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Women's Health

Can You Get an STI After Menopause? Why Protection Still Matters
Bysandy October 11, 2026October 12, 2026

Can you get an STI after menopause? Yes — absolutely. Menopause ends your periods and your fertility, but it does not end your susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections. In fact, the link between stis and menopause is not only real — infections are rising faster in adults over 50 than in almost any other age…

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Sexual Health

Painful Intercourse After Menopause: Causes and Treatments
Bysandy October 6, 2026October 12, 2026

Painful intercourse after menopause is one of the most common, and most underreported, sexual health concerns among women in midlife. Clinicians call it dyspareunia, and surveys of postmenopausal women not on hormone therapy report it in as many as 20 to 30 percent of them, according to the Mayo Clinic. If sex has started to…

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