Female Sexual Dysfunction
Conference Coverage
Following pelvic floor surgery, patients value functional goals
TUCSON, ARIZ. – Patients may need to be counseled about the possibility of failure.
Clinical Review
Low sexual desire: Appropriate use of testosterone in menopausal women
Low-dose testosterone treatment may be considered for HSDD in carefully selected menopausal women after standard therapies have been tried but...
Expert Commentary
New and promising GSM treatments, more clinical takeaways from NAMS 2018
Dr. Richard-Davis served as the Scientific Program Chair of the 2018 NAMS Meeting. In this audiocast she highlights several clinical takeaways...
Conference Coverage
No signal for CV, breast effects with bioidentical vaginal estrogen for dyspareunia
Low-dose vaginal softgel is approved for treating moderate to severe dyspareunia associated with menopause.
Conference Coverage
For dyspareunia, intravaginal prasterone may work best soon after menopause
Age and previous hormone replacement therapy did not influence prasterone’s efficacy in treating dyspareunia.
Expert Commentary
Addressing your patient's sexual function after cancer
Women undergoing a cancer diagnosis and management plan want their physicians to raise the issue of sexual function, says Dr. Lindau. And...
Clinical Review
The techno vagina: The laser and radiofrequency device boom in gynecology
Energy-based devices are being used to treat vaginal, vulvar, and sexual symptoms, but we need more clinical evidence of efficacy and safety and...
Expert Commentary
What works best for genitourinary syndrome of menopause: vaginal estrogen, vaginal laser, or combined laser and estrogen therapy?
There are not enough data to recommend laser therapy over the gold standard, transvaginal estrogen, for treating symptoms of the...
From the Journals
A multimodal treatment for vestibulodynia: TENS plus diazepam
A trial compares TENS plus diazepam with TENS plus placebo in women with vestibulodynia.
Clinical Review
2018 Update on menopause
Coverage and expert comment on new insights on HT and Alzheimer disease risk, HT route and sexuality outcomes, mortality in WHI participants, and...
Supplements
Optimal surgical management of stage 3 and 4 pelvic organ prolapse
What the evidence and the experts say about the various approaches for prolapse repair Effective surgical management of advanced pelvic organ...