Background: This article explores the effects of attachment style and automatic thoughts on sexual dysfunction and marital commitment, using the path analysis model. This descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 375 married female students in Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran, from 2016 to 2017. Methods: According to Morgan and Jersey table and the statistical population (375 pe...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of sexual dysfunction and associated risk factors in women who had undergone tubal sterilization and those who had not undergone tubal sterilization. Methods: In this case-controlled sectional study, 100 women who underwent tubal sterilization were included as the case group and 100 women who were healthy, reproductive, and sexually...

Ginseng is often referred to as the King of all herbs, and is found to be a promising agent to improve general well-being. Ginseng has also been reputed as an aphrodisiac, and is used to treat sexual dysfunction as well as to enhance sexual behavior in traditional Chinese medical practices. Data from animal studies have shown a positive correlation among ginseng, libido, and copulatory performa...

Abstract Introduction: Pregnancy is one of the most sensitive periods in a woman's life. Physical and psychological changes during pregnancy can significantly affect the couples' sexual relations. Healthy sexual desire during pregnancy is essential for the development of couples as parents. Objective: This meta-analysis study estimates the prevalence of sexual dysfunction overall and in diffe...

articles that had high relevance had different scopes and methodology. One study compared levels of hypogonadism and erectile dysfunction (case–control study), another studied adult life with muscular dystrophy (cross-sectional study) and the third explored reproductive outcome and family planning after genetic counselling (combining interviews and questionnaires). Discussion The existing liter...

Recent diagnostic and therapeutic advances in oncology have led to greater survival rates in children and reproductive aged adults with malignancies. However, while cancer therapies improve long-term survival, such treatments can lead to a variety of reproductive problems including abnormal pubertal development, infertility, premature gonadal failure, and sexual dysfunction [1, 2]. As more chil...

This article examines associations between fat bodies and reproductive dysfunction that were prevalent in medical, midwifery and other literature in early modern England. In a period when fertility and successful reproduction were regarded as hugely important for social, economic and political stability such associations further contributed to negative attitudes towards fat bodies that were fue...