awkward and arbitrary activity, and it may be confusing that sexual people get so worked up over it. | | | Asexuals with romance drives are not 'less asexual' than those without, asexuals who are in sexual relationships with loving partners have as much value in the community as those who have never had a single sexual experience. |
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| | Sexual disorder |
| | Hypoactive sexual disorder A persistently reduced sexual drive or libido, not attributable to depression where there is reduced desire, sexual activity and reduced sexual fantasy. | | | Sexual aversion disorder An avoidance of or aversion to genital sexual contact 3. | | | Sexual Compulsives Anonymous Members are encouraged to develop their own sexual recovery plan, and to define sexual sobriety for themselves. |
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| | Sexual Network Patterns Contribute to Racial Disparities in Disease Risk |
| | Respondents were also asked for information on the sexual activity of two of their partners; on the basis of this information, these partners were assigned to the appropriate sexual activity group. | | | They then conducted a log-linear analysis to examine the effects of sexual network patterns within each racial or ethnic group, and used a simulation to estimate the effects of patterns between groups. | | | The researchers used a variety of analytic techniques to assess individual risk factors for STDs and to examine the effects of sexual network patterns on that risk. |
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| | Compulsive Sexual Disorder |
| | Mood changes related to sexual activity or the loss of sexual activity | | | All compulsive sexual behavior is damaging-to the individual and to involved others. | | | The individual then sacrifices what he/she cherishes most in order to preserve the unhealthy sexual behavior. |
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| | BIRTH CONTROL METHODS: Abstinence |
| | In fact, abstinence is a normal and acceptable practice used by men and women of all ages who are not yet prepared to accept the risks of sexual activity. | | | Abstinence, or the action of refraining from sexual activity, has been used for centuries in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies. | | | Unlike other animals, humans are able to associate sexual behavior with their psychology and emotions. |
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| | Inhibited sexual desire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Inhibited sexual desire (ISD), sometimes called frigidity, sexual aversion, sexual apathy or hypoactive sexual desire, refers to a low level of sexual desire and interest manifested by a failure to initiate or be responsive to a partner's initiation of sexual activity. | | | Low sexual desire, however, may be a barometer of the emotional health of the relationship. | | | When both partners have low sexual desire, the issue of sexual interest level will not be problematic in the relationship. |
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| | Interpersonal relationship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | When these relationships are in prohibited degrees, sexual intimacy in them would be the taboo of incest. | | | In sociology there is a hierarchy of forms of activity and interpersonal relations, which divides them into: behavior, action, social behavior, social action, social contact, social interaction and finally social relation. | | | Casual relationships, relationships extending beyond one night stands that exclusively consist of sexual behavior, the participants of which may be known as fuck buddies or friends with benefits when limited to considering sexual intercourse or sexual partners in a wider sense. |
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| | ContraceptINFO :: Sexual Abstinence |
| | Human nature is such that sexual activity is intimately linked to one's emotional and psychological state. | | | Many find that sexual activity is best when accompanied by the deep commitment of marriage and openness to the possibility of children. | | | Although some use only sexual behavior to express their affection, sexual expression does not have to include intercourse. |
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| | Preventing AIDS |
| | In the age of AIDS, sexual hygiene means avoiding the exchange of bodily fluids and secretions during sexual activity. | | | Sexual partners should agree on the limits of sexual activity before such activity begins. | | | Abstinence, not having sex, is the safest sexual behavior. |
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| | Differential Diagnosis of Addictive Sexual Disorders Using the DSM-IV |
| | Paraphilic sexual activity revolves around fantasies, urges, or behaviors that are considered unusual or frankly deviant by society and generally involve (a) nonhuman objects or animals; (b) humiliation or suffering of the patient or partner, or (c) nonconsenting persons, including children. | | | The paraphilias are characterized by recurrent, intense sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors that involve unusual objects, activities, or situations that occur over a period of at least six months and cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. | | | Addiction professionals who encounter both compulsive and impulsive sexual acting-out behaviors in their patients have experienced paradigm and nomenclature communication difficulties with mental health professionals and managed care organizations who utilize DSM terminology and diagnostic criteria. |
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| | GotoMyDoc - Education - Sexual Health - Learn - Sexual Intercourse Positions |
| | The truth is that a womans vagina isnt the most sensitive sexual area so activity that centers on penetration, without direct clitoral stimulation, is insufficient to bring most women to orgasm. | | | If a woman has experienced an initial orgasm, and sexual activity continues, less intense or less direct clitoral stimulation may be enough to achieve additional orgasms in much less time. | | | Other positions for sexual intercourse may be varied or additional oral (by mouth) or manual (by hand) stimulation of the clitoris may be used. |
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 18, Ch. 243, Sexual Dysfunction In Women |
| | Although women can be orgasmic throughout their lives, sexual activity often decreases after age 60 because of the relative lack of partners and untreated physiologic changes (eg, atrophy of the vaginal mucosa, with resultant dryness and painful coitus). | | | A lifelong diminished capacity for sexual arousal may be related to ignorance of genital anatomy and function, particularly clitoral function, and of effective arousal patterns and techniques. | | | The physician should discuss sexual matters with the patient and obtain precise data, usually by asking questions that gradually move from areas of general concern to those of greater sensitivity. |
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| | Sexual Disorders |
| | Others will have an adequate erection, but lose the erection during sexual activity. | | | Female sexual arousal disorder is described as the inability of a woman to complete sexual activity with adequate lubrication. | | | Dyspareunia is genital pain that accompanies sexual intercourse. |
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| | Testosterone Patch Improved Sexual Desire in Surgically Menopausal Women |
| | Results show the group treated with the 300 µg/day testosterone patch experienced a 30 percent increase in the frequency of total satisfying sexual activity vs. placebo (p<0.05), and an 81 percent increase vs. baseline (p<0.05) at 24 weeks. | | | The primary efficacy endpoints of the study were the frequency of satisfying sexual activity, as recorded in a Sexual Activity Log (SAL), and the sexual desire domain of the Profile of Female Sexual Function (PFSF), a multinational, validated instrument that measures seven domains of sexual function (desire, arousal, orgasm, pleasure, responsiveness, concerns and self-image). | | | Marginally significant dose effects were observed for total satisfying sexual activity and sexual desire at 24 weeks, p = 0.062 and 0.059, respectively. |
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| | Sexual |
| | The clinician's judgment of this is based on the man's age and the adequacy of duration, focus and intensity of sexual activity. | | | The clinician's judgment of this is based on her sexual experience, adequacy of foreplay and norms for her age. | | | Repeatedly for at least 6 months, the patient has intense sexual desires, fantasies or behaviors concerning the act of watching an unsuspecting person who is naked, disrobing or having sex. |
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| | Postgraduate Medicine: Sexual aspects of headache |
| | Headaches associated with sexual activity were originally thought to be a variation of exertional or cough-type headaches, as described by Diamond (1) and Medina. | | | The physiology of the normal sexual response, epidemiology of sexual dysfunction, and the pharmacologic mechanisms involved in antihypertensive- and antipsychotic-induced problems with sexual function are important, especially in regard to headache. | | | In addition, sexual complications associated with medications used to treat headaches have triggered concerns throughout the medical community. |
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Sexual perversions |
| | The most common signs of sexual activity that can be classified as paraphilia include: the inability to resist an impulse for the sexual act, the requirement of participation by non-consenting or under-aged individuals, legal consequences, resulting sexual dysfunction, and interference with normal social relationships. | | | A paraphilia is a condition in which a person's sexual arousal and gratification depend on a fantasy theme of an unusual situation or object that becomes the principal focus of sexual behavior. | | | Desensitization procedures neutralize the anxiety-provoking aspects of nonparaphilic sexual situations and behavior by a process of gradual exposure. |
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| | Abstinence |
| | Sexual abstinence is a choice to limit your sexual activity. | | | If the goal of abstinence is to avoid any sexually transmitted infections, then any contact between oral and genital areas is also likely to be unacceptable unless barrier protection, such as a condom or dental dam, is used. | | | Your choice of abstinence may be based on moral or ethical reasons, such as a belief that the act of intercourse should be reserved as an expression of a lifetime commitment to one person. |
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| | Uganda Winning the Battle Against AIDS Using Abstinence |
| | Launched in Uganda in 1994, True Love Waits focuses on abstinence until marriage as a way to prevent all sorts of adverse consequences associated with extra-marital sexual activity. | | | Sarah Trafford is an intern for the Culture and Family Institute of CWA and a Political Science major at The College Of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. | | | The emphasis on abstinence in Ugandas program is unique. |
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