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Predictors for Low Frequencies of Patient-Physician Conversations Concerning Sexual Health at an Austrian University Hospital

Sexual Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Studies concerning barriers to patient-physician conversations about sexual health or, specifically, sexual functioning fail to go beyond descriptive analyses of such barriers. Aim: To identify barriers that predict the frequency of patient-
Nikola Komlenac, PhD, Margarethe Hochleitner, MD   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The microbiome in human skin aging

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐related skin changes encompass the well‐known visible phenotypic alterations, together with microbiome dysbiosis and a series of molecular aging hallmarks. These hallmarks characterize not only a fully stablished aged phenotype but also the skin aging process itself.
Manuel Huerta Arana, Cornelia Wiegand, Omid Omrani, Mario Fabri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual problems of women aged 60+ with diagnosed obesity

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Introduction Sexuality is a complex issue, but every person has the right to express it. Seniors are individuals with significant life experience. They are often curious people with much to say to younger generations. Let us allow them to function fully
Agnieszka Pawełko, Maria Ciechacka, Ewelina Bąk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Partial depletion of plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 decreases subcutaneous fat cell hypertrophy and liver cholesterol in high‐fat‐fed female mice

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Obesity raises blood levels of PAI‐1, a protein linked to metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease in people with obesity. In female mice fed a high‐fat diet, partially lowering PAI‐1 led to smaller subcutaneous fat cells and lower liver cholesterol, without changing body weight or insulin sensitivity.
Claudia E. Ramirez Bustamante, Robert Sharp, Pradip K. Saha, Elizabeth S. Anaya, Elizabeth L. Lieu, Evelyn L. de Groot, Pooja Patel, Mi Jeong Heo, Aaron R. Cox, Kang Ho Kim, Sean M. Hartig   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of obesity on sexual functioning among women

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Introduction Psychological problems also lead to sexual disorders in obese patients: low self-esteem, lack of acceptance of one's body, depression leading to decreased libido.
Maria Ciechacka, Agnieszka Pawełko, Ewelina Bąk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual Function and Testosterone Level in Men With Conservatively Treated Chronic Kidney Disease

American Journal of Men's Health, 2017
Sexual dysfunctions are common, but underrecognized, in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and are inversely associated with the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Sexual dysfunctions may affect quality of life in males with CKD.
Kerstin S. Fugl-Meyer PhD, Marie Nilsson PhD, Britta Hylander MD, Mikael Lehtihet MD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Circulating microRNA signatures of cachexia and cancer in Canis familiaris as a comparative oncology model for human disease

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of cachexia and sex‐specific cancer in senior dogs. In 25 client‐owned dogs, four circulating miRNAs (miR‐15a, miR‐15b, miR‐16, miR‐140) were downregulated in cachexia, with miR‐16 the strongest individual biomarker (AUC = 0.899).
Soon‐Seok Park, Kyongman An, Gyeonghwa Kim, Soo‐Nyun Choi, Hong‐Ki Lee, Keun Hur, Kyu‐Shik Jeong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of Marital Relationship and Sexual Interaction in Couples With Sexual Dysfunction: An Exploratory Study From India

Journal of Psychosexual Health, 2021
Background: Sexual dysfunction and marital intimacy and quality are found to have a reciprocal relationship. Examining this relationship in couples seeking help for sexual dysfunctions in the cultural context of India is worthwhile.
Manjula V., Manjula Munivenkatappa, Janardhana Navaneetham, Mariamma Philip   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Female sexual dysfunction

South African Medical Journal, 2014
Patients want to discuss concerns about their sexual health, but these discussions can be difficult to initiate. Most patients wait for their healthcare provider to enquire about their sexual health. Female sexual problems are highly prevalent, affecting up to 43% of women. Between a third and half of these women describe their problem/s as distressing,
openaire   +4 more sources