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Get Closer to Your Mate

Whether you're nurturing a budding romance or you've been married since the first lunar landing, you can have a more committed, loving, and fulfilling relationship -- if you're willing to do a little work. Not sure where to start? WebMD consulted with top relationship experts to bring you this set o
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When a Man's Sex Drive Is Too Low

Men. High sex drive. Panting sexual animals. We know what they want. And we know when they want it: right now. Even doctors tend to see men as "sexual automatons," hardwired always to want sex, says pioneering sex researcher Irwin Goldstein, MD, director of sexual medicine at San Diego’s Alvarado Ho
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10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex

When you're in the mood, it's a sure bet that the last thing on your mind is boosting your immune system or maintaining a healthy weight. Yet good sex offers those health benefits and more. That's a surprise to many people, says Joy Davidson, PhD, a New York psychologist and sex therapist. "Of cours
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7 Relationship Problems and How to Solve Them

It's the rare couple that doesn't, sooner or later, run into a few bumps in the road. If you recognize ahead of time what those relationship problems can be, you'll have a much better chance of weathering the storm, experts say. Ideally, a couple should discuss certain basic issues -- such as money,
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The 'Good Enough' Marriage

Forty-one-year-old single mother and journalist Lori Gottlieb has written candidly of spurning "good enough" men in search of the perfect romantic mate. But in her provocative new essay for the Atlantic, Gottlieb advises singles -- especially women -- to consider settling when it comes to a love rel
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Sex in the Senior Years

During the last two decades, several studies have left little doubt that seniors have sex well into their 60s, 70s, and beyond. But what quantitative studies can’t always show is just what senior sex is like -- including its pleasures and problems. Take the case of a couple I counseled recently. Bot
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Timeline of a Love Affair

Being in love is a powerful experience unlike anything else. It's an altered state in which people think and act very differently than usual. Some people never get to experience it, but many of us do at least once in a lifetime. Those who have experienced it also know that the powerful rush doesn't
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Love in the Time of Caller ID

Just as FedEx, UPS, and DHL can send a package across the country overnight, CrazyBlindDate.com can set you up with a stranger in just a few hours -- when you absolutely, positively have to be with someone right now. Hey, if you can get a suit dry-cleaned in three hours, why not a first date? Using
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Love on the Brain

He's analytical, driven, not very verbal, and not always compassionate. She's gregarious, intuitive, whimsical, warm, and compassionate. Before you say "not a chance," hear another view. It's probably a good match, says Helen Fisher, PhD, a cultural anthropologist from Rutgers University and a leadi
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Modern Love Glossary

Stumped by all the relationship slang and instant and text messaging shorthand flying around these days? Confused by terms such as BF, GF, ILY, man crushes, and starter marriages? Don't be. Here's a quick guide to give you the 411: All about, into, all over: Very interested in (I'm all about him, he
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