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February 9th, 2025
Homonegative Victimization and Perceived Stress among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males: The Attenuating Role of Peer and Family Support.
Gordián-Arroyo A; Schnall R; Garofalo R; Kuhns LM; Pearson C; Bruce J; Scott Batey D; Radix A; Belkind U; Hirshfield S; Hidalgo MA pubmed id: 36776753This study looks at how having friends and support can help protect LGBTQ+ teens from bullying and stress. It focuses on young boys from different backgrounds who face challenges because of their sexual orientation.
Sexual Experiences and Attachment Styles in Online and Offline Dating Contexts.
Coffey JK; Bond DK; Stern JA; Van Why N pubmed id: 36776752The study looked at how different people feel about meeting partners online and offline. People who worry a lot about relationships use dating apps more and often feel bad after meeting someone, especially offline. People who try to avoid close relationships also feel bad after meeting partners, but only if they met them offline.
Comparing prenatal and postpartum stress among women with previous adverse pregnancy outcomes and normal obstetric histories: A longitudinal cohort study.
Niela-Vilen H; Ekholm E; Sarhaddi F; Azimi I; Rahmani AM; Liljeberg P; Pasanen M; Axelin A pubmed id: 36774741The study looked at stress in pregnant women. It compared women who had problems in past pregnancies with those who didn't. The researchers wanted to see how the stress differed during pregnancy and after the baby was born.
"Death is a sensitive topic when you are surrounded by life": Nurses experiences with pregnancy loss.
Martins MV; Valente VA; Silva AD; Ramalho C; Costa ME pubmed id: 36764051This study looks at what nurses think and feel when they help people through pregnancy loss. The researchers want to know how nurses feel about their work using a special way of talking called the self-fulfillment model.
Automatic attention to sexual stimuli: exploring the role of neuroticism and sexual excitation/inhibition through event-related potentials.
Aguiar S; Carvalho J; Carrito ML; Santos IM pubmed id: 36763959This research looks at how being nervous or anxious can lead to problems with sexual health. It also studies how these feelings can affect the brain when seeing sexual images, but it is not clear how early this starts happening.
Internalized transphobia predicts worse longitudinal trend of body uneasiness in transgender persons treated with gender affirming hormone therapy: a 1-year follow-up study.
Castellini G; Rossi E; Cassioli E; Sanfilippo G; Ristori J; Vignozzi L; Maggi M; Ricca V; Fisher AD pubmed id: 36763949The study suggests that if people with gender dysphoria feel bad about being transgender, they might also feel bad about their bodies. This could make it harder for them to feel better about their body even after taking hormones.
Children and adolescents in the Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria: trends in diagnostic- and treatment trajectories during the first 20 years of the Dutch Protocol.
van der Loos MATC; Klink DT; Hannema SE; Bruinsma S; Steensma TD; Kreukels BPC; Cohen-Kettenis PT; de Vries ALC; den Heijer M; Wiepjes CM pubmed id: 36763938The Dutch Protocol started 20 years ago to help teenagers with gender dysphoria. It uses medicine to stop puberty and then gives hormones that match their gender identity.
Stressed and distressed: how is the COVID-19 pandemic associated with sexual frequency, sexual satisfaction, and relationship satisfaction?
Dion J; Hamel C; Prévost B; Bergeron-Leclerc C; Pouliot E; Maltais D; Grenier J; Dubé M; Ouellet-Plamondon C; Vaillancourt-Morel MP pubmed id: 36763935The Canadian government made rules to stop the spread of COVID-19, starting in March 2020. These rules included keeping people apart, even at universities. But, there are worries about how these rules affect the personal relationships of university staff and students.
Lumbar endoscopic spine surgery for persistent genital arousal disorder/genitopelvic dysesthesia resulting from lumbosacral annular tear-induced sacral radiculopathy.
Kim CW; Goldstein I; Komisaruk BR; Goldstein SW; Kim NN; Hartzell-Cushanick R; Uloko M; Yee A pubmed id: 36763933Some people have a condition where they feel unwanted and distressing sensations in their pelvic area. This condition is sometimes caused by a problem with their nerve roots, but not everyone with this condition has the same issue. Some people actually have tears in the discs in their lower back instead.
Pathway analysis of microarray data from corpora cavernosal tissue of patients with a prostatectomy or Peyronie disease in comparison with a cavernous nerve-injured rat model of erectile dysfunction.
Searl T; Ohlander S; McVary KT; Podlasek CA pubmed id: 36763930After prostate surgery, many patients have a hard time with ED pills because a nerve gets damaged. This damage leads to changes in the penis, causing ED.
The Role of Non-penetrative Partnered Sex Activities in the Associations Among Erectile Difficulties, Sex and Relationship Satisfaction in Men Aged 50.
Ševčíková A; Gottfried J; Gocieková V; Gore-Gorszewska G; Blinka L; Kotík J pubmed id: 38596765The study looked at men aged 50 and older who have problems with erections. It checked how these problems affect their happiness in relationships and during sex. It also explored if having non-penetrative sex helps make their relationships better.
Prevalence of infection among HIV PrEP users: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sokoll PR; Migliavaca CB; Siebert U; Schmid D; Arvandi M pubmed id: 36759179The research talks about how common a certain disease, called MG, is in people who take medicine to prevent HIV. It also looks at how often this disease does not respond to usual antibiotics in these people.
Who does what? Reproductive responsibilities between heterosexual partners.
Caddy C; Temple-Smith M; Coombe J pubmed id: 36752653This study looks at how people manage things like having babies and staying healthy as a couple. It found that women often have more of the work, but men want to help too. There are problems like lack of male birth control, but sometimes couples find ways to share the responsibility.
An exploratory study of COVID-19-related changes in abortion service availability and use in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
Bell SO; Berger BO; Sufrin C; Dozier JL; Burke AE pubmed id: 36751866This study looked at how COVID-19 changed the availability and use of abortion services in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
Health Care Provider Decisions to Initiate Oral HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in New York City Public Sexual Health Clinics.
Hoffman S; Jamison K; Pathela P; Gonzalez-Argoti T; Rivera A; Leu CS; Hubbard S; Castro M; Borges C; Gandhi A; Edelstein Z; Myers J; Mantell JE; Bauman LJ pubmed id: 36749905Taking medicine to prevent HIV, called PrEP, works well but not many people use it. What doctors think about PrEP and how they feel about those who might need it can influence how easy it is for people to get PrEP.
Treponema pallidum Strains Among Women and Men Who Have Sex With Women in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Antwerp, Belgium Between 2014 and 2020.
Zondag HCA; Zwezerijnen-Jiwa FH; de Vries HJC; De Baetselier I; Bruisten SM pubmed id: 36749853The types of Treponema pallidum, a type of bacteria, are almost the same for men who have sex with women and men who have sex with men. The most common types are similar to what was found in past studies in Amsterdam.
Comparison of Computer-Assisted Self-Interview Versus Clinician Interview for Self-Reported Vulvovaginal Symptoms.
Robbins SJ; Brown SE; Stennett CA; Tuddenham S; Johnston ED; He X; Mark KS; Brotman RM pubmed id: 36749852The research compared two ways of asking people about vulvovaginal symptoms: one using a computer and the other talking to a doctor. The computer and doctor got similar answers, especially for itching and odor. The computer did not result in more symptoms being reported than talking to a doctor.
Impact of a Community Empowerment Intervention on Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Female Sex Workers in Baltimore, Maryland.
Sherman SG; Tomko C; Nestadt DF; Silberzahn BE; Clouse E; Haney K; Allen ST; Galai N pubmed id: 36749851The study looks at how a special center called SPARC helps female sex workers in the U.S. get better health care and fewer infections. The center makes it easier for them to visit for help.
Poverty, Psychological Distress, and Suicidality Among Gay Men and Transgender Women Sex Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Phuket, Thailand.
Yasami M; Zhu H; Dewan M pubmed id: 36747919The study looked at Thai gay men and transgender women who are sex workers. These people are having a tough time with money and feelings since the Covid-19 pandemic hurt tourism. Researchers wanted to understand how this affects their mental health and looked for links between thoughts of self-harm, poverty, and feeling upset.
Associations between Relationship Status, Anxiety, Sexual Function, and Sexual Satisfaction in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People.
Arthur E; Flynn K; Jeffery D; Cusatis R pubmed id: 38596763This study looked at how being single or in a relationship affects anxiety and how happy people are with their sex life. It focused on lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults.
Safety and effectiveness of self-managed abortion using misoprostol alone acquired from an online telemedicine service in the United States.
Johnson DM; Michels-Gualtieri M; Gomperts R; Aiken ARA pubmed id: 36744631This study looked at how people felt after using only misoprostol medicine to end a pregnancy and if any serious health problems happened. The medicine was given through an online service.
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men: (Dis)connection to Social, Sexual, and Health Networks.
Cascalheira CJ; Morrison C; D'Angelo AB; Villanueva OG; Grov C pubmed id: 36743519The COVID-19 pandemic has been tough for HIV-positive men who have sex with men. They used computer chats and stayed close to friends for support, and changed how they picked partners to stay safe. It was hard for them to connect to doctors and get medicine, too, but they found new ways to cope even with loneliness and money problems.
Female sexual dysfunction: A clinical case series.
Shenoi SD; Prabhu SS pubmed id: 36743123This paper talks about how problems with women's sexual health are often ignored. This might be because people don't like to talk about sex in many places and religions.
Cutaneous manifestations leading to a diagnosis of a case of severe disseminated histoplasmosis in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive child.
Sood A; Raman DK; Sinha A; Vasudevan B pubmed id: 36743122A 9-year-old boy with HIV had skin bumps, difficulty breathing, and coughing. Doctors first thought it was tuberculosis, but later tests showed it was histoplasmosis, helping them treat him quickly.
Does performance and operational superiority of point-of-care test make it the investigation of choice in confirming syphilis?
Bhargava A; Nagia S; Verma P; Bansal S; Khnuger N; Saxena A pubmed id: 36743121Every year, 6 million people get syphilis. Doctors mostly use blood tests to find out if someone has syphilis. This study looked at how well a quick test works compared to other tests that check for syphilis.
Bowen's disease on two different unrelated anatomical sites (genitals and nail) in succession in an immunocompromised patient.
Musaddique Ansari SM; Gupta A; Nayak CS pubmed id: 36743119Bowen's disease (BD) is a skin problem that can sometimes turn into cancer. A 43-year-old man with HIV developed dark spots on his genitals and finger, which doctors found out were BD and another skin condition. He was treated with special medicines and showed good improvement without the finger problem coming back.
Understanding drug resistance patterns across different classes of antiretrovirals used in HIV-1-infected treatment-Naïve and experienced patients in Mumbai, India.
Harjani RG; Iyer AK; Chaurasia A pubmed id: 36743113This study looks at how many people who have never had HIV treatment and those who have had it are resistant to drugs that fight HIV. It also checks how drug resistance in one group of drugs relates to resistance in another group.
Case report of co-existing keratotic balanitis and squamous cell carcinoma in a 42-year-old male.
Puri N; Singh O; Brar BK pubmed id: 36743112A 42-year-old man had rare skin changes on his genitals. These included a thick, scaly patch and areas where the skin was thinner.
A systematic review of eHealth modes in preventing sexually transmitted infections.
Nourimand F; Keramat A; Sayahi M; Bozorgian L; Hashempour Z pubmed id: 36743108This study looked at how using eHealth, like websites and apps, can help prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Researchers found 16 studies that showed eHealth can be a useful way to teach people about preventing STDs, especially for young people, by encouraging actions like using condoms.
Etiology of cervicitis: Are there new agents in play?
Bansal S; Bhargava A; Verma P; Khunger N; Panchal P; Joshi N pubmed id: 36743104This research looked at the germs causing infections in women and how these germs connect to their symptoms and behaviors. It helps doctors understand what is making people sick so they can better treat these infections.
Syphilis in the era of re-emergence: A 6-year retrospective study from a tertiary care center in South India.
Jeevanandham P; Ambooken B; Asokan N; Salam SA; Venugopal R pubmed id: 36743103The number of patients with syphilis coming to our center has been going up in recent years.
Crusted scabies in AIDS patient, a clinical challenge to be sorted out with a simple bedside test.
Indira B; Darsan S pubmed id: 36743101Crusted scabies is a very contagious skin problem with lots of mites that was first found in Norway in 1848. It can cause big, dark spots and thick crusts on the skin. It's important to start treatment quickly to stop it from spreading to lots of people.
Disseminated histoplasmosis as a presenting manifestation in an HIV patient - A case report from South India.
Kiruba Devi GA; Rajamohanan RR; Sakkaravarthi V; Toi PC; Munisamy M pubmed id: 36743100Histoplasmosis can cause different kinds of sickness, from mild to very serious, especially in people with HIV. A 42-year-old man with HIV had painful sores on his skin because of histoplasmosis, but he got better with medicine. Doctors should be careful and think about histoplasmosis when they see people with HIV with similar skin problems.
Erythema nodosum leprosum with genital ulceration - A rare and interesting case report.
Rupan A; Sivanu S; Nirmaladevi P pubmed id: 36743099A 39-year-old man had a type of leprosy called ENL, which rarely affects the genital area. He had fever, red skin bumps on his legs, and painful sores there for a month. Doctors found it was a rare case with nerve damage and sores in his genital area.
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in syphilis.
Nair BR; Murugan S pubmed id: 36743098The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) can happen after taking medicine for syphilis. It's not as common today, but doctors need to know this reaction can look like an allergy to penicillin. The rashes from JHR usually go away in a week.
Case series of rare nonvenereal vulvar dermatoses.
Tambe S; Patil P pubmed id: 36743097The research paper talks about some skin conditions that can happen on the vulva, which are sometimes confused with genital warts. These conditions can cause problems if not treated correctly, so doctors use special tests to tell them apart from diseases that are passed through sexual contact. The paper shares stories about four unusual cases of these vulvar diseases.
Female sexual dysfunction: A potential minefield.
Prabhu SS; Hegde S; Sareen S pubmed id: 36743096Female sexual dysfunction is not studied much, especially in India. It is influenced by many things, like how someone thinks or feels, and needs careful checking to treat. The treatment involves medicine, therapy, and support for both partners, but there is still a lot to learn and improve.
Study of clinical profile and outcomes in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era - An observational study.
Arora S; Ahmad FMH; Deshwal R; Behal P pubmed id: 36743095This study looked at a serious brain infection called PML in people with HIV in India. The researchers wanted to find out how often it happens and what the illness is like for these patients.
Congenital syphilis presenting as fulminant early-onset sepsis.
Shah MS; Jain AP; Rathod AN; Jain HP; Sheth DN; Bhargava S pubmed id: 36743093Congenital syphilis is a rare but famous infection babies can be born with. This paper talks about a case where a baby got very sick with it quickly. Doctors have to be very careful to notice and treat this dangerous illness.
Prevalence of nonviral reproductive tract infections/sexually transmitted infections in female patients with cervicovaginal discharge: Excerpts from a regional reference center in North India.
Sethi S; Sharma N; Sharma M; Dadwal R; Singh C; Chaudhary H; Malhotra S; Yadav R; Gupta V pubmed id: 36743092This study looked at how common certain infections of the reproductive organs are in women visiting a special health center. It also checked if different symptoms were linked to these infections.
A retrospective analysis of sexually transmitted infections among males presenting to a tertiary care hospital of India.
Sethi S; Sharma N; Singh C; Chaudhry H; Dadwal R; Malhotra S; Gupta V pubmed id: 36743091STIs are diseases that are often not talked about enough and many people in India get sick or die because of them. The World Health Organization says a lot of young people have HIV/AIDS and many teens get an STI every year.
Vulval dermatoses (venereal and nonvenereal) among female patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in North India.
Kaur K; Mohi MK; Chopra D; Sarangal R; Singh Saini JR; Chopra P pubmed id: 36743089The skin around the vulva is special because it comes from three different layers when a person is a tiny embryo. This makes it easier for skin problems to happen there.
Prozone phenomenon in secondary syphilis with HIV co-infection: Two cases.
Awake P; Angadi K; Sen S; Bhadange P pubmed id: 36743087The prozone phenomenon happens when there's too much antibody, and it stops a test from showing a correct positive result. In this study, two people with syphilis and HIV first got negative test results because of this issue, but they later got positive results when the test was adjusted.
Serum galactomannan in histoplasmosis in HIV.
Baidya A; Sachdeva CG; Bhatia P; Pruthi A; Joshi S pubmed id: 36743085A young boy with HIV got an infection called histoplasmosis, which is hard to find because of few testing places. Doctors found out he had it through a special test and started treating him with medicine right away.
Kaposi's sarcoma: An interesting case report in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive heterosexual male.
Reddy HK; Raju BP; Methre V; Samagani A pubmed id: 36743084Kaposi's sarcoma is a type of cancer often found in people with AIDS, usually when their immune system is very weak. It's common in Western countries but not often seen in India. This paper talks about a 38-year-old man in India with HIV who got this disease in an unusual way.
Emerging trends in sexually transmitted diseases in a tertiary care center in Davangere, Karnataka: A five year study.
Anirudh M; Sugareddy; Sivuni A; Rajashekhar N; Mangala HC pubmed id: 36743083Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are illnesses spread through close contact and are a big health problem. Different places have different patterns of these diseases. Knowing how these patterns change is important to help stop the diseases from spreading.
Cytomegalovirus induced genital ulcer in human immunodeficiency virus positive patient.
Shree KK; Somashekar S; Loganathan E pubmed id: 36743082Cytomegalovirus (CMV) can make very sick people even sicker, especially if they have HIV. It can cause sores and other problems in the female genital area that might hurt, bleed, or get infected. Doctors have ways to figure out if someone has this and how to treat it safely.
Eponymous Signs in STIs.
Jain N; Baxi D; Marfatia Y; Mahajan R pubmed id: 36743078Some medical signs are named after the doctors who discovered them to honor their important work. These names make it easier to remember how to identify and understand different diseases.
An inscrutable entity: A case report of late congenital syphilis.
Rathwa PK; Chauhan J; Patel NP; Shah H; Vara NV pubmed id: 36743077Congenital syphilis happens when a mother with syphilis passes it to her baby during pregnancy if not treated properly. This can cause serious health problems or even death in babies, but penicillin now makes it very rare. This paper talks about a 10-year-old with syphilis showing symptoms and the tests that confirmed it.
Gender norms, contraceptive use, and intimate partner violence: A six-country analysis.
Underwood CR; Casella A; Hendrickson ZM pubmed id: 36738730This study looks at how sharing gender ideas in couples affects using birth control and stopping partner violence, which nobody studied before.