An overview of our posts about common sexual disorders and dysfunctions, notably those that may be alleviated or resolved by massage and bodywork therapies.
Fertility medications, notably ovulation induction medicines, are one of the most used treatment options in conventional medicine (allopathic medicine) to tackle female infertility. Ovulation induction means to stimulate the ovaries to produce and release eggs. [ Read more … ]
The term ovulatory disorder is a general label for situations where normal ovulation fails or is irregular. It’s considered one of the important common causes of female infertility, counting for about twenty-five percent of the [ Read more … ]
Age can contribute to infertility for both men and women. Moreover, in our contemporary societies, age-related infertility has become more common because both men and women increasingly begin families after being thirty years old, thereby [ Read more … ]
Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) is a type of artificial insemination that places sperm directly inside the uterus. It’s a rather low-cost, simple procedure and can augment the chances of pregnancy. The goal is to get sperm [ Read more … ]
By libido is meant a person’s overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity. Libido is influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors. Official labels for low libido are Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD), Hyposexuality, [ Read more … ]
So-called IVF or In Vitro Fertilization is the process of fertilization where an egg is fertilized by sperm outside the body. In Vitro, by the way, means “in glass.” The treatment also monitors and stimulates [ Read more … ]
Uterine Fibroids (or Uterine Leiomyomas) are benign, smooth tumors that grow from muscle layers of the uterus. The size of fibroids can vary significantly: from a few millimeters up to twenty, thirty centimeters or more. [ Read more … ]
Sperm banks, also called Cryobanks, are facilities that collect, freeze, and store sperm. The sperm is either donated by men for couples who want or need sperm donation for artificial insemination or an IVF treatment, [ Read more … ]
Culture-Bound Syndrome — or Culture-Specific Syndrome — is a pattern of mental illness and abnormal behavior that is unique to a specific ethnic or cultural population and does not conform to standard classifications of psychiatric [ Read more … ]
Emotional Dysregulation (ED) is a term used that refers to emotional expressions that are deemed inadequate and do not lie within the publicly accepted range of emotional response. ED can be associated with an experience [ Read more … ]