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| The AARP on Midlife Sex |
December 19, 2012
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), the venerable group that’s always looking out for our best interests, has completed three major surveys of the sexual behavior of midlife (and older) adults.
This third such survey was rread more »
| Let’s Give Sex Role Scripts the Boot |
December 10, 2012
Our culture sends lots of messages about sex, through TV shows and movies, articles, girlfriend talk, and “wisdom” from our mothers (some of it really was wise!). Some of these messages become self-perpetuating, whether or not they haread more »
| The Big “O”: For Him |
December 03, 2012
We talk a lot here at MiddlesexMD about the female side of sex, how to keep your libido alive and your sexual experience comfortable and pleasurable.
But we often tread more »
| A Hot Time Tonight |
November 26, 2012
Libido is a fragile flame at this stage of life. We can snuff it out, or we can coax that flicker into a cozy fire. And like other parts of our life, with some nurturing, some honesty, and some practice, sex can become one of the delights of our maturead more »
| A Libido Boost over the Counter? |
November 19, 2012
According to a recent New York Times article, women now have available a plethora of products meant to boost “feminine arousal.” And they’re appearing not behind the pharmacist’s counter, but in over-the-counter products in majorread more »
| Making the Most of Time |
November 06, 2012
We traded an hour of evening sunlight for a whole season for an extra hour of sleep on Sunday. How shall we take advantage of this seasonal cycle? Maybe we can savor these twilit evenings with awareness and gratitude.read more »
| Loving Your Beautiful, Aging Body | Most Liked |
October 29, 2012
Recently, I took a photo of my college-age daughter. I saw a beautiful young woman in a candid moment—smiling, long hair blowing in the breeze, everything youth should be.
Her reaction?
“Look how dumpy I am. Look at my belly. My read more »
| An Update on Testosterone Therapy | Hot Conversation |
October 22, 2012
Recently, Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg, chief of behavioral medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, professor in Reproductive Biology and Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University, and a read more »
| Herbs to Manage Menopause? | Hot Conversation |
October 16, 2012
Here's the lowdown on the top botanicals discussed for relieving menopausal symptoms. Just be aware that data on efficacy is often missing or mixed, and that "botanical" does not automatically mean "healthful." And there's no substitute for good healread more »
| Fifty Shades of Grey: What’s All the Fuss? | Most Liked |
October 08, 2012
I think 50 Shades gives women a sexual voice in a similar way that Sex in the City did. The main character is a woman and the books take readers beyond “vanilla sex” by breaking some boundaries and adding some danger, all within a romantic love sread more »
9 years of it. Awful...I have been on all of them...almost and sometimes twice; weather you are paying or not; makes no difference.
What I discovered is that the only thing that worked for me was to ride it out. No one can know what will work for an individual woman. Hormone replacement therapy is a killer. There's no point in consulting one's doctor, because they don't kno
Hm. Never thought of gasto. I have had liver surgrey and bowel duct reconstruction 1998 and pancreas surgrey then as well. I eat so good hard to believe its food related. But great point. Thank you so so much.