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		<title>Three Sex-Killing Bogeymen</title>
		<link>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2012/01/26/three-sex-killing-bogeymen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Good Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midlife sex]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stroller is in mothballs, along with the Little League jersey and the Cub Scouts uniform. Just when the kids can brush their own teeth and maybe drive themselves to hockey practice, just when you thought the never-ending physical demands of raising children might slack off. Just when you thought you and your partner might [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.middlesexmd.com&amp;blog=10914261&amp;post=2103&amp;subd=middlesexmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Turn-on? Or Creep-out?</title>
		<link>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2012/01/23/turn-on-or-creep-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbdepree</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual intimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vibrators]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A male reader wrote to me recently. He’s “turned on” at the thought of his wife using a vibrator and wants to incorporate it into their sex life. The problem is that his wife is “creeped out” at the thought and won’t consider it. This dilemma presents several issues that I think can be instructive to explore. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.middlesexmd.com&amp;blog=10914261&amp;post=2098&amp;subd=middlesexmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Study Confirms Older Women Like Sex</title>
		<link>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2012/01/19/study-confirms-older-women-like-sex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbdepree</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[intimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hm. We could have told you that. Recently, we reported on the results of an international survey that explored how satisfied older couples are with their relationships and sex lives. Turns out that sex continues to be important to older women, and it’s an important element in overall satisfaction with their relationships—and sometimes it’s even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.middlesexmd.com&amp;blog=10914261&amp;post=2094&amp;subd=middlesexmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is My Sex Drive &#8220;Normal&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2012/01/17/is-my-sex-drive-normal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbdepree</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hypoactive sexual desire disorder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual desire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s one of the questions MiddlesexMD medical advisor and sex therapist Sheryl Kingsberg often hears. I asked her to write about how she answers it. Each of us is unique, with varied interests, beliefs, backgrounds, and experiences. Given how different we all are, it is often very difficult to define what is “normal.” This difficulty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.middlesexmd.com&amp;blog=10914261&amp;post=2084&amp;subd=middlesexmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Self, Meet Body</title>
		<link>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2012/01/09/self-meet-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbdepree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Good Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve been through a lot. After surgery or chemo or radiation therapy, you may feel like you inhabit the body of a stranger—it doesn’t look, feel, or behave like the body you once knew so intimately. You may feel as though your body has betrayed you. You may disassociate from your body—it’s there, but you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.middlesexmd.com&amp;blog=10914261&amp;post=2078&amp;subd=middlesexmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Q: Should I be comfortable with anal sex?</title>
		<link>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2012/01/06/q-should-i-be-comfortable-with-anal-sex/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2012/01/06/q-should-i-be-comfortable-with-anal-sex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbdepree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions...and answers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intercourse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual intimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STIs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Estimates say that up to a fifth of heterosexual couples have anal intercourse at least intermittently, more rarely exclusively. The risk of sexually transmitted infections is the same or perhaps higher with anal than with vaginal penetration. There&#8217;s more likelihood of trauma, since anal intercourse requires complete relaxation of the rectal sphincter muscles before penetration. Trauma [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.middlesexmd.com&amp;blog=10914261&amp;post=2070&amp;subd=middlesexmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Recipe: Revisited, Reconfirmed</title>
		<link>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2012/01/02/the-recipe-revisited-reconfirmed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbdepree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Good Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[female sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex after menopause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.middlesexmd.com/?p=2065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At MiddlesexMD, our approach to sex at midlife didn’t spring to life fully formed. In fact, it’s the result of a lot of thought and discussion about the kind of information women need during and after menopause to stay sexually healthy and functional. We were concerned that a lot of the chatter surrounding sex during [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.middlesexmd.com&amp;blog=10914261&amp;post=2065&amp;subd=middlesexmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Q: How can I feel intimate with an emotionally remote partner?</title>
		<link>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2011/12/26/q-how-can-i-feel-intimate-with-an-emotionally-remote-partner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional intimacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posed this question to Mary Jo Rapini, an advisor to MiddlesexMD and a therapist, writer, and speaker. Here’s her advice: You’re not alone in your feelings of being married to a man who cannot express his love. I am happy that you are healthy enough to advocate for yourself and your own sexual and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.middlesexmd.com&amp;blog=10914261&amp;post=2057&amp;subd=middlesexmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Couples at Midlife</title>
		<link>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2011/12/19/couples-at-midlife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.middlesexmd.com/?p=2051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Until recently, no one has given much thought to the sex life and relationship satisfaction of middle-aged couples in long-term relationships. You know, ordinary people. So no one knows what keeps long-term couples happy together and happy in bed together. Recently, however, the Kinsey Institute conducted an international survey of 1,000 couples from the U.S., [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.middlesexmd.com&amp;blog=10914261&amp;post=2051&amp;subd=middlesexmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bioidentical Hormones: Flap? Or No Flap?</title>
		<link>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2011/12/12/bioidentical-hormones-flap-or-no-flap/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.middlesexmd.com/2011/12/12/bioidentical-hormones-flap-or-no-flap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suzanne Somers touts them in her bestselling book, Ageless: The Naked Truth about Bioidentical Hormones. Oprah promotes their use. On the other hand, the Harvard Medical School, the North American Menopause Society, and the Endocrine Society take a more cautionary position toward compounded bioidentical hormones. And I find that many of my patients are just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.middlesexmd.com&amp;blog=10914261&amp;post=2038&amp;subd=middlesexmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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