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Seniors Having More Sex…No, Not The Ones In High School Or College
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WEDNESDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) — “When it comes to sex, grandma and grandpa are having more of it these days, new Swedish research suggests.
“According to the study, the last quarter century has seen a dramatic rise in the frequency of sex among the 70-year-old set, whether married or unmarried. And as an added bonus, seniors today (particularly women) say they’re much more satisfied with their liaisons than the previous generation — facing less sexual dysfunction and feeling more positive about the experience.
“Our study shows that a large majority of elderly consider sexual activity and sexual feelings a natural part of late life,” said study author Nils Beckman, a doctoral candidate with the neuropsychiatric epidemiology unit at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Gothenburg University. “It is thus important that health professionals and others take sexuality into consideration, irrespective of age.”
“The findings are reported online in the British Medical Journal.”
Source: U.S. News and World Report and Health Day, July 9, 2008
Citation: British Medical Journal. 2008;337:a279 (Posted online on July 9, 2008)
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