The Joy of Researching Sex

A flurry of small studies suggest that sex is as good for your health as vitamin D and broccoli. It not only relieves stress, improves sleep and burns calories, it can also reduce pain, ease depression, strengthen blood vessels, boost the immune system and lower the risk of prostate and breast cancer. But many of those studies rely on people to remember and report their sexual activity honestly and many can’t distinguish between cause and effect. That is, does sex make people healthier or do healthier people have more sex?

Full article on the health benefits of sex.

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  1. Tom H. says:

    Where do I sign up to engage in this kind of research?

  2. Devon Herrick says:

    The take away from this article is that close relationships and positive feelings of well-being improve both mental and physical health.

  3. Bruce says:

    Ditto Tom’s comment. Where do I sign up?

  4. Vaginal Tightening says:

    Haha! Good post! But I would have liked to know more on Vaginal tightening and similar issues concerning women’s sexual health.