Sexual Health

Just last year the journal of Human Reproduction reported that reproductive male health around the world is in sharp decline. The statement was made following a study in France that found sperm count in men fell by a third over a 20 year period. Today Harvard researchers believe one of the biggest contributing factors is ...click here to read more

Sex is an essential component of a healthy marriage; housework is another. Recently, a major study investigated how housework impacts the sex lives of married couples. The results were rather surprising. One would expect that men who helped out more with cooking and cleaning in the house would have more sex, as a reward for ...click here to read more

As we age our body changes a lot and scientists are only beginning to understand what causes these changes. It was only in the 1940’s that gerontology; the study of aging, became a specific branch of medicine. Today gerontologists believe hormones play an important role in the way we age and say we shouldn’t fret ...click here to read more

Maybe it isn’t something you think about often, but it is a major part of life, as well as mental health and stress relief as people enter their golden years. That’s right, we are talking about sexual activity and people are taking part in it in nursing homes. But what benefit does it have, and ...click here to read more

The process of aging has been strongly associated with changes in various parts of the body, including weight gain, wrinkles, joint pain, and loss of stamina. In terms of the reproductive system, aging is also linked to a decrease in the production of sex-specific hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone in women. The male population ...click here to read more

An interesting new study is showing that yogurt could possibly add “libido enhancer” to its long list of benefits. Cancer biologist’s Susan Erdman and Geneticist Eric Alm conducted the study with an initial aim of seeing if yogurt was considered key in promoting effective weight loss as people age. The results were shocking as the ...click here to read more

People joke about men having a mid-life crisis and going through menopause like women do, but it is no joke; male menopause is real. Doctors usually refer to it as androgen or testosterone decline. Male menopause occurs when the hormone testosterone declines with aging. It can also happen in conjunction with certain diseases like diabetes. ...click here to read more

Sexual Health symptoms can be disturbing. Some are more serious than others so doctors are doing what they can to educate the public about what to watch for. On the surface some problems may not seem all that serious; however, as doctors and scientists have discovered, a lot of these symptoms are due to underlying ...click here to read more

Studies are showing women should be saying “yes” a lot more often than they are! A new study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine shows that a whopping 90 percent of women with migraines and tension headaches also have sexual problems, and 29 percent of these women are stressed about their sex lives. So the ...click here to read more

People with heart conditions are often fearful of physical exertion; worried that their activities could trigger a heart attack or death. Many patients go as far as to avoid sexual activity. Now a health report says sex is safe. According to a statement released by the American Heart Association, if a patient is able to ...click here to read more