Who knew? Smoking pot doesn’t just make sex more interesting; it can make it more productive. Make that reproductive. Researchers at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health have found that men who have smoked marijuana at some point in their life had significantly higher concentrations of sperm when compared […]
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Housework And Sex, Yes, There’s A Relationship
New research suggests that an equal distribution of housework pays off in more ways than one. Couples get a clean house, and a better sex life. HealthDay reports on research conducted at Florida State University’s Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, where social scientists looked at three scenarios to see how […]
Heavy Stubble Attracts Women
“Beard or no beard?” that is the question. The answer, from researchers at the University of Queensland, is beard, but light beard, at least if the goal is to make yourself attractive to women. The New York Times reports on the research, which divided a group of more than 8,500 women […]
Cycling Won’t Hurt Your Sex Life
After years of somewhat authoritative reports that cycling could hinder the sex lives of both men and women, two new studies are telling us not to worry. A news release from the American Urological Association reports that one study, which included nearly 4,000 men, of whom 63 percent were cyclists […]
New Treatment For Enlarged Prostate
About 50 percent of men over the age of 50 have enlarged prostates. Yes, it’s unpleasant, and it’s what keeps many men getting up several times a night to pee. For years, surgery and meds have been the most common treatments, and both can have unpleasant side effects, including, yes, […]
Better Sex Life = Better Work Life
Note to employers: your best workers have the best sex lives. That’s the suggestion of research conducted at the University of Washington and the University of Oregon, where business school professors followed 159 married employees over the course of two weeks, asking them to complete two brief surveys each day. A […]
Men: Extreme Exercise Is Bad For Your Sex Life
First, the good news: moderate exercise, the kind that most men do, is good for the male libido.  And now the bad: a new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina suggests that, for men at least, strenuous exercise is associated with lower libidos. The New York Times […]
For Women, More Sleep = Better Sex
For older women, OK, women over 50, more sleep appears to translate to a better sex life. HealthDay reports on a study at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., where researchers tracked data from nearly 94,000 women aged 50 to 79, more than half of whom said they were somewhat […]