Is it Lack of Desire or Lack of Interest in Sex? Sep 05 02:05am We hear much more about treatments for low sexual desire for women than we do for men. Low sexual desire is the most prevalent sexual dysfunction among women. Some experts believe it is related to low testosterone levels, although the exact nature of... Read more

Scapegoating Viagra Sep 02 09:00am In a recent issue of The New York Times, I read an Op-Ed piece written by a psychiatrist about one of his patients. The gist of the essay was that middle-aged men frequently turn to Viagra to regain their youthful sexuality, and that their resort to... Read more

Our Fixation With the Female Breast Aug 30 06:52am Babytalk is a free publication for mothers of young babies. But this wholesome parenting magazine drew an outcry from some of its readership when it ran a cover picture of a young baby nursing at its mother's breast. The complainers felt that the... Read more

Too Early - Too Often Aug 19 11:05am At one time or another, every man has the experience of achieving orgasm sooner than he would like. The medical term for this common experience is premature ejaculation (PE). Many men experience PE occasionally. For some of them, it becomes a... Read more

Is Low Testosterone to Blame for Low Libido? Aug 14 04:01am You may have heard about testosterone therapy as a relatively new treatment for low sexual desire in both men and women. The theory behind the treatment is that low desire may be caused in part by a deficiency of this important sex hormone. New... Read more

Teenagers and Condom Use Aug 12 04:00am A recent article in USA Today suggests that the majority of teenagers who are having sex do not use condoms. The data supporting these conclusions was collected in 2002 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from sexually active unmarried... Read more

Smoking and Obesity: Twin Risks for Dysfunction Aug 08 09:42am We've known for decades that smoking is bad for our health. And more recent findings confirm that obesity is a major risk factor for diabetes, heart disease, and many other serious health problems. Together, these twin swords of Damocles can play... Read more

What's Causing Your ED? Aug 05 04:14am Unfortunately, erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common problem among men, approaching 50 percent in men 70 years old (up from 8 percent of men at age 40). With all the media attention being given to medications to treat ED, most of us have little... Read more

Sexual Problem or Cry For Help? Aug 02 10:42am Recently at our sexual medicine clinic, my colleagues and I saw a 17-year-old man who had been referred to us because he had been caught stealing women's underwear from family members and neighbors. The young man's psychiatrist asked us to... Read more

With Sex Problems, the Couple is the Patient Jul 31 03:41am Often at our clinic, when one partner in a couple calls to schedule an appointment, he or she will identify "the patient" as one or the other member of the couple. But when it comes to treating couples, one of the first things professionals... Read more