Scientific Updates (ordered by sector)

Abstracts

• Androgènes et régulation de la réponse sexuelle féminine
• Female sexual dysfunction: clinical approach
• Medical and sexual comorbidities in urogynaecology in the lifespan: clinical approach
• Prevalence of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in surgically menopausal (SM) women in Western Europe: results from the Women's International Study of Health and Sexuality (WISHES) Study
• Testosterone substitution in women
• The pelvic floor: sexual and medical co-morbidities

Chapters of Scientific Books

• Anatomy and physiology of women's sexual function
• Classification, etiology, and key issues in female sexual disorders
• Female sexual disorders: future trends and conclusions
• Female sexual dysfunction: Assessment
• Female sexual dysfunction: Treatment
• Female sexual dysfunctions: future of medical therapy
• Hormonal therapy after menopause
• HPV infection in women: psychosexual impact of genital warts and intraepithelial lesions
• Iatrogenic and post-traumatic female sexual disorders
• Introduction to female sexual disorders
• Mast cells and their role in sexual pain disorders
• Medical treatments for sexual problems in women
• Orgasmic disorders in women
• Psychogenic causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain and impact of CPP on psychological status
• Recurrent cystitis after intercourse: why the gynaecologist has a say
• Sexual arousal disorders in women
• Sexual aversion disorders in women
• Sexual desire disorders in women
• Sexual pain disorders
• Sexual pain disorders: dyspareunia and vaginismus

Commentaries for Physicians

• Out of the shadow: how premature ejaculation can affect the woman and the couple

Congress Proceedings & Non Refereed Publications

• Pathogenic biofilms as triggers of recurrent vaginitis and cystitis
• Role of mastcells in chronic inflammation, depression and pain

Congress Proceedings and Non Refereed Publications

• Angeliq© - A new HRT
• Hormone Replacement Therapy and sexuality
• HPV infection in women: clinical consequences, psychosexual impact and the chances of prevention
• Hyperactive sexual desire in women: myth or reality?
• Mast cells in chronic inflammation, pain and depression
• Premature menopause and sexual outcomes
• Premature menopause: the challenge of accelerated sexual aging
• Sexual desire disorders: Clinical approach
• Sexual pain disorders in adolescents
• Testosterone substitution therapy and women's sexual health
• The mastcell, director of chronic pelvic pain orchestra: implications for the the gynaecologist
• Vaginal pH and Sexuality
• Women’s right to a better sexual life

Refereed Publications

• "The shorter, the better": a review of the evidence for a shorter contraception hormone-free interval - New document
• A Review of Transdermal Hormonal Contraception: Focus on the Ethinylestradiol/ Norelgestromin Contraceptive Patch
• Aetiology, diagnostic algorithms and prognosis of female sexual dysfunction
• Are subjects with erectile dysfunction aware of their condition? Results from a retrospective study based an Italian free-call information service
• Are the Endocrine Society’s Clinical Practice Guidelines on androgen therapy in women misguided? A Commentary
• Arthralgias, bodily aches and pains and somatic complaints in midlife women: etiology, pathophysiology and differential diagnosis
• Biological and Psychosocial Pathophysiology of Female Sexual Dysfunction During the Menopausal Transition
• Botulinum toxin treatment of pelvic floor disorders and genital pain in women
• Breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women using testosterone in combination with hormone replacement therapy
• Can Lactobacillus fermentum LF10 and Lactobacillus acidophilus LA02 in a slow-release vaginal product be useful for prevention of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis? A clinical study
• Central nervous system abnormalities in vaginismus
• Climacteric medicine: European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) 2004/2005 position statements on peri- and postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy
• Clinically relevant changes in sexual desire, satisfying sexual activity and personal distress as measured by the profile of female sexual function, sexual activity log, and personal distress scale in postmenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder
• Coexisting idiopathic cervical dystonia and primary vaginismus: a case report
• Correlates of sexual functioning in Italian menopausal women
• Depressione e climaterio (Depression and menopause)
• Depression and the menopause: why antidepressants are not enough?
• Does participation in an epidemiological study improve appropriate prescription of screening mammography for asymptomatic women?
• Effect of premature menopause on sexuality
• Effective erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment enables men to enjoy better sex: the importance of erection hardness, psychological well-being, and partner satisfaction
• Epidemiology of female sexual dysfunction
• HPV infection in women: psychosexual impact of genital warts and intraepithelial lesions
• Hypoactive sexual desire disorder in menopausal women: a survey of western european women
• Improvement in sexual quality of life of the female partner following vardenafil treatment of men with erectile dysfunction: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
• Menopausa e fisiopatologia della funzione sessuale nella donna (Menopause and pathophysiology of sexual function in women)
• Menopause and sexuality: key issues in premature menopause and beyond
• Opioids: how to improve compliance and adherence
• Partner satisfaction and successful treatment outcomes for men with erectile dysfunction (ED)
• Patient scenario: a 53-year-old woman with hypoactive sexual desire disorder
• Prevalence and evaluation of sexual health problems – HSDD in Europe
• Psychological, social, and behavioural benefits for men following effective erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment: men who enjoy better sex experience improved psychological well-being
• Relationship between hypoactive sexual desire disorder and aging
• Safety, efficacy and patient acceptability of the combined estrogen and progestin transdermal contraceptive patch: a review
• Sexual arousal: similarities and differences between men and women
• Sexual function and sexual distress in women with interstitial cystitis: a case control study
• Sexuality after breast cancer
• Similarities and differences between female and male sexual functions and dysfunctions
• Testosterone and libido in surgically and naturally menopausal women
• The ageing woman
• The European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists recommendations for the management of young women with breast cancer
• The prevalence of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in surgically menopausal women: an epidemiological study of women in four European Countries
• The recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: proposal of a personalized therapeutic protocol
• The role of erection hardness in determining erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment outcome
• The woman, patient after WHI
• Therapeutic options for postmenopausal female sexual dysfunction
• Vaginal biological and sexual health: the unmet needs - New document
• Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome: a Clinical Approach
• Vulvodynia: a state-of-the-art consensus on definitions, diagnosis and management
• What does premature ejaculation mean to the man, the woman and the couple?
• Why Deny Dyspareunia Its Sexual Meaning?