Study finds happiest people have sex once a week – and make it count
According to new research, happiness peaks when couples have sex once a week but does not increase with greater frequency – and quality matters
Q and A: Sexually transmitted infection Mycoplasma genitalium
Suzi Gage: Mycoplasma genitalium, or MG, may infect 1% of sexually active Brits. What is it?
Gay men need clear information about ‘chemsex’, not messages about morality
When health professionals and the media talk about gay sex as an emergency health issue, they may actually encourage risky behaviour
NHS urged to respond to growing health dangers of chemsex
Gay men describe how they became dependent on heavy drug use at group sex parties, as alarm is raised over lack of coordinated response
Chemsex: how dangerous is it?
People have been mixing sex and stimulants since Roman times and before. But the growing phenomenon of chemsex – the taking of a cocktail of drugs and having sex for up three days with multiple partners – is leading to a huge rise in sexually transmitted diseases
Will having sex every day increase my fertility?
A news study suggests that daily sex helps ensure that sperm isn’t attacked as an invader – and that the fertilised egg implants into the uterus
Tinder and Grindr outraged over STD testing billboards that reference apps
Tinder demanded its name be removed while Grindr halted Aids Healthcare Foundation ads on site as AHF president called dating app companies ‘tone deaf’
The day I removed a toy dinosaur from a woman’s vagina
At first I thought my patient had a bad case of thrush. How wrong I was
The ‘female Viagra’ is a turn-off. Here’s why
Flibanserin, a women’s sex drug, has been approved but I’m not celebrating. It’s yet another symbol of our acceptance that to desire and be desirable is the acme of fulfilment
I struggle to reach orgasm with my partner, so I often fake it
My lover is deeply insecure and it’s very hard to guide him during lovemaking to help me climax – what should I do?