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Endoscopy
December 2025
Gastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Sex Med
December 2024
Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, China.
Background: While premature ejaculation (PE) can be divided into lifelong PE (LPE), acquired PE, natural variable PE (NPE), and subjective PE (SPE), there is no objective method to classify PE.
Aim: To determine the value of serum serotonin (5-HT), leptin, and norepinephrine (NE) levels in the classification of PE.
Methods: From July 2023 to July 2024, we recruited 150 participants and divided them into 4 groups: LPE (43 cases), NPE (32 cases), SPE (35 cases), and non-PE (40 cases) groups.
J Infect Dis
January 2025
Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry, LSU Health New Orleans, USA.
Background: Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), caused primarily by Candida albicans, is currently treated with either prescription or over-the-counter antifungal drugs, often with variable efficacy and relapses. New and improved therapeutic strategies, including drug-free treatment alternatives, are needed. Upon overgrowth or environmental triggers, C.
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January 2025
Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-Daero, Jinju-Si, Gyeongnam-Do 52828 Republic of Korea.
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a microbial dysbiosis that shifts the paradigms of vaginal flora from lactobacilli to opportunistic pathogens. Globally, BV is treated with antibiotic therapy and recurrence rates are > 70% occurring within 6 months due to antibiotic resistance against pathogenic bacteria. An incorporation of orally or intravaginally for the recolonization of healthy microbes in vagina is the suggested course of treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMenopause
January 2025
Cosette Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Bridgewater, NJ.
Objective: The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of urinary tract infections (UTI) in women newly diagnosed with vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA) versus women without VVA and to evaluate the potential of vaginal prasterone to be used in postmenopausal VVA women with UTI as prophylaxis to reduce the future UTI risk. As a first subgroup analysis, women using aromatase inhibitors, medications that stop the production of estrogen were analyzed. As a second subgroup analysis, we looked at women with diabetes to investigate whether the same prophylaxis approach should be considered.
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