Birth control effectiveness is calculated in a manner that’s not intuitive If a contraceptive method is 90 percent effective, some people believe they it fails 10 percent of the time, that they’re fated to get…

You may not be as healthy as you used to be or as you’d like to be. You may have a chronic condition—arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, etc. You may have disabilities. But when it comes…

This is the weird, improbable story of vaginal orgasms. More than a century ago, a famous physician postulated their existence. Sixty years later, the first scientific sex researchers declared them nonsense. Finally, over the past…

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard sex educators say that a happy sexual relationship is all about “communication,” I’d be rich. Yes, of course, good communication is essential. But as tongues…

Many women complain that their vaginas are “too tight” or “too loose,” and many men raise the issue about lovers. Notions of a tight or loose vagina are fraught with mythology. Here’s the plain truth. First,…

Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In alleged “sex addiction,” the real issues are usually guilt and shame about being sexual. Sex comes in three varieties: procreative, relationship-affirming, and recreational. Humans have always…

A key reason older women pursue relationships with younger men— better sex. Relationships involving older women (cougars) and significantly younger men (cubs) went mainstream in 2009 with the premiere of the TV show “Cougar Town.”…

Mounting evidence shows that this Tribulus Terrestris treats sex problems in both men and women. Mention aphrodisiac plants and few people cite Tribulus terrestris, commonly called puncture vine. But that’s changing as evidence accumulates that…

Disabilities never preclude great sex. With the will, there’s always a way. In the 1978 Academy-award-winning film Coming Home, a paraplegic Vietnam veteran (John Voight) is a bitter, depressed wreck—until a chance reunion with an…