OBJECTIVES: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is related to adverse mental and physical health outcomes and reduced wellbeing, yet limited work has examined associations between PTSD symptoms and sexual function among midlife women. We …
Objective: Yoga has been recommended as a complementary management strategy for women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP), but many women lack access to specialized yoga instruction for this indication, and few data are available to evaluate cha…
Abstract Introduction One in seven women suffer from chronic pelvic pain (CPP), a syndrome associated with decreased sexual desire, decreased enjoyment of sexual activity, and increased conflict with sexual partners. Pelvic yoga has been re…
BACKGROUND: Despite well-established sex differences in the performance on tests of several cognitive domains (e.g., visuospatial ability), few studies in humans have evaluated if these sex differences are evident both in the presence of ci…
More than 30% of women in the United States have a hysterectomy by the age of 60. A high percentage of hysterectomies (55%-80%) are accompanied by bilateral oophorectomy. Cross-sectional studies have found an association between negative mo…
OBJECTIVE: Cross-sectional studies suggest an association between hysterectomy and negative affect. Using prospective data, we examined the associations of negative affect, attitudes toward aging and menopause, premenstrual symptoms, and va…