Sentences with phrase «female hypoactive»

Many women — some studies estimate this number is as high as one - third of all adult women — have a condition known as female hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD).

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But while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved more than two dozen drugs targeting a range of male sexual matters, pharma has turned a cold shoulder to female dysfunction, despite the prevalence of conditions like hypoactive sexual desire disorder, a chronic disinterest in sex estimated to affect 8 to 14 percent of American women ages 20 to 49.

The FDA has twice rejected flibanserin, sometimes touted as a «female Viagra,» first when Boehringer Ingelheim pitched it in 2010 and then again in 2013 after tiny Sprout landed rights to the drug and then mounted its own campaign for an approval for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women.

Medically, a persistently low libido is referred to by doctors as Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder; it's thought to affect up to 12 % of female libidos and 5 % of male libidos4, and is most typically associated with married women beyond the first couple of years after their nuptials.

Sex therapy can help address a number of issues such as: lack of knowledge regarding sexual health; sexual issues related to religion / spirituality, family values, culture, and / or ethnicity; communication barriers related to sexual intimacy; sexual and relationship issues related to an affair and / or differences in sexual pleasure preferences; sexual health related to medical factors; female orgasmic disorder; female sexual interest / arousal disorder; erectile disorder (premature ejaculation); pain experienced during penetration; vaginismus; male hypoactive sexual desire disorder; issues related to sexual orientation and / or gender identity; lacking knowledge or relationship issues related to a sexually transmitted infection and / or safer sex practices; risky sexual behavior related to substance use; sexual issues or relationship issues related to history of sexual abuse; and interest and / or lacking knowledge regarding BDSM, kink, and / or other sexual lifestyles.

Dr. Ian Kerner will discuss the latest science - based research informing the treatment of common DSM - 5 sexual issues such as female sexual interest and arousal disorder (FSIAD), male hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), erectile disorder (ED), premature ejaculation (PE), female orgasmic disorder (FOD), and problematic sexual behaviors such as excessive use of internet pornography.