Hear Dr. Irwin Goldstein answer the question, "How Can Partners Help Each Other In Their Overall Sexual Health?" Dr. Goldstein has authored more than 325 publications in the field of sexual dysfunction, with 20 consecutive years of funding by the National Institutes of Health in this area. He is Editor-in Chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine.

Dr. Goldstein explains why sexual health is such a frustrating subject to discuss. Dr. Irwin Goldstein has authored more than 325 publications in the field of sexual dysfunction, with 20 consecutive years of funding by the National Institutes of Health in this area. He is Editor-in Chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine.

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A quick check of you In Box or Spam box will surely educate you on how male sexual dysfunction is a concern of almost every pharmaceutical company, medical doctor and man in the world. If they are not taking ED pills, they are considering them, or joking about them - but at least they are talking about them and sexual dysfunction in general. Male sexual dysfunction, that is.

Talk of sex can often seem gratuitous. It's all about breast implants and how to please a man and how to stay sexy (read: thin) so he won't run off with the UPS lady. Or it’s just plain old dirty talk.

A drug that turned around the sex lives of some older men has apparently proven in a small trial to also help women on antidepressants who experience sexual dysfunction, and EmpowHer.com’s sexual health expert Dr. Irwin Goldstein, director of sexual medicine at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego, is front and center discussing the issue.

By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- The drug that turned around the sex lives of many older men has proven in a small trial to also help women on antidepressants who experience sexual dysfunction.

The eight-week study found that Viagra, also known as sildenafil, helped women achieve orgasm.

"In this study population, sildenafil treatment of sexual dysfunction in women taking SRIs was associated with a reduction in adverse sexual effects," the study's authors wrote.

CHICAGO - Viagra's effect in women has been disappointing, but a new small study finds those on antidepressants may benefit from taking the little blue pills.

The research involving 98 premenopausal women found Viagra helped with orgasm. But the benefits did not extend to other aspects of sex such as desire, researchers report in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Sex and the older generation: it's not a topic that gets discussed much, not even in the doctor's office. But some physicians say that needs to change, because older patients are leading active sex lives - and their rates of sexually transmitted disease (STD) may be on the rise.

Whatever the cause - Viagra, mid-life divorce, online dating or simple ignorance - studies suggest that STDs are no longer just an affliction of the young. A study published last week online by the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections adds to that growing body of evidence.