BACKGROUND Although Venezuela has a National Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Program offering free diagnosis and treatment, 41% of patients present for diagnosis at a later disease-stage, indicating that access to care may still be limited. Our study aimed to identify factors influencing delay in presenting for HIV-diagnosis using a case-case comparison. A cross-sectional survey was performe...

AbstractThis article offers a different interpretation of Leviticus 18:22, which has traditionally been seen as scripture that forbids homosexuality. The Bible outright condemns various sexual orientations such homosexuality, bisexuality, and bestiality; result, the Old Testament portrays heterosexuality proper identity. general reading texts frequently devolves into pros contras but leaves lit...

To include training in sexual medicine into the curricula of medical schools is justified because of the association between sexuality and health, which is commonly part of the discussion of practice of the medicine. This association is observed by the importance given to sexuality in interpersonal relationships and quality of life, and, also by the prevalence of sexual dysfunctions in the popu...

In the series 'sources in perspective' ´ Editions BHMS publishes text anthologies, preceded by a historiographic introduction and a critical apparatus. This volume edited by Patrick Singy, philosopher and historian, gathers together ninety-eight letters or extracts of letters sent to Dr Tissot, an introduction on the history of sexuality, a glossary and a bibliography. This anthology should be ...

BACKGROUND Genital warts are one of the most common forms of sexually-transmitted disease, but their epidemiology has yet to be thoroughly elucidated. The present study was designed to shed light on the prevalence of clinically-confirmed, self-reported genital warts (GWs) in a representative sample of the university population. METHODS In 2015, a cross-sectional survey was conducted on 11,096...

In our schools, sex education is a matter that still needs to be addressed. Above all, if we consider its objectives should include the development of responsible sexuality, free from prejudice and respectful differences not only focused on preventive model. An essential part this content analysis sexism present in society consequences daily life, among other things. This work analyses knowledg...

In 2008, during my first year of medical school, I remember feeling distinctly uncomfortable sitting in our designated one-hour class on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health. The class started with a presentation that provided basic definitions of different LGBT identities, and ended with a question-and-answer session with a transgender woman. Although this session presented an...

Twenty years ago, Ray Blanchard and Anthony Bogaert demonstrated that the probability of a boy growing up to be gay increases for each older brother born to the same mother, the so-called fraternal birth order (FBO) effect. Their first investigation indicated that each older brother increased the probability of being gay by about 33% (1). This startling phenomenon was confirmed in multiple stud...

n Eleven post-operative male-to-female transsexuals were exposed to sexual stimuli on video while physiological (vaginal photoplethysmographic) and subjective measures of sexual arousal were being recorded. The comparison of their responses to male versus female stimuli, combined with their orientations (attracted to men versus women), illustrated a target specific pattern of sexual arousal acr...

IN 1844 A TEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL named Emily Pepys, the daughter of the bishop of Worcester, made the following entry in the journal she had begun to keep that year: “I had the oddest dream last night that I ever dreamt; even the remembrance of it is very extraordinary. There was a very nice pretty young lady, who I (a girl) was going to be married to! (the very idea!) I loved her and even now love ...