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Showing posts with label sex and ageing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sex and ageing. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Good news: Sex with a heart condition is OKAY
A scientific statement from The American Heart Association clarifies that sexual activity for those with heart conditions is ok.
They caution that women should be counseled on use of contraceptive methods and possible adverse effects of pregnancy, while men should be wary of certain erectile dysfunction medications that are unsafe for all cardiovascular diseases.
The statement was published online 19th Jan. 2012 in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association , and contains advice from experts in a variety of fields including : heart disease, exercise physiology and sexual counseling.Glenn N. Levine, M.D., lead author of the statement and a professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas said :
Sexual activity is a major quality of life issue for men and women with cardiovascular disease and their partners ... Unfortunately, discussions about sexual activity rarely take place in the clinical context."
It's important to address the issue because decreased sexual function in both men and women often accompanies heart diseases and can lead to anxiety and depression. The reality is that sexual activities don't generally put the heart under enough strain for long enough to be a problem to heart patients. Thus, the total rate of cardiovascular events caused by sexual activity is very low.
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LUD
They caution that women should be counseled on use of contraceptive methods and possible adverse effects of pregnancy, while men should be wary of certain erectile dysfunction medications that are unsafe for all cardiovascular diseases.
The statement was published online 19th Jan. 2012 in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association , and contains advice from experts in a variety of fields including : heart disease, exercise physiology and sexual counseling.Glenn N. Levine, M.D., lead author of the statement and a professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas said :
Sexual activity is a major quality of life issue for men and women with cardiovascular disease and their partners ... Unfortunately, discussions about sexual activity rarely take place in the clinical context."
It's important to address the issue because decreased sexual function in both men and women often accompanies heart diseases and can lead to anxiety and depression. The reality is that sexual activities don't generally put the heart under enough strain for long enough to be a problem to heart patients. Thus, the total rate of cardiovascular events caused by sexual activity is very low.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS GIVE ME A CALL OR AN EMAIL
LUD
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Sex and Ageing - Some research
A study published this week in the American Journal of Medicine challenges some of ways we tend to think about and talk about sex and aging, and as importantly, challenges the dominant medical frame on sexuality, which focuses on dysfunction rather than satisfaction or pleasure.
The study asked just over 800 women aged 40 to 99 to respond to surveys about their recent sexual activity, overall sexual satisfaction, and sexual desire. The women were not representative of the general population, they all came from suburb of San Diego and have been involved in a longitudinal research project called the Rancho Bernardo Study which began in 1972. So the findings shouldn't be thought of as highly generalizable, but instead as an interesting snapshot of one group of women in one place at one time.
The women were asked if they had engaged in sexual activity in the past four weeks. In this study sexual activity was described as including caressing, foreplay, masturbation, and penile-vaginal intercourse. In analyzing the data the researchers divided the women into four age groups, each with about 200 women in them. Here are some of the basic findings of the study:
50% of the women reported having had sex in the previous 4 weeks and 80% of those women were living with a partner/spouse.
40% of all respondents said that they never or almost never felt sexual desire, and 30% of women who were having sex said they felt low, very low, or no sexual desire.
64% of all respondents said they were moderately or very satisfied with their sexual relationship.
64% of women who had sex in the past 4 weeks reported being aroused most times, almost always, or always.
67% said they achieved orgasm most times, almost always, or always; women in the youngest and oldest groups reported the highest orgasm satisfaction.
These findings highlight how slippery statistics are. GO HERE to read more
The study asked just over 800 women aged 40 to 99 to respond to surveys about their recent sexual activity, overall sexual satisfaction, and sexual desire. The women were not representative of the general population, they all came from suburb of San Diego and have been involved in a longitudinal research project called the Rancho Bernardo Study which began in 1972. So the findings shouldn't be thought of as highly generalizable, but instead as an interesting snapshot of one group of women in one place at one time.
The women were asked if they had engaged in sexual activity in the past four weeks. In this study sexual activity was described as including caressing, foreplay, masturbation, and penile-vaginal intercourse. In analyzing the data the researchers divided the women into four age groups, each with about 200 women in them. Here are some of the basic findings of the study:
50% of the women reported having had sex in the previous 4 weeks and 80% of those women were living with a partner/spouse.
40% of all respondents said that they never or almost never felt sexual desire, and 30% of women who were having sex said they felt low, very low, or no sexual desire.
64% of all respondents said they were moderately or very satisfied with their sexual relationship.
64% of women who had sex in the past 4 weeks reported being aroused most times, almost always, or always.
67% said they achieved orgasm most times, almost always, or always; women in the youngest and oldest groups reported the highest orgasm satisfaction.
These findings highlight how slippery statistics are. GO HERE to read more
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