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7 Natural Ways To Boost Your Post-50 Libido

The Huffington Post | Shelley Emling | Posted 06.18.2013 | Fifty

The not-so-sexy truth: It's not always easy to get excited about sex after working a nine-hour day and ferrying around three kids. It's not always eas...

WATCH: Why Do We Think Men Want Sex More?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.20.2013 | Women

Men always want sex more than women. That's one of the pervasive cliches that HuffPost Live host Caitlyn Becker explored in a segment this week. Jo...

3 Libido-Boosting Herbs And Spices

Posted 05.20.2013 | OWN

By Dr. Mehmet Oz Here are three edible aphrodisiacs that will increase your libido to put you in the mood....

There's Sex in Mommyville? A Chat with Playwright Anna Fishbeyn

Wendy Widom | Posted 04.26.2013 | Parents
Wendy Widom

"Our sexuality becomes so deeply and misguidedly tied up in our looks that we cannot feel sexual until we feel we look good. To be powerful sexual beings, we need to be able to separate our desire from what society dictates to be 'desirable.'"

10 Foods to Put You in the Mood

GalTime | Posted 06.05.2013 | Women
GalTime

Now that spring is here, are you looking to give your sex drive a "spring awakening?" It turns out the foods you dish up can also dish out some serious mojo. Here are ten foods to put you in the mood for love.

What My Older Friends And I REALLY Talk About Behind Closed Doors

Laverne H. Bardy | Posted 06.04.2013 | Fifty
Laverne H. Bardy

I was sitting with a group of old girlfriends; old being the operative word. We meet at each other's home, with our husbands, four times a year. Weather permitting, the men play golf while the women stay behind, wolfing down chips, nuts, cheese and crackers and kvetching about how impossible it is to lose weight.

What Are Those Adrenals Doing in There, Anyway?

Dr. Wendie Trubow | Posted 06.03.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Wendie Trubow

Adrenals impact our ability to have a healthy libido, lose weight, sleep, become pregnant, get out of bed, and digest our food, as well as other behaviors.

Fun With Fenugreek

Anneli Rufus | Posted 05.26.2013 | Taste
Anneli Rufus

After acquiring some free fenugreek seeds at a neighborhood seed exchange, we planted them -- recognizing their name only vaguely as some component of curry. Now they're a bumper crop. We decided to investigate and eat our new slender-stemmed friends.

Low T (Testosterone): Where's the Beef?

Dr. Douglas Fields | Posted 05.21.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Douglas Fields

It is important to get the scientific facts right when it comes to futzing with the body's hormones. Eye of newt and whatever else goes into love potions may be useless but harmless. That's not necessarily so when forcing powerful sex hormones into the body.

Get Your V Game On!

Dr. Wendie Trubow | Posted 04.10.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Wendie Trubow

I'm sure you can think of someone whose cycles are thrown off every time they travel, have a test or are sleep-deprived. This reaction creates a chain of events that can suppress or even stop a whole range of responses, including digestion (feel bloated much?), menstruation and, you guessed it, libido.

Mommy Wants Her Libido Back -- Pronto

Wendy Widom | Posted 02.01.2013 | Parents
Wendy Widom

Dear Libido, we got married and the bedroom became the most confusing place in my whole life. The deep intimacy of marriage took me, and even you, by surprise.

More Myths about Menopause: Continuing the '2nd Talk'

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 12.24.2012 | Fifty
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

With huge numbers of women currently facing menopause, you would think there would be more clarity about it all. But confusion and fear continue to fuel women's concerns. We have come so far in so many ways; isn't it time to be upfront and open about this phase of life?

Is Monogamy Natural?

Stefanie Iris Weiss | Posted 12.05.2012 | Women
Stefanie Iris Weiss

After five, seven, or seventeen years, rest assured your wandering eye does not make you a bad person. It makes you human -- it makes you a woman.

Low Libido? The Reason May Be In Your Medicine Chest

The Huffington Post | Ann Brenoff | Posted 08.26.2012 | Fifty

Many midlifers complain that their sex drive diminishes with age. What they may not realize is that some of the blame rests with what's in their medic...

A Simple Exercise To Boost Libido

Jill Blakeway | Posted 10.16.2012 | Fifty
Jill Blakeway

I've talked with thousands of people about their sex lives. I've heard over and over about how much sex people are not having, how they just don't feel like it, how they are too tired to think about it. I'm always happy to be able to tell them there are simple solutions available.

Why Fifty Shades of Grey Might Be Your Best Therapy

Sara Gottfried, M.D. | Posted 10.15.2012 | Fifty
Sara Gottfried, M.D.

Maybe want to play the edge of power with their partners and shift the power back and forth in an interesting way. Maybe they want to stop accommodating everyone and everything in their sphere.

Menopausal Baggage

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 09.16.2012 | Fifty
Ellen Dolgen

Reaching out is IN. Suffering in silence is OUT!

To Tell or Not To Tell?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 08.20.2012 | Women
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Intimacy isn't necessarily equated with complete honesty. Here are five commonly kept secrets and suggestions about whether it might be best to tell -- or not tell -- your partner about them.

How Likely Are Women To Die During Sex?

The Palm Beach Post | Posted 04.05.2012 | Women

Patients with heart disease often worry that they may die during sex. Many then continue with ….."What a way to go!" Let's look at the current liter...

How To Turn Down Sex

Posted 01.04.2012 | Women

Women do it. Men do it. It's even the name of a band: Turning Down Sex. While women love sex -- if recent stereotype-busting studies are to be beli...

5 Ways To Boost Your Libido
Naturally!

Maria Rodale | Posted 01.29.2012 | Healthy Living
Maria Rodale

by guest blogger Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH, Director of Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center Here are a f...

Unemployment Is Rocking The Love Boat

AARP | Debra Silverberg | Posted 01.08.2012 | Fifty

Claiming a headache used to be the nice way to tell your other half that you weren't in the mood. When one of you is unemployed, it can affect far mor...

Are You Entitled To Leave A Sexless Marriage?

D. A. Wolf | Posted 12.15.2011 | Divorce
D. A. Wolf

Let's talk sex -- sex as marital glue, sex as physical necessity, sex as a reminder that we are alive, no matter how complicated our daily struggles may seem.

10 Things That Can Lower Your Libido

The Huffington Post | Amanda Chan | Posted 11.07.2011 | Healthy Living

Good news: Turns out, research has shown that sex is actually good for you. For example, there's the study that shows that women with active sex lives...

Fenugreek: A Spice To Spice Things Up In The Bedroom

Huffington Post | Amanda Chan | Posted 08.20.2011 | Healthy Living

An herb commonly used in curry dishes has powers beyond the taste buds -- it also has the potential to amp up your sex life. Researchers from the A...