Sunday May 19th 2013

News Archive

3/18/2013 Philosopher Alain de Botton tells us ‘How to think more about sex’ … [read more}

2/19/2013 How Oxytocin can help build lasting love! [read more ...]

1/3/2013 Better erections, no drugs! Seriously. Top advice from Michael Castleman. [read more ...]

12/29/2012 Everything you need to know about kegel exercises, courtesy of Joan Price. [read more ...]

11/27/2012 Expert tips to improve your sex life … courtesy of Marlo Thomas (with a little help from Dr Pepper Schwartz) [read more ...]

11/3/2012 Is Tefin the “female Viagra”? Nasal spray to boost arousal, orgasm, now in clinical trials. [read more ...]

9/23/2012 Breast/nipple orgasms – a rarity or the best kept secret of female sexuality? [read more ...]

9/16/2012 Make love, not porn!  Cindy Gallop’s bold new online venture for “real” sex [read more ...]

5/17/2012 Libido-killing food!  Where food and sex collide instead of cohabit. [Read more ...]

5/15/2012 Why women go for ‘bad boys’ — ovulation? Or maybe not? [Read more ...]

4/2/2012 Are “coregasms” (orgasms from exercise) for real? These experts are sure of it. [Read more ... ]

3/27/2012  The Brain on Love. Wonderful piece by Diane Ackerman on the life-changing (literally) effects of love. [read more ...]

3/23/2012 “Gray divorces” a major new trend. Over-50’s opting out of marriages faster than any group, according to this new WSJ article [read more ...]

3/12/2012 We just learned that Naked atOur Age: Talking Out Loud about Senior Sexwon the outstanding self-help book award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), the nation’s professional organization of independent nonfiction writers.

2/2/2012 Advanced Sexual Techniques for World-Class Lovers – from our own Michael Castleman in Psychology Today [read more ... ]

1/16/2011  Ten Tips for Healing Your love. One of the better “lists” we’ve seen in a long time! [read more ...]

Scientists discover “wild orgy” gene?

Six (other!) great things sex can do for you.

From our own Michael Castleman: Semen as antidepressant? Yes, says new study.

The chemistry of kissing: Much more important than you might have guessed.

Female orgasm analyzed in brain scans. “I had an orgasm in an MRI machine!” [read more ...]

New Harvard study: Happiest people in the world are those in the midst of enjoying sex. (Duh!)

Libido problems “brain, not mind” according to new study.

Viagra + New Anti-Cancer Drug Shrinking Tumors in Prostate Cancer

Ticking Biological Clock Increases Women’s Libido?

Weekly Sex to Fend off Colds?

AARP Survey – Sexually liberated and loving it!


7/11/2011 Who would have guessed? New study says women want sex, men want to cuddle!  [read more]

6/30-2011 That biological clock thing — for men! [ read more ... ]

6-17-2011  Twenty reasons to have sex (if you really need that many!) [read more ... ]

5-28-2011 Testosterone and empathy: finger length test shows surprising validity [read more ...].

5-23-2011 Be a statistic! Kinsey Institute (yes, that one) looking for survey and study volunteers [Read more ...]

5-16-2011 Baby boomers: join the second sexual revolution! [Read more ...]

4-21-2011  Ten Charts About Sex, some silly, some sublime, all very clever.

4-14-2011 A new generation of ED drugs  on the way. Chewable Viagra, fizzing Levitra, generics coming, as the market passes $5 billion.

3-21-2011  5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors Tied to Adverse Male Sexual Health

2-14-2011  The Best Sex of 2010 – in literature, that is. From Salon.com

1-28-2011 New Book “Sex at Dawn” explores the link between sex and creativity, and why we are such a profoundly sexual species.

1-17-2011 Your choice – hair or sex? Baldness drug getting hit with reports of long term sexual dysfunction.

12-6-2010   Older men (70’s, 80’s, 90’s … ) enjoying thriving sex lives! But we knew that, didn’t we?

11-21-2010  40 things you should know about sex by age 40. Surprisingly insightful advice! Courtesy of AOLHealth.

The Selling of the Female Orgasm – from Newsweek

11-14-2010  Pleasurable behaviors reduce stress.  Whether it’s food — or sex! — pleasurable activity actually reduces stress by inhibiting anxiety responses in the brain. Full story here.

Major study:  Multivitamins are all but worthless!

10-28-2020  Love. It’s even better for you than you thought! A new study analyzes all the effects of falling in love on our cognitive faculties as well as our biochemistry. Full story here.

10-19-2020 Check out our own Dr. Block, being interviewed on “Getting Your Money’s Worth” with Judith West.  Watch it here.

10-4-2001 New study examines the secrets of female attractiveness.  Cross-cultural study shows remarkable similarities in perception of beauty, across ethnicities and cultures. More here.

Playboy “Playmates” Show Alarming Trend Toward Anime Bodies

9-17-2010  Enhance your libido with a placebo! Fascinating study shows that just the act of seeking treatment, even if the treatment was a fake, had positive results. More here.

Romantic Partner’s Role in Vulvovaginal Pain in Premenopausal Women

9-12-2010 Are the French Losing Their Libido? A new survey claims that the vaunted French lover may be a myth after all. On the other hand, the study was conducted by a pharmaceutical company.  More here.

8-23-2010  Another Way to Make Love?

Is orgasm over-rated? Or simply the wrong goal?  Marnia Robinson thinks there’s a better way.

8-13-2010 Use it or Lose it! Preserving Erectile Function After Prostate Surgery.

Radical prostatectomy leads to erectile dysfunction by damaging nerves that supposedly heal over time. But the absence of oxygen rich blood over a long period of time in a flaccid penis can lead to lasting dysfunction. Traditional advice of waiting for erectile function to come back on its own now looks like a bad idea. See the whole story here.


7-31-2010 The Case Against Monogamy

A new book asserts that “cultural shifts about 10,000 years ago rendered the true story of human sexuality so subversive and threatening that for centuries, it has been silenced by religious authorities, pathologized by physicians, studiously ignored by scientists and covered up by moralizing therapists.”  Full article here.

Therapists say — best sex is measured in minutes, not hours

Obvious Sex Findings of 2009

Erectile dysfunction and increased risk of cardiovascular disease

Sex Talks: Timing is Everything

New Study: Sex an Antidote to Heart Disease in Men Over 40

Breaking News: Casual Sex Won’t Ruin Your Life!

Scientists say ALL men watch porn.

Superb article on sexual issues of the over-50 woman in the New York Times.

Female Viagra? Is it here? Does it matter?

Another slant on female libido drugs

The latest in women’s libido enhancers – from Vogue