In 1948, urologist Arnold Kegel, M.D., (Kay-gell) was treating women with stress incontinence, urine leakage triggered by coughing, sneezing, or laughing. He reasoned that his patients had weak urinary sphincter muscles, which could not stay…
About one-quarter of women are usually orgasmic during intercourse. Half of women have orgasms during intercourse half the time. About 20 percent rarely or ever have orgasms during intercourse. And about 5 percent never have…
Brief fantasies hours before lovemaking can help ignite later sexual heat. Even among lovers with major libidos, arousal can be a challenge. Many people want hot sex, but have trouble heating up. Fortunately, sex therapists…
The popularity of unconventional sex raises questions about what’s “deviant.” Here’s a headline that’s impossible to resist: “Huge New Survey Documents How and How Often Americans Have Sex.” Who wouldn’t read that? There’s a bit…
The best, most cost-effective treatment for the large majority of PE sufferers is the sex therapy program developed during the 1960s by pioneering sex researchers William Masters, M.D., and Virginia Johnson, and refined since then…
For erection problems, low-intensity shock-wave therapy looks promising. In some people with kidney stones, low-intensity shockwave therapy (LIST) breaks them up. And in some with heart disease and fractures, LIST coaxes the body to produce…
Viagra is not the only way men can firm up fading erections Mention erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment and most people say Viagra. And no wonder. Since its 1998 approval, Viagra has become one of the…
The New York Times magazine published the results of a survey that asked married couplesof all ages: “As long as you’re sexually faithful to your spouse, do you think it’s okay to fantasize about having…
Serious (“major”) depression is the most common mental illness. In severe cases, it leads to suicide, which takes 32,000 American lives a year. Among many other symptoms, depression typically destroys interest in sex. Antidepressants save…
Many women suffer sexual pain. It can occur at any age, but beyond pain associated with early sexual experiences, sex-related genital pain often occurs after age 40. The landmark 1999 survey, Sex in America, estimated…
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