Veterans Administration Takes Sex Seriously
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:18)
Returning soldiers and sex finally getting taken seriously
In Regina Lynn's SexRev 2.0 blog, it's noted that the issues our soldiers returning from the Iraq war have around sex and intimacy are finally being addressed by the VA. She asks, "what are the VA hospitals and other services doing to help wounded veterans with intimacy, sex, love, relationships? And — my particular viewpoint — how can we take advantage of current (and future) technology to help?"Read story...
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Book: Mating in Captivity
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:17)
Esther Perel – Mating in Captivity
Cory Silverberg of About.com brings us information about Esther Perel's new book, Mating in Captivity, telling us that her investigation of desire in long-term relationships has resulted in "a highly engaging and thoroughly practical book that should be in the hands of every couple interested in nurturing both the intimate and sexual aspects of their long term relationships."Read story...
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Using Cybersex to Expand Sexuality
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:17)
Cybersex: Expanding Sex, Love, and Consciousness through Technology with Regina Lynn
Personal Life Media Episode 40 explores "how many people are using all sorts of technology — cell phones, web cams, and the Internet for fun, spice, and even healing" in this fun podcast with Dr. Patti talk to Regina Lynn, sex-ed columnist for Wired.com. Listen to learn such things as "what would online sex sound like, or look like?" and "can you be orgasmic with an online partner?". The full transcript is also available online.Read story...
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Lube as a Science Project
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:16)
A Lube Experiment
Sex blogger Garnet Joyce of Ask Garnet recently learned from a "reasonably good resource" for sex education "that silicone lube is highly flammable" and went on to test that out with a bit of "lube science". The result was interesting and there's a video, too.
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Treat ED With Gene Therapy
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 20:54) Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:12
Gene Therapy May Treat Erectile Dysfunction
Steven Reinberg of HealthDay tells us that "gene therapy may be a way to treat erectile dysfunction in men who do not respond to pills such as Viagra, researchers report." Two studies using Maxi-K gene therapy showed that the therapy "has the potential for long-term improvement for erectile function," according to the lead researcher Dr. Arnold Melman, a professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.
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Treatment for Men With Low Testosterone
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 20:53) Tuesday, 27 May 2008 06:25
Men With Low Testosterone Not Receiving Treatment
Robert Preidt of HealthDay tells us via AOL news that "many men with low testosterone levels don't receive treatment, even though they have access to care, according to a U.S. study."
The study, funded by GlaxoSmithKline, and published in the May 26 issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, goes on to say that "under our assumptions, a large majority (87.8 percent) of 97 men ... with androgen deficiency were not receiving treatment despite adequate access to care. The reasons for this are unknown but could be due to unrecognized androgen deficiency or unwillingness to prescribe testosterone therapy."
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Orgasm Quiz
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:16)
Test your knowledge of orgasm
About.com has an orgasm quiz to use to test your knowledge of the mysterious orgasm. They say "we've spent at least the past couple of centuries trying to systematically understand orgasm" and then ask you to "test your orgasm knowledge, and learn more about this sometimes elusive but always engaging part of sexual experience in the process."
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Viagra Turns 10
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:06) Monday, 26 May 2008 17:50
Facts on the Viagra Set
The dinah project tells us that "it may be difficult to remember a time before the little blue pills, with all their jokes and effects they've had on modern sex as we know it. In fact, they have only been around for a decade.
"Viagra (sildenafil) is not the only medical “impotence drug” on the market, but it was the first and as such made a colossal impact on our sex-obsessed society and has achieved legendary status."
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Defining Normal Sex
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:05) Monday, 26 May 2008 17:11
What's ‘normal’ sex? Shrinks seek definition
Brian Alexander, writing for MSNBC, tells us that this month the American Psychiatric Association announced the names of "working group" members who will guide the development of the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, the codex of American psychiatry. One working group, the Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders working group, will wrestle with such controversial "questions as: Are sadomasochism or pedophilia mental disorders? Are dysfunctions like female hypoactive sexual desire disorder (low sex drive) psychiatric issues, or hormonal issues?"
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Antidepressants and Sexual Side Effects
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:15) Monday, 26 May 2008 15:51
Antidotes to Antidepressant Sexual Side Effects
Louanne Cole Weston, PhD, shares information on ways to reverse the negative sexual side effects of SSRI type antidepressants. She says that a presentation by Anita Clayton, MD of Charlottesville, VA at ISSWSH conference detailed research "that will prove very interesting to me and to many of the clients in my therapy practice."
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Hot off the presses! (almost): Middle-aged sex maniac in new book by Suzanne Portnoy
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:14) Sunday, 17 February 2008 10:59
Lesley White of The Sunday Times writes that "Suzanne Portnoy is a well-off, middle-aged mother. She’s also a brazen sexual adventurer with a steamy bestseller under her suspender belt." She goes on to give a steamy must-read review and finishes off the article with some interesting facts and figures on female sexuality.
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Boehringer Ingelheim's Flibanserin a Little Blue Pill for Women?
Last Updated (Sunday, 22 June 2008 20:42) Saturday, 16 February 2008 21:52
According to a news article on the drugmaker's website, "the phenomenon was discovered when the company undertook mandatory tests on patients' libidos." Following up on these encouraging results, Boehringer Ingelheim has launched four new trials involving 5,000 women in 220 locations with the hope to apply for US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval within the next three years.
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