Sex

A team of scientists from the University of Granada (Spain) has concluded that people who are in good physical and psychological health are more satisfied with their sexual relationships as well as with their relationship in general. The study has been published in the journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy.

Does sex increase our happiness? This has been described in research papers and in popular settings. Having sex is often a vehicle to be happier. However, a new study developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh (USA), goes against this wisdom by challenging the theory that the more sex we have, the happier we are.

Thanks to advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular problems, the number of people surviving a heart attack is increasing. The return to work, to the routine, is done in a few weeks but ... what about sexual intercourse? Despite the fact that international cardiology guidelines guarantee that in a week or two it is possible to have sex again safely, there are not a few people who, out of fear, do not dare to resume the practice of sex with their partner.

We have already seen that filias, those attractions to certain situations or activities, are mostly (although there are some that are not) related to sexual tendencies. Clastomania is another of these paraphilias, although quite common.

The conclusive research on the importance of the first kiss came from John Bohannon, a psychologist at Butler University, in the United States.

Practicing good sex makes us happier. Some people may have had some intuition about this statement.

For many, the passage of time in a stable relationship is the beginning of the end of sexual life. However, a new study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior reveals that after 50 years of marriage, couples experience an increase in sexual appetite.

A team of scientists from the University of Montreal and the Research Center of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital (Canada) has found that sexual reproduction reduces the propensity for diseases due to the recombination of genetic material. The finding has been published in the journal Nature Genetics.