Tackling HIV stigma
In advance of The Hippocratic Post's debate #TheEndofHIV sponsored by Gilead and hosted by ApothecariesLDN on 8th May, watch this short animation from…
Sexual Health
‘Solitary Pleasures’ – Sigmund Freud on Masturbation at The Freud Museum, London
“We are all agreed on one thing – that the subject of masturbation is quite inexhaustible.” (Sigmund Freud, 1912, Vienna Psychoanalytic…
Gender reconstructive surgery – winning the waiting game
When it comes to gender reconstructive surgery, if you could sum-up the patient experience in one word, chances are you’d…
The wonder of female genitalia
It wasn't that long ago that any mention of the vagina was considered taboo. Today, there have been plays extolling…
How to boost desire
Around half of all women and one in five men suffer from low libido at some point in their lives. Here…
Detecting ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer among women in the UK, but because diagnosis is often made when…
Can acupuncture assist IVF?
WHEN it comes to fertility treatment - specifically IVF - there are fine margins between successful and unsuccessful outcomes -…
New menopause drug beats hot flushes
A new class of experimental drugs reduces hot flushes in menopausal women by almost three-quarters in just three days. The treatment,…
Breastfeeding ‘failure’ fuels depression
Women need considerable practical and emotional support in the early days of breastfeeding to make it successful. Those who do…
The Unmentionables: Intimate health products in conflict zones
As an academic, I am interested in the political and health nexus of conflict, and three years ago, I was…