Category "Sexual Health"
Birth Control
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Contraception
want to dedicate this month’s column to the abundance of new and improved contraceptive choices now available to women. Such was not always the case. Reliable contraception (the Pill) did not arrive until 1960. Before then, women relied on nothing … Read More
December 2, 2011
Category Sexual Health
Fluid Bonding
This month’s Hot Topic is wed to our case study because a therapy session prompted the theme for this column. I spoke with a woman, Pam, who came to see me about two years after her divorce. She felt she … Read More
December 2, 2011
Category Courtship& Dating, Sexual Health
Depression? Which Depression?
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Mental health
We’ve all been depressed. We use the term often and loosely, describing sadness or unrelenting lethargy or any point in between. Many take prescription medications to alleviate its symptoms while others self medicate with alcohol, drugs, or bad behaviour. We … Read More
December 2, 2011
Category Sexual Health
Assumptions, Resistance and Responsibility
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Safer sex
Both as a sexologist and as a therapist I am trained to avoid making assumptions about the attitudes and behaviours of any person or people. I’ve learned to ask questions so that clients feel safe revealing their truths early, and … Read More
December 2, 2011
Category Sexual Health
Viagra: Good News and Bad
Originally published in Physician Update Now that Pfizer’s new product, Viagra® (sildenafil) is available to Canadian men, physicians will find themselves facing more questions about sexuality, especially erection concerns. Do you know how to answer these questions, and how to … Read More
December 2, 2011
Category Sexual Health
Masturbation and Sexual Health
A well known piece of advice from urologists for men with recurring or chronic prostatitis and/or who might be at increased risk of developing prostate cancer is to have more ejaculations by masturbating. From the New Scientist Print Edition (16 … Read More
December 2, 2011
Category Sexual Health
Masturbation Protects Against Prostate Cancer
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Masturbation
For the past few centuries, masturbation has had a bad reputation, first as sin and later as sickness. Even since the sexual revolution of the 1960s, solo sex has been viewed as somehow ‘less’ than partnered sex. It is the … Read More
December 2, 2011
Category Sexual Health
Humans and Touch
Many of you will be familiar with Desmond Morris, a zoologist with a penchant and talent for viewing the world with the eyes of an anthropologist and sociologist. He has written scores of books, perhaps most notably The Naked Ape. … Read More
December 2, 2011
Category Sexual Education, Sexual Health
Prostate Cancer: Over 50? Male? Please Read This.
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Prostate cancer
- Originally published on DrKoop.com Prostate cancer is not a subject we want to talk about….or think about, for that matter. Still, as with many diseases, early detection is the key to survival, and awareness of our risk factors promotes … Read More
December 2, 2011
Category Sexual Health
Antidepressants and Women: The Sexual Side Effects
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Mental health
- Originally published on DrKoop.com Antidepressants can bring sunshine back into a life filled with gloom. They can help us cope with the inevitable ups and downs of life. They can restore us to balance, even out our sleeping and … Read More
December 2, 2011
Category Sexual Health
