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KINDRA LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER COMPREHENSIVE VAGINAL HEALTH SYSTEM: THE DAILY V SYSTEM

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Kindra, the sex-positive vaginal health brand, announced the launch of the first-ever comprehensive vaginal health product system - the Daily V System. The 4-part daily regimen of Kindra products includes: Daily Vaginal Lotion, V Relief Serum, Soothe Bath Soak and the Core Supplement meant to support vulvar and vaginal skin for optimal vaginal health and sexual wellness.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Kindra , the sex-positive vaginal health brand, announced the launch of the first-ever comprehensive vaginal health product system - the Daily V System .
  • The 4-part daily regimen of Kindra products includes: Daily Vaginal Lotion , V Relief Serum , Soothe Bath Soak and the Core Supplement meant to support vulvar and vaginal skin for optimal vaginal health and sexual wellness.
  • This hormone-free system is designed to provide targeted relief and support for daily vulvar and vaginal health needs.
  • As part of its launch of the Daily V System, Kindra has partnered with pelvic floor physical therapist Dr. Sara Reardon, known online as The Vagina Whisperer, on a video about the importance of a daily vaginal health regimen for long-term vulvovaginal health and comfort.

March to the beat of your own drum: LELO unveils the new ultimate music vibrator SIRI™ 3

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This is often half by chance and half by design. Not with LELO. What LELO set out to do is to identify exactly what it is that makes a good pleasure object feel so personal, and came up with a result - the LELO SIRI™ 3, the sound activated clitoral massager that actually listens to YOU. No worries, it does not kiss and tell. Just listens.

Key Points: 
  • Much has been written about music and sexuality, but most oftenly through the sexualisation debate.
  • How music is used by people in their everyday sexual practices has not been so widely considered.
  • Music has been shown to affect the mood and performance, for example several studies have shown it to improve athletic performance by increasing motivation.
  • A survey done by LELO brings data from which it can be analyzed what people think of the music-sex correlation.

Urethral sounding: why some people find it pleasurable to insert objects into their urinary tube

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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In case you’re wondering, the human urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder to outside the body.

Key Points: 
  • In case you’re wondering, the human urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder to outside the body.
  • Some people find it sexually pleasurable to insert objects – known as sounds, which are typically small glass or metal rods – or even fluid into the urethra.
  • Many objects have been used for sounding, however, and that’s one of the reasons the practice is so hazardous.
  • The urethra is a narrow outflow tube, usually less than 9mm wide, so squeezing objects into it isn’t usually recommended.
  • Megalouretha can lead to retention of objects in the urethra or bladder from clinical examinations such as cervical screening.

Risky business

  • It takes several turns to pass through the pelvic floor muscles, prostate and then, if inserted far enough, the bladder.
  • Urethral damage exposes the underlying connective tissues which can cause blood in the urine, as well as erectile dysfunction and even bladder rupture.
  • Trauma and damage may lead to further narrowing of the urethra in later life which may require medical intervention.

Sounds painful

  • But sounding can be highly sexually gratifying for some people.
  • The arousal and subsequent stimulation of the erectile tissue of the penis and clitoris usually occurs through one of two mechanisms: psychogenic (images or thoughts) or reflexogenic (touching).
  • The reflexogenic pathway is served by nerves which also innervate the lining of the urethra – the dorsal nerve(s) of the penis or clitoris.


Adam Taylor does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Allegheny Health Network Launches New Program for the Treatment of Insomnia

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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PITTSBURGH, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced that it has launched a new, evidence-based treatment program to help patients with insomnia improve their sleep quality and quantity without the use of medication. Supported by grant funding from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) program at AHN is a blended effort between the AHN Primary Care Institute, AHN Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Institute and Highmark Health.

Key Points: 
  • PITTSBURGH, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced that it has launched a new, evidence-based treatment program to help patients with insomnia improve their sleep quality and quantity without the use of medication.
  • Supported by grant funding from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) program at AHN is a blended effort between the AHN Primary Care Institute, AHN Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Institute and Highmark Health.
  • Patients may access the AHN CBTI program via the AHN Primary Care Institute, AHN Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Institute or the AHN Medicine Institute.
  • "Adding CBTI as a whole-person approach to care at AHN is another important step to reinventing health with our Living Health strategy."

Jelqing: the latest in a long history of attempts to enlarge the male member

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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Posts advise that stretching a semi-erect penis could add up to an inch in length and girth by exploiting the body’s repair mechanisms.

Key Points: 
  • Posts advise that stretching a semi-erect penis could add up to an inch in length and girth by exploiting the body’s repair mechanisms.
  • Jelqing is just the latest in a long line of dubious penis enlargement techniques stretching (sorry) back millennia.
  • The ancient Greek method of lengthening the foreskin with a kynodesme (dog leash) seems positively mild compared with ancient Indian methods.
  • Penis pumps are also used for erectile dysfunction, but unlike some online claims, they don’t lengthen the penis.

Surgical interventions

  • Fillers are increasing in popularity, particularly hyaluronic acid (HA) injections.
  • HA is popular because it is doesn’t generate an immune response.
  • Surgery to cut the suspensory ligament anchoring the penis is the most widely accepted surgical elongation method.
  • A recent review concluded that evidence for supporting surgical procedures for penis enlargement is weak and the complications are under-reported.

Not needed, in most cases

  • A micropenis, usually diagnosed at birth, is where the penis is 2.5 standard deviations less than the average stretched penis length (2.3 to 2.5cm depending on ethnicity).
  • It is typically caused by a deficiency or imbalance of hormones such as testosterone or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), or genetics.
  • The female vagina is on average 2.5 to 3.8 inches deep, but lengthens during sexual arousal to accommodate a penis longer than this.
  • The female genitalia have multiple erogenous structures that can result in orgasm, so penile length isn’t the key characteristic.

A closer look at jelqing

  • The top two consist of numerous spaces that are surrounded by smooth muscle, which keeps most blood out of the spaces.
  • During an erection, the muscles relax allowing blood to flow in, filling these spaces, and enlarging penile volume.
  • While the theory sounds good, smooth muscle cells in the penis don’t respond in the same way skeletal muscle does.
  • If jelqing, or any other trend, was really that effective, we would have seen evidence of it in medical journals, and the sale of extra-large underwear would be making the headlines.


Adam Taylor does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Anger, sadness, boredom, anxiety – emotions that feel bad can be useful

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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These types of emotions are unpleasant to experience and can even feel overwhelming.

Key Points: 
  • These types of emotions are unpleasant to experience and can even feel overwhelming.
  • In fact, in psychology experiments, people will pay money to not feel many negative emotions.
  • But recent research is revealing that emotions can be useful, and even negative emotions can bring benefits.

Sadness can help you recover from a failure

  • Once evoked, sadness is associated with what psychologists call a deactivation state of doing little, without much behavior or physical arousal.
  • The benefit of the stopping and thinking that comes with sadness is that it helps people recover from failure.
  • Sadness can function differently when there’s the possibility that the failure could be avoided if other people help.
  • Expressing sadness, through tears or verbally, has the benefit of potentially recruiting other people to help you achieve your goals.

Anger prepares you to overcome an obstacle

  • The obstacle could be an injustice committed by another person, or it could be a computer that repeatedly crashes while you’re trying to get work done.
  • Once evoked, anger is associated with a “readiness for action,” and your thinking focuses on the obstacle.
  • Expressing anger, facially or verbally, has the benefit of prompting other people to clear the way.

Anxiety helps you prepare for danger

  • Once evoked, anxiety is associated with being prepared to respond to danger, including increased physical arousal and attention to threats and risk.
  • The eye-widening that often comes with fear and anxiety even gives people a wider field of vision and improves threat detection.
  • Anxiety prepares the body for action, which improves performance on a number of tasks that involve motivation and attention.

Boredom can jolt you out of a rut

  • Boredom appears to occur when someone’s current situation is not causing any other emotional response.
  • Psychology researchers think that the benefit of boredom in situations where people are not responding emotionally is that it prompts making a change.
  • Boredom has been related to more risk seeking, a desire for novelty, and creative thinking.

Using the toolkit of emotion

  • But research is finding that a satisfying and productive life includes a mix of positive and negative emotions.
  • Negative emotions, even though they feel bad to experience, can motivate and prepare people for failure, challenges, threats and exploration.


Heather Lench does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Daré Bioscience Announces Positive End-of-Phase 2 Meeting with FDA on Development of Sildenafil Cream, 3.6% in Female Sexual Arousal Disorder and Provides Company Focus Areas for 2024

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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The Company also provided an update on focus areas for 2024.

Key Points: 
  • The Company also provided an update on focus areas for 2024.
  • The Company and the FDA aligned on key elements of the Phase 3 program to support a New Drug Application (NDA) filing, including confirming that:
    FSAD is acceptable as an indication.
  • 12-weeks of blinded treatment to assess efficacy may be acceptable, provided that the trials are adequately powered for efficacy assessment.
  • In addition to the significant progress with Sildenafil Cream, Daré continues to build on numerous milestones and achievements from 2023.

Remimazolam as an Alternative to Propofol in Oral Surgeries

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Monday, January 29, 2024
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LAWRENCE, Kan., Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Anesthesia Progress – Propofol has been a widely used intravenous sedative for oral and maxillofacial surgeries because of advantages like less postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), no air pollution issues, a fast, clean emergence profile, and less emergence delirium. However, propofol has some significant downsides, including cardiovascular depression, injection pain, high fat content, and not being water-soluble. Recently, remimazolam has been suggested as an alternative to propofol in dental procedures because it does not contain similar fat, does not cause injection pain, and does not have cardiovascular depression potential. But is remimazolam as safe and effective as propofol?

Key Points: 
  • Recently, remimazolam has been suggested as an alternative to propofol in dental procedures because it does not contain similar fat, does not cause injection pain, and does not have cardiovascular depression potential.
  • The results of this study show that remimazolam could be considered a suitable alternative to propofol.
  • They go on to note that "remimazolam appears to be a safe alternative to propofol for providing intubated general anesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures."
  • Full text of the article, "Comparison of Remimazolam and Propofol for Intubated General Anesthesia for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery," Anesthesia Progress, Vol.

Foria Introduces New Intimacy Massage Oil With Organic Botanicals

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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, Foria, the all-natural and botanical-based brand that has propelled innovation in the sexual wellness industry for almost a decade, announces the launch of Intimacy Massage Oil with Organic Botanicals. Joining the brand's beloved Intimacy Collection, the hydrating formula enhances the sensation of touch, elevating massage both in and out of the bedroom. The product launches today for early access via Foria's new app and for brand VIPs online, with full access going live on January 15 – just in time for sparking romantic connection this Valentine's Day.

Key Points: 
  • BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, Foria , the all-natural and botanical-based brand that has propelled innovation in the sexual wellness industry for almost a decade, announces the launch of Intimacy Massage Oil with Organic Botanicals .
  • Joining the brand's beloved Intimacy Collection, the hydrating formula enhances the sensation of touch, elevating massage both in and out of the bedroom.
  • Foria, the all-natural and botanical-based brand that has propelled innovation in the sexual wellness industry for almost a decade, announces the launch of Intimacy Massage Oil with Organic Botanicals – just in time for sparking romantic connection this Valentine's Day.
  • With a product lineup featuring organic botanicals, Foria continues their mission to make comfort and pleasure accessible to all.

Four tips for a healthy news diet in 2024, from an expert in media psychology

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
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The start of the new year brings inevitable pressure to start fresh, with new hobbies, exercise regimes and healthy diets.

Key Points: 
  • The start of the new year brings inevitable pressure to start fresh, with new hobbies, exercise regimes and healthy diets.
  • But there is one diet you may not have thought of improving this year: your media and news consumption.
  • We have more access to information than ever, but not all of it is good quality.
  • Here are a few tips to help you build a more varied and high-quality media diet.

1. Be curious about other viewpoints

  • This can mean that inaccurate information is included, so long as it fits the narrative of what the user wants to click on.
  • If something you come across online fits neatly in your pre-existing narrative, it may be the result of a process of self-selection, combined with algorithmic personalisation.
  • This may also help “trick” an algorithm into feeding you more sources you wouldn’t otherwise come across.

2. Keep an eye out for attention-seeking

  • Remember that what you read online might not be a reflection of what people think, but what they think will attract more attention (and upset more people).
  • A 2022 study found, that in an attempt to gain a greater following, people expressed amplified versions of their actual opinions.

3. Recognise and share balanced sources

  • The authors of the 2022 study found that social media platforms could reduce polarisation by flooding the “information environment” (users’ social media feeds) with balanced sources.
  • Of course, most users cannot produce balanced news, nor can we predict what the algorithm will propose.
  • However, we can recognise bias in the news and actively try to counteract it by sharing other, reliable sources.

4. Beware of strong emotions

  • Publishers and social media companies do their utmost to try and elicit strong emotions in users, particularly emotions that make them feel positive or negative arousal (awe v anger).
  • This is because news that elicits these emotions is more likely to go viral.
  • You may find that the emotions you feel drive you to take action for a cause you care about.


Sharon Coen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.