The Truth About Perimenopause Perimenopause, or pre-menopause, is a transitional stage of two to ten years before complete cessation of the menstrual period. Its average duration is six years, and is very usual in women from 35 to 50 years of age.

Fibromyalgia In its website, the University of Michigan Health System provides us with small insight on Fibromyalgia which briefly describes the condition’s symptoms, diagnosis, and effects. The article describes fibromyalgia as a “chronic (ongoing) condition of widespread pain, tenderness and fatigue.”

Hormone Replacement Therapy When women reach menopause their bodies are producing every time less estrogen, and less progesterone. These are the hormones responsible of regulating a woman’s monthly menstrual cycle, prepare a woman’s body for fertilization (estrogen), and also to prepare a women’s body for pregnancy and lactation (progesterone, which is released by women every month during their periods).

Increasing Sex Drive In an article on Depression and Sexual desire by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the authors stated that “Symptomatic lost of libido (or loss of sexual desire) is a common problem in the United States”. “In a survey conducted in 1994 it was found that 33 percent of women and 17 percent of men reported sexual disinterest. Another survey concluded that one third of women from 18 to 59 years of age reported feeling a lack of sexual desire with the previous year.”

Infertility Infertility is described as the inability to conceive or carry a child to delivery. The term is usually limited to situations where the couple has had intercourse regularly for one year without using birth control.

Libido Ehnancers Libido is a common expression, synonym of sexual desire or sexual drive. Libido can also be classified as the urge to copulate, which for most animals and all humans occur through sex.

Stress Management 101 On their  book “ The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook” written by Martha Davis, PhD, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, M.S.W, and Matthew McKay, Ph.D., stress is described as an everyday fact of life:

What is Wrong With Me? Dealing With a Spouse's diminishing Sex Drive: It can be difficult for anyone when they are dealing with a spouse’s diminishing sex drive. Because the sex drive can decrease for any number of reasons, it can be difficult to pinpoint the cause that has them dealing with a spouse’s diminishing sex drive. A diminished sex drive is not a pleasant experience for either spouse.

Female Libido Loss of female libido is a serious issue and an important health concern that needs a through investigation, as well as social consideration. Also called Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD), loss of female libido involves many complex health issues that are both biological and psychological in nature.

Entice Your Mate: Foods that boost sex drive in men For centuries and as long as there has been sex, men and women alike have looked for foods that boost sex drive in men. The idea of real foods that can fine-tune their performance and libido is intoxicating.

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