Stanford University Medical Center

Sex is in the Brain, Says New Research from Stanford

Published in Hospital Business Week, March 22nd, 2009

More than 40 percent of women ages 18-59 experience sexual dysfunction, with lack of sexual interest—hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or HSDD—being the most commonly reported complaint, according to medical researchers. While some question the validity of this diagnosis, a multidisciplinary team from the Stanford University School of Medicine is devoted to objective investigation of such problems.

Here is a quick briefing on new research on this problem from Bruce Arnow, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Leah Millheiser, MD, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the Female Sexual Medicine Program at Stanford...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2009-03-22)

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