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Testosterone Patch Drives Women’s Sexual Desire
November 7, 2008 – 5:21 am | 6 Comments

Making news lately is a study indicating a large percentage of postmenopausal women experience a drop in sexual desire, a situation all but a few regard as no reason for complaint.  The complaining few, however, …

Married Women Today More Inclined to Kiss and Tell?
November 3, 2008 – 6:16 am | No Comment

In times past, when a spouse strayed, the dirty rotten scoundrel was most often the man.  This is still the case but a recent study says that in 2006, more women than ever have admitted …

Sex Triggers Stroke for Woman, 35
October 9, 2008 – 4:36 am | 3 Comments

Doctors attribute several factors to the stroke suffered by an unidentified 35-year-old woman who began feeling weakness in her left arm just minutes after engaging in sexual intercourse. The very act of sex itself …

Horny Goat Weed Vies With Viagra
October 6, 2008 – 9:37 pm | 4 Comments

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is said to affect 18 million men in the United States alone.  The popular drug, Viagra (sildenafil), improves performance but does so with potential side effects that may dampen the mood.  In …

A Woman’s Walk Reveals Her Sex Life
September 12, 2008 – 2:26 pm | 5 Comments

A new study reveals women who have orgasms walk differently from women who don’t – and you won’t believe what gives it all away!

High Risk of HIV Linked to Common Vaginal Infection
August 5, 2008 – 4:01 am | One Comment

Women with bacterial vaginosis are at 60% higher risk of contracting the human immunosuppressant virus (HIV) than women without the infection, according to the findings of a study just released from the University of North …

New Gel Livens Up Female Libido
July 25, 2008 – 4:10 am | 3 Comments

A woman’s waning desire for sexual interaction is often attributed to the aging process but not every woman loses interest in the opposite sex once past menopause.  Many postmenopausal women remain sexually active and happy …

Will Depressed Women Take Viagra?
July 24, 2008 – 3:14 am | 5 Comments

Ask a depressed woman if she’d take Viagra to invigorate a faded libido caused by the antidepressants she’s taking to keep the blues away and she’s likely to say the proposition sounds like a pretty …

Sex After 70 More Satisfying Than Ever
July 10, 2008 – 6:16 am | 8 Comments

So much emphasis is placed on problems of sexuality as we age that there has been little attention paid to the attitudes and opinions of the aging population enjoying a satisfying sex life. Swedish …

So, How Safe Is Sex in the (New York) City?
June 25, 2008 – 4:50 pm | One Comment

That’s what city officials wanted to know.  To find out, the city’s Bureau of Epidemiology Services conducted a telephone survey delving into the private lives of 10,000 New Yorkers for the year 2006.  On Tuesday, …