"MEDICAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN SEXUALTIY" FROM QUADRANT HEALIHCOM.Quadrant HealthCom Inc. (Catham, NJ) has begun the publication of Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality This article is about human sexual perceptions. For information about sexual activities and practices, see Human sexual behavior. Generally speaking, human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings. with a January/February issue. The new journal will be published ten times a year. It has a controlled circulation of 110,000 clinicians who treat various aspects of the conditions that affect human sexuality, including primary care physicians, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners nurse practitioner n. Abbr. NP A registered nurse with special training for providing primary health care, including many tasks customarily performed by a physician. , endocrinologists and physician assistants. Quadrant said the new title is "dedicated to sexual medicine in primary care" and will provide continuing medical education continuing medical education See CME. and information on clinical aspects of sexual problems affecting patients. Editorial includes coverage of such topics as adolescent sexuality, depression, diabetes, hormonal changes, obesity, sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely , sleep disorders Sleep Disorders Definition Sleep disorders are a group of syndromes characterized by disturbance in the patient's amount of sleep, quality or timing of sleep, or in behaviors or physiological conditions associated with sleep. , hypertension and arthritis. The journal was preceded by the launch of medicalsexuality.org, a Web site that offers clinical quizzes based on clinical images and consultations with sexual medicine experts, as well as commentary, discussion groups and questions and answers. Editor Dalia-Buffery said the journal and Web site fill "a gap in the education of primary physicians. Both physicians and patients are increasingly -becoming aware of the need for addressing sexual issues in the office setting. This new journal is our attempt to fill that void." Quadrant aslo publishes such titles as The American Journal of Anesthesiology anesthesiology (ăn'ĭsthē'zēŏl`əjē), branch of medicine concerned primarily with procedures for rendering patients insensitive to pain, and for supporting life systems under the strains of anesthesia and surgery. , Emergency Medicine, Federal Practitioner, The Female Patient and Managed Healthcare News. |
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