Nurses can for the first time become members of the Institute of Psychosexual Medicine, after the organisation voted to accept health professionals other than doctors.
Since 2015, nurses and allied health professionals have been allowed to sit the IPM’s first-level diploma exam but they were not eligible to become members.
“This is a milestone in the history of the IPM and one we are rightly proud of”
Sheila Radhakrishnan
The IPM’s membership has now voted to change the organisation’s constitution to allow nurses and allied health professionals to sit the next-level membership exam.
The institute is a registered charity that was founded in 1974 to provide training in psychosexual medicine for qualified medical practitioners.
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Blue balls is the slang term for a condition medically known as epididymal hypertension. It refers to the aching or mild discomfort felt in the testicles by men or people with penises after having an erection or being sexually aroused, but without reaching orgasm. Blue balls can also refer to sexual frustration and is not usually serious. But when should you be concerned about testicular discomfort?
Dr Roger Henderson looks at blue balls symptoms, causes, possible treatments and when to see a doctor:
What is blue balls?
Epididymal hypertension occurs much more commonly in teenage boys than adult men, where there is prolonged sexual arousal without orgasm.
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Pornography effects: Watching porn left me scarred from a young age
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Watching porn as a youngster left Nicki Briant with a warped expectation of sex and a tarnished body image.
The 25-year-old said it left her scarred and it took years for her to be able to address her issues around sex.
Charity Plan UK and the Institute of Psychosexual Medicine have called for the dangers of porn to be taught in schools.
The Welsh Government said it was considering how guidance on porn might be included in its new curriculum.
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