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What Is the Real Impact of Urinary Incontinence on Female Sexual Dysfunction? A Case Control Study

Sexual Medicine, 2017
Introduction: Urinary incontinence (UI) has been associated with negative effects on women's sexuality. Women's sexuality and sexual function are a complex issue, and the role of UI is not completely clear.
Mariana Rhein Felippe, ScM, Joao Paulo Zambon, MD, PhD, Marcia Eli Girotti, ScM, Juliana Schulze Burti, ScM, Claudia Rosenblatt Hacad, ScM, Lina Cadamuro, PT, Fernando Almeida, MD, PhD   +6 more
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Perceptions about sexual abstinence and knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention among in-school adolescents in a western Nigerian city

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background Young people are becoming increasingly exposed to the risk of HIV infection. According to the 2008 HIV/Syphilis sentinel survey in Nigeria, 3.3% of young people aged 15-19 years are infected.
Fayemi Mojisola M, Oladepo Oladimeji
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Effectiveness of the Dual Approach Program to promote sexual abstinence in Thai early female adolescents and improve parent-daughter sexual communication [PDF]

Journal of Health Research, 2019
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of abstinence-based sexual education programs delivered in parallel to Thai parents and their early adolescent daughters to promote sexual abstinence and improve communication regarding ...
Kultida Hattakitpanichakul, Rutja Phuphaibul, Srisamorn Phumonsakul, Chukiat Viwatwongkasem   +3 more
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Natural reward experience alters AMPA and NMDA receptor distribution and function in the nucleus accumbens. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Natural reward and drugs of abuse converge upon the mesolimbic system which mediates motivation and reward behaviors. Drugs induce neural adaptations in this system, including transcriptional, morphological, and synaptic changes, which contribute to the ...
Kyle K Pitchers, Susanne Schmid, Andrea R Di Sebastiano, Xu Wang, Steven R Laviolette, Michael N Lehman, Lique M Coolen   +6 more
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Systematic review of abstinence-plus HIV prevention programs in high-income countries.

PLoS Medicine, 2007
BackgroundAbstinence-plus (comprehensive) interventions promote sexual abstinence as the best means of preventing HIV, but also encourage condom use and other safer-sex practices.
Kristen Underhill, Don Operario, Paul Montgomery   +2 more
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Predictors of sexual abstinence: A prospective study of college women in the United States

Cogent Psychology, 2017
Purpose: Using the theory of reasoned action (TRA), this research examined predictors of sexual intercourse among first- and second-year college women.
Hazel Spears, John B. Jemmott, G. Anita Heeren   +2 more
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Virgins on the Throne: The Chaste Marriage of Emperor Henry II and Empress Cunigunde in Medieval Narrative Traditions

Royal Studies Journal, 2019
Individual cases of sexual abstinence ascribed to medieval rulers have been discussed by scholars from various standpoints and understood as a peculiar dynastic policy, a deliberate “monastification” of rulership, or as the result of problems with an ...
Iliana Kandzha
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Effects of Abstinence from Opioid on Sexual Functioning in Men with Opioid Use Disorder: An Observational Study

Journal of Psychosexual Health
Objective: Sexual dysfunction amongst persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) is quite prevalent. Research about the effects of abstinence from opioids on sexual functioning is scarce.
Gurneet Kaur, Ajeet Sidana, Swarndeep Singh   +2 more
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The Mediating Role of Personal Values in the Prediction of Sexual Abstinence Based on Mother-Daughter Relationship, Islamic Ethics, and Spiritual Intelligence among High School Girls in Isfahan

مسائل کاربردی تعلیم و تربیت اسلامی, 2018
This study was undertaken to investigate the mediating role of personal values in the prediction of sexual abstinence based on mother-daughter relationship, Islamic ethics, and spiritual intelligence among high school girls in Isfahan.
Mohammad Soltanizadeh, Zohreh Latifi, Mahnaz Afyouni Akbari   +2 more
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Influence of the Period of Abstinence on Semen Quality in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2020
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease that can affect fertility. There is currently little information regarding the semen profile of males with SLE.
Tarah H. B. Waters, Carol Pui Shan Chan, Tin Chiu Li, David Yiu Leung Chan   +3 more
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