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50+ & Having Sex Twice a Week … Not Bad

50+ & Having Sex Twice a Week … Not Bad

Posted on 05/16/2012 by | Sex & Relationships | Comments

Home & Family | RelationshipsQ: On average, how often does a man my age, 54, in a steady relationship have sex? I usually have it once to twice a week but never more. When I was young there were never any problems but now I feel like I’m really slowing down. — RM Dr. Pepper Schwartz: The good and bad news is that you’re average at once a week for your age; when you’re over 60, having sex twice a week you’re doing better …

National Alzheimer’s Plan Unveiled

National Alzheimer’s Plan Unveiled

Posted on 05/15/2012 by | Caregiving | Comments

Home & Family | Personal Health | TechnologyAs part of the government’s national plan, unrolled today, to fight Alzheimer’s, is a new Department of Health and Human Services caregiver website,  www.alzheimers.gov. Along with information (legal, financial, medical), resources, strategies for dealing with daily challenges, and tools and links, the government website has a caregiver section with tips for caring for yourself as well as video conversations with caregivers. This site stems from the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA), which President Obama signed in January 2011. Many specifics of …

My amazing Mom and me

Mother-Child Cycle of Sacrifice, Love and Reciprocity

Posted on 05/15/2012 by | Multigenerational & Family Issues | Comments

Home & Family | Relationships | Your LifeShe was young, beautiful, capable and highly intelligent. A college degree and a couple years of teaching under her belt, she married her college-sweetheart, a WWII veteran working on his master’s degree. Within a few years my Mom had given birth to their first child while living in Germany, far from the comforts of home and family. She embraced the challenge then as she did in the future, giving birth to three more babies while my Dad earned his doctorate …

20 Dating Sites and No Bites! What Am I Doing Wrong?

20 Dating Sites and No Bites! What Am I Doing Wrong?

Posted on 05/15/2012 by | Sex & Relationships | Comments

Home & Family | RelationshipsQ: For the past four years, I have been a member of 20 singles websites looking for love, dates, long-term relationships, etc., with no luck. I take all of the quizzes, submit photos and answer questions honestly, but still, nothing. No one will tell me why I am failing at this. Can you help? –CM Dr. Schwartz: My best advice is to get a close friend who you respect, preferably a man, and have him look at your profile, the …

Sorry Avengers, but Mom Is my Real Super Hero

Sorry Avengers, but Mom Is my Real Super Hero

Posted on 05/11/2012 by | Washington D.C. | Comments

Home & Family | RelationshipsSpring 2012 started with a fever for big blockbuster movies full of superheroes saving the world from alien invaders. However, as fascinating these characters can be, the title ‘hero’ for me can only bring one person to mind: my mother. Sorry guys, but The Hulk, Iron Man, Capitan America and their gang have nothing on a woman who migrated from Cuba, learned English as her second language, was the first in our family to graduate from college and became an …

Diabetes Has Claimed My Husband’s Erection

Diabetes Has Claimed My Husband’s Erection

Posted on 05/11/2012 by | Sex & Relationships | Comments

Home & Family | Personal HealthQ: I’m not sure how to address this situation: My husband is diabetic and has numerous other health issues. He really wants to have sex but can’t achieve or maintain an erection. He’s seeing an endocrinologist to find a doable solution. What options are available for us to be able to rekindle a dead sex life? — CO This is a tough situation because diabetes, as you know, affects erectile ability and the medicines that are necessary to control it …

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