Posted by Emily Nagoski December 08, 2011
I want to teach you all a vocabulary word - or a vocabulary phrase, actually: phenotypic plasticity The reason I want you to know this is that I've been attempting to read "Sex at Dawn," a book that argues (as far as I can tell) that we are not designed...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
It seems that between celebrity affairs, sex rehab shows on television, and the explosion of internet pornography, sexual addiction has become a household term familiar to most. In fact, the media has commandeered this term to create interest, and possibly rationalizations, for public figures' involvement in affairs and indiscretions, as...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
Women definitely have the advantage over men in the area of sexuality in the sense that they can experience not only multiple orgasms, but can even reach orgasm through different stimulation in different areas. There are women who can reach orgasm having their breasts and nipples stimulated, some from certain...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
When you break it all down, everything in the body, including sex, is dependent on good blood flow. Our body's way of nourishing itself and keeping itself vibrant and alive is by carrying oxygen, hormones, and nutrients via the bloodstream to all tissues and cells. The more activity that a...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
In today's wonderful world of silently but sexually transmitted illnesses, wearing a condom is a must. It does take a little bit of a learning curve, and certainly a little investment in finding just which condom fits you the best and feels the best for the both of you. But...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
Ladies, have you ever come across a man who just seems to be unable, unwilling, or avoidant when it comes to giving you oral sex? Even when you have tried your best to convince and cajole him into going down on you, he just doesn't want to spend any time...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
Good vaginal tone is often a concern to many women and men alike. But how does a women keep good vaginal tone? The vagina is affected by hormonal factors (that maintain the inner tissues of the vagina and the external glands), as well as the tone of the PC muscles...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
You'll almost never hear a guy complain that his penis is too big. If you do, it's because his partner is uncomfortable with it, it's so big that he's losing consciousness when he gets an erection, or he's trying to wear outfits that suggest he doesn't have one. But usually...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
Perhaps you feel that you no longer have any interest in sex or sexual pleasure as you used to in the past? Maybe your brain is cooperating, but you feel that you body has jumped ship because your clitoris is just not as sensitive as it used to be...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
Researchers have recently linked the significant increase in throat cancer to a particular strain of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers explain that there has been a 225% increase in throat cancer related to HPV 16 from the years 1988...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
What is the key to orgasm for most women, with the highest concentration of nerve endings of the entire body? Most people know that it is the clitoris. But how well do you know the clitoris? The little pink pearl that peeks out from under the skin that forms a...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
With prostate cancer making up about 30% of all cancers in men, it's not surprising that over 100,000 men in the United States per year require complete removal of their prostate in what is called a radical prostatectomy. One of the complications of this type of prostate surgery is loss...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
So many women have come to use birth control pills (or other forms of hormonal birth control), and certainly they have allowed women the freedom to have a healthy sexual involvement while staying free of pregnancy until they are ready to start a family. But in the recent years, we...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
The muscles of the pelvic floor evolved as a sling of muscles to help control our urethral, vaginal, and anal sphincters. Also known as the PC muscles, the pelvic floor can be envisioned like a hammock of several muscles criss-crossing over each other to form a network. They are like...
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Posted by Madeleine Castellanos, M.D. December 08, 2011
Diabetes is a progressive disease that can debilitate one's body organ by organ when left out of control. It's most famous for contributing to heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, blindness, renal failure. But long before any of these take place, diabetes can kill your sex life. Diabetes itself is...
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Posted by Ian Kerner December 05, 2011
Ladies, have you ever found yourself gritting your teeth instead of sighing with pleasure during sex? Guys, have you ever noticed that your partner seems disconnected--or not as into it as you are? It could be because the love you're making together is painful for her. In their new book...
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