>>> NOW OUR LAST EDITION THIS
WEEK IN OUR SERIES A GIRLS GUIDE TO WHERE WE ANSWERLS
GUIDE TO WHERE WE ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WOMENS HEALTH
AND WE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST BECAUSE TODAY WE ARE TALKINGST
BECAUSE TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT S-E-X AND THE NEW STUDY
OUT THIS WEEK SAYS AS WE BECOME
SENIOR CITIZENS ABOUT 40% OF US
ARE STILL GETTING BUSY.
OVER 70% SAY THEY ARE SATISFIED
WITH THEIR SEX LIFE.
THAT DOESNT MEAN THEY ARE DOING
IT.
IT.
THEY ARE JUST SATISFIED WITH IT
WHATEVER IT IS.
HERE TO TELL US HOW YOU CAN REV UP YOUR SEX DRIVE AND SEX LIFEV
UP YOUR SEX DRIVE AND SEX LIFE IS MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL
CENTER FOR MEDICINE AND
MENOPAUSE AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
"SEX RX".
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
SO WE ARE TALKING IN PARTICULAR ABOUT WOMEN AND DRIVE, SEX DRIVE
BECAUSE IT NEVER SEEMS TO BE
EXACTLY THE SAME.
>> IT IS NEVER.
THERE IS A CYCLE THROUGHOUT LIFE. IS A CYCLE THROUGHOUT
LIFE.
IN YOUR 20s IT IS ALL ABOUT SEX ALL THE TIME BECAUSE YOU ARESEX
ALL THE TIME BECAUSE YOU ARE TRYING TO HAVE FUN AND THEN THE
BABY MAKING THING AND THEN YOU
SEE THE PILLOW AND YOU WANT TO
GO TO SLEEP.
THE STUDY SHOWS YOU WE THINK
THIS IS ALL DRIVEN BY HORMONE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT SENIOR CITIZENS
THEIR HORMONE TANK IS ON EMPTY
AND THEY ARE STILL GETTING BUSY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
INGREDIENTS.
INGREDIENTS.
DESIRE IS VERY MUCH DRIVEN BY
NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN THE BRAIN.
DOME MEAN
DOPAMINE.
BUT THEN SEROTONIN IS WHAT MAKES
YOU SAY MAYBE NOT SO MUCH. >> THATS THE BUZZ KILL.CH.
>> THATS THE BUZZ KILL. >> IT KEEPS YOU FROM MAKING LOVE
LONG ENOUGH TO GO TO WORK AND DO
LAUNDRY.
LAUNDRY.
>> HOW DO WE INCREASE THE DOPAMINE? WE INCREASE THE
DOPAMINE?
HUSBANDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WANT
TO KNOW.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS
THAT CAN REALLY SABOTAGE YOUR
SEX LIFE.
WE LOOK AT THINGS THAT INFLUENCE DOPAMINE.T THINGS THAT INFLUENCE
DOPAMINE. ANTIDEPRESSANTS.
ANTIDEPRESSANTS. A LOT OF WOMEN ARE ON
ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND THEY
INCREASE SEROTONIN WHAT PUTS AN
END TO ALL OF THIS.
SOMETIMES WE NEED TO MANIPULATE
THAT.
THAT.
>> YOU FEEL HAPPIER BUT YOUR HUSBAND FEELS LESS HAPPY.OUR
HUSBAND FEELS LESS HAPPY. I LIKE YOU WHEN YOU ARE SAD.
>> THE WOMAN FEELS SAD, TOO.
THIS ISNT A DO IT YOURSELF
PROJECT.
PROJECT.
YOU IS TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR. SOMETIMES YOU CAN INFLUENCEOR.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN INFLUENCE THAT.
THAT.
THAT NEW DRUG A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE FEMALE VIAGRA
WHICH IT WAS NOT.
THE WAY IT WORKED WAS IN THE
BRAIN TO HELP SEROTONIN NOT WORK
QUITE SO WELL AND DOPAMINE TO
WORK BETTER.
WORK BETTER. >> ALL OF THESE MEDICATIONS HELP
MEN.
MEN.
>> TELL ME ABOUT IT. >> AND NOTHING FOR WOMEN.
>> I WOULDNT SAY NOTHING.
THERE IS A HUGE DISPARITY
BETWEEN MALE SEXUAL HEALTH AND
FEMALE SEXUAL HEALTH.
THERE ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE
REMEDIES FOR ALL THE THINGS
WOMEN ARE DEALING WITH WHETHER
PAINFUL SEX, NO LIBIDO,
INABILITY TO HAVE AN ORGASM OR
CANT GET AROUSED.
IF THEY DO HAVE THE NERVE TO
BRING IT UP WITH THE DOCTOR
WHICH THEY DONT SO THEY THINK
WELL I HAD SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE
JUST YESTERDAY 82 YEARS OLD --
>> YOU. WOW.
>> HER HUSBAND HAD DIED TEN
YEARS EARLIER.
YEARS EARLIER. SHE MET A LOVELY MAN, GAVE IT A
GO, DIDNT GO SO WELL.
SHE FOUND HER WAY TO US AND WE
SAID WE CAN FIX THIS.
>> WHEN YOU ARE THAT AGE IS IT
POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO -- LETS
SAY, FINISH WELL?
>> I HAVE THE BEST NEWS FOR YOU
EVER.
EVER.
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU DO NOT NEED
ONE DROP OF ESTROGEN TO CLIMAX?
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT
OF WOMEN THINK IF THEY GO
THROUGH MENOPAUSE OR OVARIES ARE REMOVED IT IS DONE AND OVER. ARE
REMOVED IT IS DONE AND OVER. IT IS MORE ABOUT BLOOD FLOW AND
HAVING HEALTHY NERVE ENDINGS.
WHAT ESTROGEN DOES IS INCREASES
BLOOD FLOW AND HELPS NERVE
ENDINGS.
ENDINGS.
WE HAVE OTHER WAYS TO DO IT.
>> IS THIS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT
THE PERSONAL TRAINER FOR YOUR VAGINA?SONAL TRAINER FOR YOUR
VAGINA?
>> WE SURE CAN. >> IF THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
THERE --
THERE -- >> NOT ENOUGH FROM MY POINT OF
VIEW.
VIEW.
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY -- THIS IS A REAL THING.ICALLY -- THIS IS A REAL
THING.
PELVIC FLOOR PHYSICAL THERAPY.
YOU KNOW WHO PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
ARE.
WE HAVE MUSCLES IN OUR PELVIS
THAT SUPPORT ALL THE GOOD STUFF.
IF THOSE MUSCLES ARE NOT ONLY WEAK ITS NOT JUST ABOUT MAKING
THEM STRONG, SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE
THEY HAVE BEEN IN PAIN THE
MUSCLES ARE LIKE THIS.
THEY GET SO TIGHT BECAUSE YOUR
VU
VU
VAGINA IS NOT STUPID.
ITS LIKE DONT COME IN HERE IT WILL HURT.ONT COME IN HERE IT
WILL HURT. YOUR MUSCLES CLAMP DOWN.
SO WHAT THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST
DOES IS THEY ACTUALLY HELP YOU
RELAX THESE MUSCLES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IS THIS
JUST KEEGLES?
JUST KEEGLES? NO.
NO. THESE ARE PELVIC FLOOR PHYSICAL