The Clinical Update series is intended to help busy clinicians stay up-to-date with recently published important and potentially practice-changing articles on topics pertinent to the care of women. In this update on sexual health, we review studies on the sexual health content of healthcare professional curricula, sexual health and intimacy after cancer in women of color, sexual function in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome, as well as the risks associated with the use of testosterone in women.
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