It doesn't take a degree in medicine to work out that sex is good for you. Anything that is free, feels fabulous and leaves you glowing is plainly a good idea. But scientists are now beginning to understand that the perceived feel-good effects of sexual intercourse are merely the tip of the iceberg.
Definetely a "feel" good story. It's not new news that more frequent RELATIONS is related to better health. However, these stories (while a great reason to talk your significant other into the sack) do overlook the correlative nature of much of this research.
Most of these studies have no control over the possibility that maybe healthy people have more sex rather than the sex leading to better health. Even our most genitally obsessed friends would unlikely be thinking about shagging when in chronic pain from, say, metastatic cancer.
It also stands to reason that healthy people are more attractive and more capable of frequent sexual acts. On top of all this these studies are also confounded by the positive benefits of just being in a relationship and all of the positive physical contact that isn't "sex." I'm waiting for a study to examine the effects of a "sex-buddy" on health. Could we propose that the effects would be positive but not as good as being in a full-fledged relationship?
One of my favorite educational sites by a very educated woman who I was fortunate enough to meet and hear speak a couple of years ago.
Dr. Laura Berman
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