Ashley Winter, MD, remembers the first time she Googled the skin condition lichen sclerosus. Most of the websites listed the autoimmune condition as a rare disease. In the realm of genital health, ...

Genital herpes infections are very common. There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second. While treatments can help with symptoms, there's no ...

Still, some people experience recurrent outbreaks of painful genital blisters, which negatively affect sexual relations, quality of life, mental health, and self-esteem. A team of international ...

Genital psoriasis can cause red or purple lesions that may be itchy and painful. Treatments include topical corticosteroids ...

Genital warts are flesh-coloured bumps or cauliflower-shaped growths on your genitals or anus. This is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by certain types of the human papillomavirus ...

It can be alarming to notice a new, thick substance in your genital area. If it’s smegma, there are easy ways to prevent and treat it. Smegma is a combination of dead skin cells, oils from your glands ...

Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread in those with high rates of population growth. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen, who covers global health, has ...

Mandy Funk, 37, remembers when her body began to betray her. As a college junior, she began to have episodes in which her body would act as if it were aroused for no reason. Sometimes, she says, it ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in the West ...