In the past decade, researchers have begun to study the sexual functioning of typical older
persons. This review summarizes literature on the sexuality of men and women over age 50 …

Introduction A committee of five was convened to update the chapter on women's sexual
dysfunctions from the perspective of diagnostic issues, pathophysiology, assessment, and …

Objective: Various sources of evidence suggest that men and women differ in their
experience of sexual pleasure. Such gender differences have been attributed to men's …

Objective Circulating testosterone in women declines during the late reproductive years
such that otherwise healthy women in their 40s have approximately half the testosterone …

Sexual dysfunction includes desire, arousal, orgasmic and sex pain disorders (dyspareunia
and vaginismus). Primary care physicians must assume a proactive role in the diagnosis …

Introduction and hypothesis The aim of this study is to provide an evidence-based definition
of vaginal atrophy (VA) and present an overview of subjective and objective measurements …

Aims: To compare the effects of 3 months' tibolone treatment with the effects of placebo on
sexual function (in particular, vaginal blood flow, and sexual desire and arousability) and …

Sexual incentive stimuli activate sexual motivation and heighten the level of general arousal.
The sexual motive may induce the individual to approach the incentive, and eventually to …

This article explores how sexual desire operates in ordinary life in both sexes. Fifteen
considerations divided into six categories are provided: basic aspects; easily overlooked …

Although the link between sex and attachment was made decades ago (Hazan & Shaver,),
theories on sexual and attachment functioning have been developed in relative isolation …