Is it red indeed the color of romance? Appearently yes! A new study shows the color red may make women more attractive to men. Researchers at the University of Rochester, led by Andrew J. Elliot, PhD, carried out five experiments to see if what they call the “red-sex link” was for real. The participants were undergraduate students whose average age was about 20. Read More…
Physician-author Christiane Northrup tells women that midlife can be a good thing, especially for those who boost their nitric oxide and foster their sexuality. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, Christiane Northrup, MD, of Yarmouth, Maine, has spent years caring for women when something went wrong with their bodies. These days, she doesn’t see patients anymore, devoting her time instead to speaking and writing. At midlife, she has a new plan and a new mission: teach women everything that can go right with their bodies when they reach midlife. Read More…
How to save your marriage? People sometimes tell me they know a couple married 20 years whose sex life is still as good as it ever was. Here’s what I tell them in return: “There are only three possibilities. One: This couple is lying. Two: They are telling the truth, because they didn’t have good sex to begin with. Or three: Sex is all they really have together. They never connected emotionally.” Read More…
How to avoid kissing mistakes and make a kiss memorable? Whether it’s your first kiss with someone new or your lifetime partner, kissing usually leaves an impression, one that lingers long after your lips have locked. Kissing often plays an important role in relationships. “It fosters romantic compatibility,” says Michael Christian, author of The Art of Kissing (published under the pen name William Cane). “The more that people kiss, the more they’re able to communicate on a romantic level.” Read More…
Divorce and the death of a spouse frequently have long-term negative consequences for health, even in people who remarry, new research shows. It is clear that a recent divorce or widowhood is associated with an increase in poor health and depression in the near term, but the new study is one of the first to examine its effects on health years and even decades later. Read More…
Foreplay is very important in a relationship. It’s a simple and, yes, slightly sad truth: Although a new partner works long and hard at foreplay, to show you that he’s a caring, attentive, and affectionate sort who loves nothing more than to give luxurious foot massages and make out for hours on end, in long-term relationships, the foreplay action tends to speed up considerably. Read More…
Is your sex drive in park? Are you or your partner losing interest in sex? A variety of physiological and psychological factors can impact your libido. Not only erectile dysfunction is a sex-drive killer, or obesity, or low testosterone, with their medical issues. A sex-drive killer is parenting also, or alcohol, stress, parenting, etc. Check out these top common sex-drive killers. Read More…
Experts have 10 tips that can let you know if someone isn’t telling you the whole truth. J.J. Newberry was a trained federal agent, skilled in the art of deception detection and how to catch a liar. So when a witness to a shooting sat in front of him and tried to tell him that when she heard gunshots she didn’t look, she just ran, he knew she was lying. How did Newberry reach this conclusion? Read More…
I was in the ninth grade when I learned a vital lesson about love. My girlfriend at the time, Amy, was stunningly cute, frighteningly smart and armed with a seemingly endless supply of form-fitting angora sweaters. And me? Let’s just say I was an adolescent Chris Robinson to her budding Kate Hudson, and well aware of my good fortune. Read More…
Being in love is a powerful experience unlike anything else. It’s an altered state in which people think and act very differently than usual. Some people never get to experience it, but many of us do at least once in a lifetime. Those who have experienced it also know that the powerful rush doesn’t last forever. And when those feelings end, the relationship often ends, too. Yet many couples manage to move on from that stage to keep their love affair going. Read More…
Would you take relationship tips from your grandfather or your mom to make your marriage happier? Modern married couples just might do well to emulate some of the successful strategies of their happily married parents and grandparents, from sleeping in separate beds to maintaining same-sex friends. Here you have 12 tried-and-true strategies you can borrow from your parents’ retro relationship to enhance your own. Read More…
How to get a higher EQ, (emotional quotient), to keep the lines of communication open? The more devices we invent to improve communication, the more difficult it often becomes to effectively communicate with our loved ones. But loving, secure relationships are serious businesses, and harder than ever to manage in this stressful, hi-tech world we inhabit. Read More…
Real friendship is rare. Maybe you have 571 friends on Facebook, but do you have close friends you want to hang with? A few special friends you can tell nearly anything? It’s important for all of us to have good friends, and to know how to end a friendship that isn’t working anymore. Here are some tips to help you navigate the twists and turns of friendship. Read More…
Sometimes, an unhealthy or abusive relationship is pretty easy to spot. A United States Department of Justice survey revealed the following eye-opening facts:
* 1 out of 3 teenagers has experienced violence in a dating relationship.
* 50% to 80% of teens have reported knowing others who were involved in violent relationships
* 15% of teen girls and boys have reported being victims of severe dating violence (defined as being hit, thrown down, or attacked with a weapon).
* 8% of 8th and 9th grade teens have reported being victims of sexual dating violence.
* Young women, ages 16 to 24 years, experience the highest rates of relationship violence. Read More…
Sexual medicine experts explain how a penis changes in size, appearance, and sexual function as a man ages. It’s no secret that a man’s sexual function declines with age. As his testosterone level falls, it takes more to arouse him. Once aroused, he takes longer to get an erection and to achieve orgasm and, following orgasm, to become aroused again. Age brings marked declines in semen volume and sperm quality. Read More…
