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Before Big Games, Should Athletes Abstain From Sex?

Contrary to popular belief and sports folklore, sex before athletic contests doesn’t hurt performance. It may actually help.

The Pros and Cons of Mixing Sex and Alcohol

Combining sex and alcohol produces some benefits—and many possibly serious risks

Disabled? You Can Still Enjoy Satisfying Sex

Disabilities never preclude great sex. Despite myths that disabled people are not sexual and not interested in lovemaking, when there's a will, there’s always a way

The Latest on Curing Even Chronic Premature Ejaculation (PE)

Throughout the lifespan, premature ejaculation is men’s #1 sex problem. Fortunately it’s usually easy to cure using self-help or professional sex therapy.

The Virgin’s Guide to Happily Losing It 

Many people have regrets about how they lost their virginity. How to enjoy your first time.

Mindfulness Meditation Helps Resolve Many Sex Problems

Stress contributes to many sex problems, such as low libido, erectile dysfunction, and problematic porn consumption. Mindfulness helps by reducing sexual distress.

Does Viewing Porn Corrupt Teens? 

Critics charge that porn corrupts teens. Actually, despite billions of pages of free Internet porn, today’s teens have become more sexually responsible.

The Many Benefits of Regular Self-Sexing

Some denounce solo sex as sin or addiction. Actually, it provides many sexual and health benefits.

Guess What May Help Change Conservatives’ Minds About Sex

Porn viewing by social, sexual conservatives is associated with their beliefs about sex becoming more liberal. 

Are You Healthy Enough For Sex?

Not everyone is robustly healthy. But everyone is sufficiently healthy for sex, in one form or another. When there's a will, there's always a way.

The Latest on Birth Control Pills and Women’s Libido

Many recent studies show the Pill can decrease women’s libido or impair their sexual function. How can women weigh the pros and cons of this widely used birth control method?

How to Recognize Women’s Orgasms

Some women fake orgasms. Many men wonder if women have had them. What to do?

Middle-Age Erection Changes: What Couples Need to Know 

Most middle-age men don’t have erectile dysfunction, but their erections change, often causing consternation.

UTI: The Sexually Transmitted Infection Few Mention

In discussions of sexualy transmitted infections—chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, etc.—urinary tract infection is often forgotten.

A Wife Writes: My Husband Shouldn’t Need Porn, It’s Cheating

Many women call porn disgusting and insist that married men should not watch it or use it for self-gratification.

Birth Control: More Effective Than Many People Think

Contraceptive effectiveness can be confusing. It's calculated in a way that’s not intuitive.

Embers Back to Flames: The Erotic Power of Sexual Novelty 

The secret of keeping married sex fresh is courtship — for life.

Improve Sexual Dysfunction—Without Drugs

Attention men: Viagra and other drugs are not the only ways to help.

Why So Many Women Have Trouble with Orgasm

In lovemaking, women are much less likely to have orgasms than men. A recent study adds to growing research explaining why.

"Unconventional" Sex Is Actually Pretty Common

Most Americans have engaged in what used to be called unconventional or fringe sex. Its popularity should give us pause about labeling any legal sexual activity as "deviant."

Simmering: An Easy, Enjoyable Way to Kindle Sexual Arousal

How brief erotic fantasies hours before lovemaking can help ignite later sexual heat.

Orgies Through the Ages

Today’s sex and swing clubs may be on the sexual fringe, but they’re nothing new.

The Largest, Best Studies Yet on Sex and Marijuana

Three recent studies, including the largest ever conducted, find that two-thirds of users say cannabis enhances sexual satisfaction.

Sexual Harassment: New Emphasis on an Age-Old Violation

Approaches shown to reduce risk of rape also show promise for stopping workplace sexual harassment

A New Risk Factor for Erectile Dysfunction?

It’s starting to look like age-related prostate enlargement contributes to erectile dysfunction in older men.

Sex Addiction: Fact or Fiction? Part 3 of 3

In alleged "sex addiction," the real issues are usually guilt and shame about being sexual, and the main risk factor is fundamentalist religious upbringing.

Sex Addiction: Fact or Fiction? Part 2 of 3

The sex-addiction industry says the affliction causes great harm, from sexual irresponsibility to divorce. Does it?

Sex Addiction: Fact or Fiction? Part 1 of 3

Popular culture embraces “sex addiction,” but most psychologists reject it.

Is Tribulus Terrestris an Effective Aphrodisiac?

A growing body of research shows that Tribulus Terrestrial, a traditional medicinal herb, helps treat a variety of sex problems in both men and women.

A “Shocking” New Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction

For some men suffering erectile dysfunction, an old treatment, low-intensity shock-wave therapy, offers new benefits.

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