Women’s Mental Health and Sexual Health “Closely Related”
A woman’s mental health and her sexual health are “closely related,” experts say in a new Journal of Sexual Medicine study.
Psychological and emotional issues, such as work stress or family conflict, can interfere with the physical responses needed for satisfying sex, like feelings of arousal and adequate vaginal lubrication.
Researchers from Canada analyzed how two specific psychological factors (anxiety sensitivity and emotion regulation) influenced three sexual outcomes (sexual function, sexual quality of life, and sexual frequency) in 316 female university
students.
They found that both factors were involved with all three sexual outcomes.
Find out more about the study, including what the results may mean for women and their healthcare providers, here.
Sex Good for the Brain in Older Adults
New research shows that having regular sex may help preserve cognitive function in older adults.
The study, published in June in the Journals of Gerontology, involved 73 people between the ages of 50 and 83. They answered questions about their health, lifestyle, and sexual frequency. (Intercourse, masturbation, petting, and fondling were all considered sex for this study.) Their cognitive abilities and social wellbeing were also evaluated.
Generally, participants who had sex more frequently had better scores on the cognitive assessment, especially in verbal fluency and visuospatial abilities (perceiving objects and spatial relationships).
Find out what else the researchers discovered.
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