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To: Dauntless who wrote (6194)	2/10/1999 3:10:00 PM
From: Craig Markell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7041

Study Finds Sexual Dysfunction Widespread In U.S. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two in every five women and about a third of all men in the United States suffer sexual dysfunctions ranging from lack of desire to inability to reach orgasm, according to a study published Tuesday. University of Chicago researchers, calling the study the first of its kind since the 1948 report by Dr. Alfred Kinsey on human sexual behavior, said the results ''indicate that sexual problems are widespread in society and are influenced by both health-related and psychosocial factors.'' The finding that 43 percent of women and 30 percent of men have sexual dysfunctions came from an analysis of a 1992 survey of 1,749 women and 1,410 men, then aged 18 to 59, also done by researchers at the same school. The data from the national probability sample had been subjected to only limited analysis in the past the report said. A fresh look was taken due to recent advances in the drug field, most notably Viagra, which have put the issue back in the spotlight. ''This problem warrants recognition as a significant public health concern,'' said the study published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association. In both men and women sexual dysfunction was linked to emotional and stress-related problems, including prior traumatic sexual experience, poor health and poor quality of life, the study found. Sexual dysfunctions covered by the survey included lack of sexual desire, arousal difficulties, inability to achieve climax or ejaculation, anxiety about performance, premature orgasms, pain during intercourse and not finding sex pleasurable. ''Sexual problems are most common among young women and older men,'' the study said. ''Several factors may explain these differential rates. Since young women are more likely to be single, their sexual activities involve higher rates of partner turnover as well as periodic spells of sexual inactivity,'' it added. ''This instability, coupled with inexperience, generates stressful encounters, providing the basis for sexual pain and anxiety. Young men are not similarly affected. Older men are more likely to have trouble maintaining or achieving an erection as well as to lack an interest in sex,'' the report said.