Gyno Med Spa - No I'm Not Kidding

Just when you think you've heard it all somebody comes up with a new idea.  Here's the latest entry in the highly competetive spa business.  A gyno spa - where you go just to pamper your genital area. Where is this bastion of womanhood located?  New York City of course.

It's called The Perfect Phit (pelvic health integrated techniques) and its all about helping women get in shape from the inside out.

The spa offers the signature treatment of a $150 gynecological exam to determine whether your pelvic muscle tone is weak, moderate or strong.  Then Dr. Laura Romanzi prescribes vaginal workouts she calls personal training.  This training is designed to improve bladder control and also give the woman the added bonus of more intense orgasms.

Now ,while visiting the spa you, can go one step further and indulge yourself in a pelvic beautification treatment.  With names like  Lazy Susan, Core Restore and my personal favorite Lip Sync, I think you get the picture..  

Dr. Romazi says " her goal is to teach every women how to properly perform Kegel exercises.  She believes if you have a vagina you need to do these exercises.  It's the dental floss of feminine fitness".

Kim Cattrall aka Real Cougar In A New HBO Series

For all you Kim Cattrall fans (and I'm one of them), she has just signed on for a new sexy HBO series.  

This time she's leaving her Sex and the City girlfriends behind as she takes on the role of a middle-aged wife and mother in living in New York.   In the show her character is rediscovering her sexuality and beginning to question her place in the world and the choices she has made.  This very minute how many millions of women are asking themselves those very same questions? Sounds to me like HBO is right on the money.

The new series is called "Sensitive Skin" and it's a remake of a British show. Being the smart cougar that she is, Cattrall insisted on an HBO development deal as part of her overall compensation package for agreeing to star in the ‘Sex and the City.  

Will Kim make a big splash without the magnetic star power of  Sarah Jessica?  My money is on Kim.

By the way, Kim paid a visit to my to my hair salon last Tuesday to have her blond tresses touched up. Everybody was raving about how beautiful she was.  Fifty something looks pretty darn good to me.  Don't you agree?

Sex, Sex and More Sex Is Still The Best Medicine

This is fantastic news!  You can throw away your prescription meds.  Science is proving that a  good old-fashioned roll in the hay is the best way to cure all your ills.

There are at least 25 health related problems, from the common cold to high blood pressure, that can be helped by lots of hot and heavy sex. Here's the short version of the list.  To see all of them go to Nerds Do It Better.  Just click here.   

Depression: Without the help of researchers, just about anyone can agree that sex will make you feel good about yourself and just a bit more confident. But one researcher has said there’s a scientific explanation that goes a bit farther. Professor Gordon Gallop says that there’s an unknown chemical in semen that has an antidepressant effect on women.

Headaches: Although sex can sometimes bring on a headache, it can cure them too. The tension release your body experiences during and after sex can ease restricted blood vessels in the brain.

Arthritis: In his book, “How to Treat Arthritis with Sex and Alcohol,” rheumatologist Carter V. Multz asserts that sex, as well as alcohol and other complementary treatments, can reduce pain, swelling, and inflammation associated with arthritis.

Common cold: Manfred Schedlovski, a Swiss researcher from Zurich, asserts that sex has a positive effect on phagocytes, which are a part of the immune system that goes after alien bodies, like cold germs, and kills them. Phagocytes are increased signficantly during sex, and will often double after orgasm.

Weak bones and muscles: Sex brings on a boost of testosterone, which helps to make your bones and muscles strong.

Men Are Not Created Equal When It Comes To Sex

A study by researchers at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction find that men report a variety of different experiences involving sexual desire and arousal.

The men we asked to express their feelings (that in itself is a breakthrough) about the relationship between erections and desire, the importance of scent and the intelligence of the woman.

"We have a lot of assumptions about how men think, feel and behave sexually," said Erick Janssen, associate scientist at the Kinsey Institute. So we had them talk about their real life experiences.

The focus groups involved 50 men divided into three groups based on their age (18-24 years, 25-45 years and 46 and older). Here are some examples of the different experiences reported by the men:

• Depression or a risk of being caught having sex, were reported by some men as inhibiting sex, while other men found that it enhanced their desire and arousal.
• An erection is not the main cue for men to know they are sexually aroused. Most of the men responded that they can experience erections without feeling aroused or interested, leading researchers to suggest that erections are not good criteria for determining sexual arousal in men.
• Many men found it difficult to distinguish between sexual desire and sexual arousal, a distinction prominent in most sexual response models used by researchers and clinicians.
• The sexual history of women also mattered to the men -- but differently for different age groups. Sexually experienced women were considered more threatening by younger men, who had concerns about "measuring up," but such women were considered more arousing for older men.

Men, it turns out, are just as complex as women - no two can be compared.  I don't know why sex has to be so complicated but it usually turns out that way,  Perhaps a little more understanding from both sexes might create more fun in the bedroom.

Cougar Women Telling It Like It Is!

  The Real Cougar Club is a WOW!  It's a fabulous place where smart, sexy, independent woman over 40 are telling it like it is.  The membership is expanding daily and now I've added a brand new feature - a team of experts available to answer all your questions. Starting this month three fabulous cougars - pros in their fields - are available to help you. Let me introduce them.

First meet Catherine Avery an investment strategist. She is going to help you become financially independent. Catherine has more than 25 years experience working for leading investment firms including Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Shearson Lehman Hutton and Prudential Securities. She now has started her own investment firm where she prides herself on developing a personal relationship with all her female clients. She knows all the pitfalls so you can protect you. 

Masturbation: What Every Woman Needs To Know

Self pleasuring is not a subject most people feel particularly comfortable talking about.  In my humble opinion, masturbation has been associated with guilt and shame for much too long.  Masturbation has lots of great benefits, and now is as good a time as any to find out what they are. Understanding how your body works can turn ho hum sex into a mind blowing experience.

Today I received an excellent article written by Carrie Levine at Women to Women.  For those of you who are not familiar with Women to Women it's a health clinic founded by Dr. Christiane Northrup and three other colleagues. It was among the first facilities in the world devoted to health care for women, by women.

Carrie's article on masturbation is jammed pack with wonderful information on everything from the female orgasm to the psychological and physical benefits of masturbation. So please click here for a much clearer understanding of female sexuality.

Enjoy!

Sexual Performance Linked to Obesity

This could do it.  This could get your man to start watching what he eats and maybe even get him to go the gym.  A man's pride in his sexual performance may help the fight against increasing obesity, according to internationally regarded expert on obesity, men's health and aging Professor Gary Wittert.

"Blood vessels to the heart are affected by obesity but similar effects occur with the blood vessels to the penis resulting in erectile dysfunction and poor urinary tract function.

Professor Wittert is from Australia and says, "Australian men care about erection problems, perhaps more so than possible cardiovascular disease. This may present an opportunity to improve communication about the benefits of weight loss." 

Okay ladies now you have a more persuasive argument to get your guy in good shape.

Sex Starved Wives

   In 2003, Michele Weiner Davis' book,The Sex-Starved Marriage described the problems that occur when one spouse is vastly more interested in sex than the other.  After that book came out she was very surprised at what happened next.

She was flooded with e-mails, letters, and phone calls from women, not with "headaches" and other predictable excuses for avoiding sex, but from women who were desperately unhappy because their husbands weren't the least bit interested in sex.

Nothing these women said or did got their men to understand the pain and isolation that comes from a sexual void, and despite heartfelt pleas, they were unable to convince their husbands to seek professional help.

Sex and the G Spot - This You Won't Believe

According to an article in the New York Times Style Magazine women are packing the offices of plastic surgeon Dr. David Matlock to get a shot.  No, it's not a shot of Botox or Restalyn they're coming for - it's a shot of human collagen in their G-spot.  OUCH!!!  And, if just picturing that procedure isn't enough to have you squirming in your chair how about paying $1,850 every four months to get another one?

Why are women doing this?  Apparently it's because they are trying to enlarge their G spot so it's easier to find. That seems a little crazy to me since there is still a debate going on to determine if that highly coveted bastion of pleasure even exists. 

Dr. Christiane Northrop Says "The Smile" Renews Sexual Desire

Dr. Christiane Northrop was back on Oprah yesterday.  You remember the last time she appeared talking about Oprah's thyroid condition it caused quite a stir.  This time it was all about answering questions from the audience.  The show got up close and personal regarding female health issues. Every topic from vaginal odor to urinary incontinence was covered in detail. 

One of the women who was part of an assembled female forum asked Dr. Northrop how to get back her sex drive after having undergone a hysterectomy.  Her surgery was a couple of years ago but she hasn't been able to regain her sexual desire.  That's not unusual.  After you lose your ovaries you lose your ability to produce estrogen and testosterone which are the hormones of desire. Dr. Northrop says "you can use your mind and your breath to energize.  Send a big ball of energy down there.  Because you know what?  They didn't take away your clitoris."