A 28-year-old man has revealed a harrowing nine-month struggle with a popular hair loss drug, describing how his life turned upside down once he stopped taking it. Speaking on the podcast “Moral Medicine,” a man who goes by Chirag said he was living the good life before he started popping finasteride in June 2023 to … Read more
Dating apps can put us on hormonal rollercoaster. Online dating is a gamble in more ways than one. Researchers have revealed that dating apps can monkey with our hormones, creating a chemical dependence that’s on par with an addiction to games of chance — even when users swipe right. The freaky findings were part of … Read more
Could skipping dinner get your love life back on track? A new international study found that a particular form of intermittent fasting boosted the libido of male mice, raising questions about whether it could trigger a similar effect in humans. “A lack of sexual desire is not necessarily perceived as problematic — but some people … Read more
Every day in America, an estimated 6,000 women reach menopause — and more than two million enter that stage each year. Menopause — when a woman has gone 12 months without a period — typically occurs between the ages of 45 and 55. Symptoms include anxiety, mood changes, hot flashes, sleep problems, weight gain, and slowed metabolism. Another major tell? … Read more
It’s certainly one way to get all “hop” and bothered. Grasshoppers could be added to the list of alleged aphrodisiacs ― a food or other substance thought to increase one’s libido — according to a study published in the journal Food Science of Animal Products. While erotic mood-boosting bites are more fantasy than fact, many foods dubbed … Read more
Shannen Doherty‘s cancer treatment has ruined her sex drive. “When you’re feeling not great about yourself, that’s going to kill your libido,” Doherty, 52, said on the most recent episode of her “Lets Be Clear” podcast. “But then when it actually impacts your libido, when meds take your libido away, or it makes things not … Read more
Men, I’m so perplexed by you. You’ve really got me scratching my head this week. It all started when I posted a ‘sex education’ hot tip on my Instagram advising men not to tear open condom packets with their teeth (no matter how sexy you may think it looks) because this can sometimes create a … Read more