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_ Sexual Health Sexually Transmitted Infections and STDs Trichomoniasis: What You Need to Know Today By Sondra Forsyth article Unlike the other six STIs, trichomoniasis is neither caused by a virus nor by a bacterium. The culprit is the … Read More→
_ Sexual Health Sexually Transmitted Infections and STDs Syphilis: What You Need to Know Today By Sondra Forsyth article Syphilis is a potentially deadly infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Ever since the discovery of penicillin in the … Read More→
_ Sexual Health Sexually Transmitted Infections and STDs Gonorrhea: What You Need to Know Today By Sondra Forsyth article Gonorrhea, a bacterial STI caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and colloquially called ΓÇ£The ClapΓÇ¥, is currently the second most common STI … Read More→
_ Sexual Health Sexually Transmitted Infections and STDs Chlamydia: What You Need to Know Today By Sondra Forsyth article Chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted infection, is a bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. The Centers for … Read More→
_ AIDS/HIV Sexual Health Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): What You Need to Know Today By Sondra Forsyth article [AuthorΓÇÖs note: Welcome to Part 3 of our seven-part series about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), sometimes called venereal diseases or … Read More→
_ Sexual Health Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV): What You Need to Know Today By Sondra Forsyth article Of the multiple types of the herpes simplex virus, HSV1 (oral herpes) most often causes ΓÇ£cold soresΓÇ¥ or ΓÇ£fever blistersΓÇ¥ … Read More→
_ Sexual Health Human Papilloma Virus (HPV): What You Need to Know Today By Sondra Forsyth article Because barrier protection such as condoms doesnΓÇÖt always work, the only way unequivocally to prevent getting an STI is to … Read More→
_ Aging Well Sexual Health Sex Can Boost Brain Power in Older Adults -- and Viewing Cute Animal Images Can Get You in the Mood! By Sondra Forsyth article A study done at Coventry University and Oxford in the UK and published in June 2017 in Journals of Gerontology, … Read More→
Sexual Health The Best Ways to Manage Vaginal Dryness By Jane Farrell article Most of us have experienced it – changes, dramatic or not, to our most private parts. Whether itΓÇÖs vaginal dryness, … Read More→
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_ Sexual Health Evolution of the Female Orgasm By Jane Farrell article Researchers at Yale and the Cincinnati ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital are studying the evolution of the female orgasm across different species. The … Read More→
_ Sexual Dysfunction The Danger of "Sexual Perfectionism" By Jane Farrell article WomenΓÇÖs self-image suffers if their partner is imposing ΓÇ£sexual perfectionismΓÇ¥ on them, researchers say. Perfectionism is defined as a ΓÇÿstriving … Read More→
_ Sexual Health Women's Health and Wellness ΓÇ£Pink ViagraΓÇ¥ (Which Is Actually Purple) Is Not Selling Well at All By Sondra Forsyth article Back in June of 2015 here at thirdAGE, we gave you advance warning that the female libido booster slated for … Read More→
_ Sexual Health Couples Who Have Sex Weekly Are Happiest By Jane Farrell article More sex may not always make you happier, according to research published in November 2015 by the Society for Personality … Read More→
_ Sex Sexual Health Women's Health and Wellness What You Really Need to Know About ΓÇ£Pink ViagraΓÇ¥ By Sondra Forsyth article In the wake of a media frenzy over the FDAΓÇÖs advisory committee vote on June 4th 2015 in favor of … Read More→
Sex Sexual Health Five Common Misperceptions About Transgender People By article With the Bruce Jenner interview still garnering an unprecedented amount of public attention ΓÇô currently well over 2.7 million hits … Read More→