Understanding Menopause and Sexual Function from the Biological and Hormonal Perspective

Background Sexual health, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a “state of physical, emotional, mental and social wellbeing related to sexuality; not merely the absence of dysfunction or infirmity.”1 Sexuality, an expression of our sexual health, is an inherently human trait and a basic human right that applies to all individuals. Unfortunately, …

Pregnancy as a Window to Women’s Future Health: An Essay

It has long been recognized that optimal pregnancy outcomes, namely an uncomplicated full-term vaginal delivery for mother of a normal healthy child, are most likely to occur in the maternal age decade from late teens through late twenties. It is not by accident that this is also the decade at which humans are at their …