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More often than not we associate chlamydia, herpes, and crabs with the young, reckless sexually naive set. You know — one too many beers and no condom at the frat house, a night of passion with a hot stranger who leaves you with an ugly surprise, and so on and so forth. Chlamydia Now Being Blamed For Male Infertility As Well

Adults, like true honest to God middle-aged adults, should know better. Right? Right?

Apparently not. It appears the divorced, over-45 set in Great Britain is rediscovering the lost art of middle-aged STI-swapping.

According to the GUM (general-urinary medicine) clinics and Dr Christian Jessen, the sexual health expert and director of the Better2Know clinics, in the past five years almost all STI’s have experienced a jump with the divorced, single, ready-to-jingle folks.

To be specific, chlamydia has risen 6%, herpes skyrocketed by an astonishing 80%, syphilis has gone up 40%, and genital warts is up 33%.

So what gives? Too much sex on T.V.? Raunchy rap lyrics? Is this something we can pin on Madonna and her baby Jesus? (Please say yes!)

Unfortunately, no. The culprit, experts say, is threefold: no fear of pregnancy (thus no condom), higher divorce rate (thus more casual sex) and drugs like Viagra and Cialis that help men perform later on in life.

If this trend continues, health officials may need to start spoon-feeding wrap-it-up type of education to people who have been having sex for well over 30 years. Jon Gosselin, Lover Hide With Lindsay Lohan’s Dad

“There seems to be a naivety about their risk of sexual infection,” Dr. Jessen said. “Further education and effective testing and treatment are vital across all age brackets.’

In fact, an embarrassing poll was conducted among adults aged 45-55 where nearly a fifth copped to having unprotected sex with a new partner. As silly as it sounds, most of that fifth admitted they felt their chances of catching something were “next to nothing.”

Wow. We propose officials sit them down with a few of those “I’m Positive” videos they show in free clinic waiting rooms. That usually does the trick. (For a little while at least.)

Read more: http://www.yourtango.com/200929451/divorce-and-viagra-cause-middle-aged-sti-jump#ixzz0MrcRpqTs

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Forget skimpy lingerie or female Viagra, the secret to spicing up your sex life lies in “sexercise”. As from next month, London-based fitness chain Gymbox will be holding “Coregasm” classes that promise to do just that.

“A client asked me to devise a programme to tone up her pelvic floor and core muscles after having a baby,” says Gymbox personal trainer Troy Dureh. “I devised a 12-step, core-based training programme. After a few weeks, she noticed that her ability to orgasm back home had sky-rocketed.”

No surprises, then, that women who usually avoid gyms like the plague are suddenly clamouring to sign up for some Coregasmic activity. So forget getting buns of steel, rock-hard abs and even upper arms like Michelle Obama in time for your holiday. Take your fitness regime to a deeper level of satisfaction — where the benefits are all in the bedroom.

What is Coregasm? A specially tailored programme to take your internal muscles — and sex life — to places they’ve never been before.

The science bit: it’s no old wives’ tale that the pelvic floor needs to be exercised regularly (think Samantha in Sex and the City squeezing hers while in a bar, Cosmo in hand). Yet it’s still one of the most under-exercised muscles of the body — and is only weakened by childbirth and increasing age.

The answer is sexercise. When a woman orgasms, the PC muscle (officially know as the “pubococcygeus”, familiarly termed the “fire muscle”) contracts. As well as strengthening your PC muscle and the other muscles that come into play during sex, the Coregasm class teaches you to squeeze your PC muscle more powerfully and at will for those times when you need some extra grip.

The route to multiple Coregasms: similar to some Pilates movements (but faster-moving and a lot more fun), the concept is based upon 12 exercises, each performed for one minute and completed back-to-back. All are specifically tailored to target and tighten the PC, lower abdominal, adductor (inner thigh) and glute (buttock) muscles used during sex. While a series of “Butt Clenches” and lunges engage your glutes, the “Leg Scissors” and “Window Wipers” (both involve lying on your back and using your stomach muscles to control movement in the legs) promise to have your lower abs aching the next day.

Prop-based PC work is also essential. Soft, weighted balls are squeezed between the inner thighs during the “Standing Clench” (similar to zipping up mid-urine flow) and the “Hip Raise and Clench” (a sit-up with added squeeze) to tone up the pelvic floor and adductors. After a warm-up to begin, the 12-step sequence is performed three times and completed with stretching to improve flexibility for those times when you need it most. All are done to an, er, vibrating soundtrack. We’re guessing Like a Virgin isn’t one of them.

Hour-long, weekly Coregasm classes launch at Gymbox Holborn on Wednesday 5 August. Members £3 per class, non-members £8; 100 High Holborn, WC1, 020 7400 1919, www.gymbox.co.uk

Exercies to improve your coregasm

Leg Extended Kriss-Kross

Lie flaton your back with your hands down by your sides and your legs extended directly up in the air, toes pointed. Engage your stomach muscles and use them to “kriss-kross” your legs over each other in a lateral movement and a controlled way.

Closed Leg Squats with Butt Clench

Stand upright and squeeze a tennis ball between your thighs. As you bend down to squat, lean forward and lower your chest to your thighs before returning to the starting position.

Reverse Crunch with Knee Twist

Lie on your back with your knees elevated and bent at 90 degrees. Keep your arms by your side and “zip-up”, as if you were stopping your urine mid-flow to prepare. Roll your knees into your chest. lifting your lower back off the ground. At the same time twist your pelvis so that your knees point towards your shoulders, then return to the start.

Continue each exercise for one minute, then repeat the whole sequence three times.

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The National Institutes of Health has stopped a trial of Viagra that was intended to see whether the drug could be used to treat pulmonary hypertension in patients with sickle cell disease. The trial was looking at the safety and effectiveness of sildenafil, sold by Pfizer under the brand names Revatio and Viagra, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute said. But the trial was stopped when the drug was found to cause serious medical problems in sickle cell patients. The drug is approved for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension under the brand name Revatio, and patients without sickle cell disease were not at risk, the heart and lung institute said. “No deaths have been associated with the drug in the clinical trial,” the institute said in a statement. The director of the institute, Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, advised that patients with sickle cell disease who are taking sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension talk with their doctors about the potential risks. Sildenafil treats pulmonary hypertension by relaxing the blood vessels in the lungs to allow blood to flow more easily.

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Drs. Daniel A. Monti and Anthony J. Bazzan, authors of The Great Life Makeover: A Couples’ Guide to Weight, Mood and Sex for the Best Years of Your Life (Collins Living, 2008, $25), take an in-depth look at how changing hormones impact the body and one’s mood.

The book addresses midlife relationship issues by focusing on mood, weight and sex - aspects that the Philadelphia medical doctors say can prevent couples from living satisfying lives.

They recommend judicious use of hormones with specific exercises and healthful eating habits to restore a good sex life.

Bazzan said an older couple’s sex life may suffer as partners address other personal ills - taking prescribed sleeping pills for insomnia, for example, or antidepressants for mood disorders. These and other medications can be a factor in a waning sex drive.

“We’re a medicalized society,” Bazzan said. “When you come up with a symptom, you get a drug.”

The book aims to improve lifestyle and possibly reduce prescribed drug use. It offers exercises, questions and menus.

Bazzan answers questions about the book and midlife sex:

Question: What was your impetus for writing this book?

Answer: There’s an enormous need. Weight, sex and mood are the three bugaboos of middle age. How many millions of people are on antidepressants, Viagra and going on Jenny Craig or taking pills to lose weight?

Q: Do you think men and women still struggle with bringing sexual issues to their doctors?

A: Maybe the people are a little bit more open, but the doctors are lagging behind in being able to fix these issues.

Q: How so?

A: First of all, doctors don’t bring it up. If it’s brought up, they don’t delve into it. The general practitioner is notorious for not wanting to talk about it much except to say, “Here’s your Viagra.”

Q: What is more common, couples reaching middle age and being accepting of infrequent sex or humdrum sex, or couples being disturbed by this and wanting to fix it?

A: Well, if you look at my practice, people want to get it fixed. The Baby Boomer generation has changed the history of the nation. They did it when they were teenagers, and they are doing it now. I get these people in their 50s, and even understanding that they are never going to be 22, they want a body that is there for them.

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COULD THE economic downturn affect your relationship and hurt your sex life?

These are two questions that many couples may be faced with as they grapple with rising prices and possible job losses.

Mary and her Bajan husband, John, are confident their decades-long relationship can survive the strains of the economic downturn.

“What’s happening isn’t his fault, and I see it as my responsibility to be supportive,” said Mary, who lives in Boston.

Support important

John, a legal immigrant for more than 20 years, lost his job at least three months ago and has been unable so far to find work to help put food on the table. He readily acknowledges his wife’s keen financial and psychological support.

“She has been very good about it,” he told the SATURDAY SUN.

“The trouble is going to come if things get so rough that I can’t buy Christmas gifts or we can’t pay the mortgage. That’s when the rubber will hit the road.”

With the prospect of job losses emerging on Barbados’ economic horizon, many couples in Barbados may face a similar situation, and the picture painted by the husband and wife in Massachusetts may have a different ending in the Caribbean country.

The stresses and strains caused by financial woes can tear couples apart, and the first evidence of the difficulties may show up in the bedroom.

“An important part of our relationships is what happens sexually between couples,” said Dr Myrna Lashley, a Barbadian psychologist in Canada.

“Our brain is inextricably linked to our sexual desires, and many people, both men and women, can’t get into the mood when they are very concerned about paying the mortgage, meeting the car payment or buying the food.”

Her expert opinion was supported by the results of a recent survey carried out by the manufacturers of Relora, an anxiety medication.

Researchers surveyed 500 people between the ages of 18 to 55 years in ten major cities across the United States in order to find out, among other things, if worries about money were inhibiting bedroom activities.

The answers they received were summed up in a single word: YES!

Here are some of the findings:

* 62 per cent of the men and women reported they were not having enough sex, and stress was a key culprit.

* Questions about money topped the list for 64 per cent of the participants, concurrent with the poor economy.

* 40 per cent of the participants in the study said they were too stressed over their jobs.

* Two-thirds listed watching television as the most frequent way of getting rid of stress. Some 65.5 per cent also listed listening to music. The sex drive had taken the plunge as the economy went into the tank.

* Almost half of the respondents, 46 per cent, complained they were more stressed out than a year ago.

* Other reasons for stress ranged from health concerns (32 per cent); family problems (32 per cent); and relationship issues (30 per cent).

Interestingly, between July and September, the sales of Viagra jumped by 13 per cent over the same period last year, suggesting that more people felt the need for a boost to jump-start their sexual desires.

A New York City store that sells sex toys told a Manhattan-based tabloid newspaper that sales of such toys for women skyrocketed by almost 90 per cent in recent times.

Troubles

Money and job troubles can raise questions about an unemployed person’s ability to deal with problems, or a wife, for instance, can become doubtful about a husband’s ability to support the family. Just as important, she may wonder if he is trying hard enough to be employed again.

Brain controls mood

Like Lashley in Montreal, Dr Peter Lambrou, a clinical psychologist and chairman of psychology at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, linked the brain with interest in sex.

“Sex is more in the brain than below the belt,” he said. “The greater the stress level the less sex will be in their relationship.

“Whatever couples can do to better manage their stress will help improve both the frequency and satisfaction of their sex lives.”

Wendy Joffe, a psychologist, is advising couples to talk more about their problems when issues of money, jobs and the wear and tear on relationships surface.

“You need to sit together and have a strategy on how to handle this time and feel like you are on the same team,” she said.

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