Could Your Love Life Be Better?

University of Michigan Medical School

When a widely publicized landmark study of the sexual habits of older adults was recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine, many people were shocked by the results. University of Chicago researchers who asked 3,000 adults nationwide about their sex lives found that the majority of sexually active adults in their 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s were having sex two or three times a month or more — the same rate as people in their 20s, 30s and 40s.

But the survey also found that many older adults are not sexually active — and many who are having sex are not sexually satisfied. Why not? There are various reasons…

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