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Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

The goal of this study was to assess the use of a phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor for relief of symptoms from chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Daily use of ...

Many women don’t think about their pelvic floor until something starts to feel off — maybe a bit of leakage when laughing or exercising, or a strange heaviness down below. But these muscles quietly do ...

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