Gay men may modify their voices to project masculinity on first encounters, according to a new study in the Journal of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. Heterosexual men want their sexuality to be known when meeting someone for the first time more than any other sexual orientation group but gay men […]
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In advance of The Hippocratic Post’s debate #TheEndofHIV sponsored by Gilead and hosted by ApothecariesLDN on 8th May, watch this short animation from The National Aids Trust. Panel for the debate includes Professor Jane Anderson – The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries Yusef Azad – Director of Strategy, National Aids Trust, Dr Michael Brady – Medical Director, Terrence Higgins Trust […]
“We are all agreed on one thing – that the subject of masturbation is quite inexhaustible.” (Sigmund Freud, 1912, Vienna Psychoanalytic Society). Until 13th May, The Freud Museum, London, presents Solitary Pleasures, a fascinating new group exhibition that investigates a topic significant in Freudian and post-Freudian psychoanalysis, sexuality, and eroticism: masturbation. Sigmund Freud observed that sexuality […]
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When it comes to gender reconstructive surgery, if you could sum-up the patient experience in one word, chances are you’d use ‘waiting’. The patient may have known from their early teens they weren’t comfortable in their own skin, yet they were forced to wait until they could do anything about it. If they initially sought help […]
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It wasn’t that long ago that any mention of the vagina was considered taboo. Today, there have been plays extolling it, and national newspapers devote breathless pages to the subject, but there is still a squeamishness which surrounds female genitalia. It would be a great step forward if women themselves were better acquainted with female […]
Around half of all women and one in five men suffer from low libido at some point in their lives. Here we look at some ways to boost desire and enjoy a healthy romantic life. Prescription drugs According to Sid Dajani, community pharmacist and spokesperson for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, there are literally dozens of OTC […]
Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer among women in the UK, but because diagnosis is often made when the disease is more advanced, 5-year survival rates are only 46 per cent overall. The good news that this soars to a 90 per cent 5 year survival rate when tumours are detected early. When […]
WHEN it comes to fertility treatment – specifically IVF – there are fine margins between successful and unsuccessful outcomes – between creating life or failing to bring one into existence. So, against this emotionally-charged backdrop, is it not wise to always strive to tip the balance in your favour, even when the methods employed might […]
A new class of experimental drugs reduces hot flushes in menopausal women by almost three-quarters in just three days. The treatment, tested by scientists at Imperial College London, also reduces the severity of hot flushes by over a third within three days of taking it. The research, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the National Institute for […]
Women need considerable practical and emotional support in the early days of breastfeeding to make it successful. Those who do not want to breastfeed must be listened to, respected and understood, rather than simply told ‘breast is best. The UK remains at the bottom of the “league tables” in terms of the numbers of new […]