Sex and health come together
The latest trend in the healthcare industry is to aggressively promote the benefits of preventive medicine. Yearly exams, running on the treadmill and eating your vegetables are all excellent ideas, but one of the most beneficial parts of a smart preventive program is to have sex – and plenty of it.Most everyone would agree that sex feels good, but over the past decade, researchers have also concluded that sex is also good for you. Studies have shown that sex has an impact on many parts of the body, from the heart, to the brain, to the immune system.
Sex health plays an enormous role in everything from our physical health to our emotional health. The pleasure associated with sex can lead to long-term bonding, a natural element crucial in the ability to survive longer. According to research, partners who maintain a robust sex life are more likely to remain partners than those who don’t. This translates into the health benefits of longer life spans and decreased incidences of depression for partners who remain together.
Even though sex has been shown to have substantial health benefits, the topic still remains elusive, confusing, and even taboo in some parts of society. The website icame.com – http://www.icame.com – announced today its mission statement to break down antiquated views toward sex and become the ultimate online resource for information that enriches sexual health.
In just nine months, Icame.com has had a significant impact on educating the public, especially women, who drive 65 percent of the website’s traffic.
“Women comprise the majority of our visitors traffic for several reasons, women utilize the Internet more to search for health information,” said icame.com founder Bruce Diller Verstandig.
“In fact, according to an online media marketing company, female boomers spend more than 15 hours a week online and 83 percent spend a portion of that time researching health and wellness. Another reason, of course, is that the social stigma attached to sex that many women were taught growing up, makes the Internet and icame.com in particular, the ideal place to gain a healthy perspective about intimacy and sexuality anonymously.”
icame not only enriches readers with sexual health information, but health in general. The positive medical effects on the body – both mentally and physically – brought on by arousal and orgasm are central themes on the site. Studies have shown that arousal and an active sex life can improve cardiovascular health, ease pain, decrease depression, relieve stress and help with sleep patterns. The act of intercourse itself has been classified as a highly effective aerobic exercise, burning an average of 200 calories, which is equal to 30 minutes of vigorous running.
Orgasms, meanwhile, are under the influence of the hormone oxytocin. The hormone – found in both men and women – helps lower blood pressure and has a calming effect in higher levels. During orgasm, as the oxytocin levels increase, its anti-stress properties kick in, as well as stimulating feelings of affection and intimacy. Orgasms were the centerpiece of one of the most credible sex-related studies ever done, correlating overall health with sexual frequency. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, tracked the mortality of about 1,000 middle-aged men over the course of a decade. It found that men who reported the highest frequency of orgasm enjoyed a death rate half that of those who didn’t.
Passing along this critical information about sex and health is the ultimate goal of icame.com. It’s a Web information interchange presented in a welcoming and praiseworthy environment, with the intention of cutting out internal censorship, breaking down the barriers of sexual inhibition, and establishing a place to learn “everything you always wanted to ask others about their sex life, yet were too polite to ask.” Mass Media Newswire
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Sep 12th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
Nice post Brightfeather. Sex I believe is essential to complete happiness…
Sep 13th, 2007 at 1:03 am
I agree with the study. I only wish I could have written the newspaper headline:
Something most of us already know.
Sep 13th, 2007 at 5:36 am
Unfortunately a good sex life can not be prescribed by a physician :)
Sep 13th, 2007 at 10:55 am
{waving to Nita and Letters}
@ Root
It’s too bad because apparently we could all use a standing prescription for sex for life. :)
Sep 13th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
I wish it could :)
Jan 14th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
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