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Some of this surely has to do with Viagra, which makes it easier for older men to be interested in sex. But the disparity in sexual activity between older men and older women isn't entirely explained by the 1998 release of the little blue pill. One set of data presented in the new paper - taken from the National Survey of Midlife Development, involving about 3,000 adults ages 25 to 74 - was collected in 1995 and 1996. That data set shows that 62% of men ages 65 to 74 reported sexual activity in the previous six months; only...
Another problem the editorial doesn't mention: the paper is based on self-reported data, and although the authors note that self-reported information about health is usually highly consistent with objective health data, reports of actual sexual activity simply cannot be objectively measured. Even so, the paper does confirm a large difference in sexual interest among older men and older women...
...paper raises more questions than it answers. When interviewed, Lindau avoids making any sweeping social commentary. Instead, she notes that as a gynecologist, she gets a lot of questions from older patients about whether their level of sexual activity is normal. "And I haven't had the data to give these women answers," she says. The new paper is a start...
...free day-long camp—billed as an “unconference” where attendees voted on which topics they wanted to present or discuss—featured discussions ranging from “Tweeting like a Pro” to engaging citizens in data-driven case studies...
...their feelings with. Furthermore, students without any supportive relationships represented half of the small percentage of students who reported any suicidal indicators. Loneliness and isolation are two of the risk factors for depression and can place people at risk for suicide. Both this data and research purport that students with adequate social support have greater protection from major life stressors, and also adjust better to those stressful situations. A reduction in social support may explain some of the symptoms of depression. While these numbers may seem small, if it is you who is faced...