Feeling young at heart can help with a healthy sex life

            

University of Waterloo researchers say that the closer you are feeling to the age which you actually are the less likely you may be to be satisfied with your sex life. A healthy sex life is possible to maintain as you age. Leading a healthy lifestyle with good nutrition and a positive attitude can nurture a healthy sex life in your elderly years.

It has been reported by the University of Waterloo that your sex life may be only as old as you are feeling. The researchers say that it is not as likely you will be satisfied with your sex life if you feel very close to the age which you actually are. A better quality sex life was reported by those who did not feel as close to their chronological age.

Steven Mock, who is an associate professor in Recreation and Leisure Studies at University of Waterloo, said this research showed there was a large impact on how people felt about the quality of their sex life if they felt younger. This also influenced their interest in sex. It seems that for people who are middle aged and older feeling young at heart can actually make a significant difference in the bedroom.

This study has been published in The Journal of Sex Research. It has been observed that in older people the less positive their views of aging are, the less sexual activity was rated as enjoyable by them. Feelings of being older was also associated with less interest in sex. It seems that nurturing youthful feelings may actually pay off in a more satisfied sex life as you age.

Ending HIV is possible in the USA

New research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has revealed that within the next decade there may be dramatic steps towards ending the HIV epidemic in the USA. It has been said that with a good commitment, a path exists to end domestic HIV infection via the achievement of critical milestones, which specifically include decrease of annual new infections to 21,000 by 2020 and to 12,000 by 2025. Study co-author David Holtgrave, PhD, says these ambitious targets could be achieved with an intensified and sustained national commitment. Developments in antiretroviral therapy (ART), which are drugs that lower HIV transmission by decreasing the level of virus in the blood, means that HIV can now be a chronic disease which is manageable. 

This study has been published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. There is an ambitious, but significant, pathway to lower U.S. HIV incidence below 12,000 new infections by 2025. This would bring HIV incidence below mortality in 2025, which would mark a transition toward actually ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It certainly is worth the effort to help end the threat of HIV/AIDS in the USA.