17 Reasons Why Having Sex Is Good for Your Health

Sex seems to be more than a hormonal discharge and some short moments of pure pleasure. Scientists show that sex is extremely beneficial for our health, while the lack of an active sex life might have negative effects. But too much sex, can also be harmful: more than thrice a week it can weaken the immune system, making us vulnerable to infections...

1. Our mental and emotional health balance is clearly influenced by sex. Abstinence is known to cause from anxiety to paranoia and depression... In fact, in case of light depressions, after having sex the brain releases endorphins, that decrease stress, inducing a state of euphoria. 

2. Sex can be a beauty treatment. While having sex, a woman's body doubles the estrogen level, and this makes her hair shine and the skin becomes softer. 

3. A 10-year research carried on 1,000 middle-aged men

 at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland, showed that sex on a regular basis increases the humans' lifespan. For the same age and health, those who had orgasms more frequently had half the death rate of men who did not have such frequent orgasms. This could be due to the plummeting stress hormones, reaction that installs after we have sex.

3. Sweating while having sex cleanse the skin pores, making the skin brighter and decreasing the risk of developing dermatitis. 

4. Sex can make us lose weight. You burn all that fat and carbohydrates from the romantic dinner. Quickies of 20 minutes weekly mean 7 500 calories annually, that's as much as you consume on 120 km (745 mi) of jogging. A sex session can burn about 200 calories. This is like running 15 minutes on a treadmill!

5. Sex strengthen our muscles. You can imagine the effort made by your muscles through those pushes and flexions. It depends on your stunts in bed, of course. And it's clearly a lot more fun than running for miles. 

6. The more active your sex life is, the more attractive for the opposite sex you are. High sexual activity makes the body release more pheromones, chemicals that attract the opposite sex. 

7. Sex sharpens our senses, at least the smell. Following the orgasm, a rise of the hormone prolactin makes the brain's stem cells form new neurons in the olfactory bulb, boosting a person's olfactory abilities. 

8. Sex is also a pain reliever, ten times more effective than typical painkillers: immediately before orgasm, levels of the hormone oxytocin rise by five times, determining a huge release of endorphins. These chemicals calm pain, from a minor headache to arthritis or migraines, and with no secondary effects. Migraines also disappear because the pressure in the brain's blood vessels is lowered while we have sex. So now we see that actually, a woman's headache is rather a good reason for having sex, not against it. 

9. Kissing your partner daily means less visits to dentist. Kissing stimulates salivation, which cleanses food left between the teeth and lowers the acidity in the mouth, the main cause of the tooth decay. 

10. A good sex session can be a good remedy against stiff nose, being a natural antihistaminic that helps combating asthma and high fever. 

11. Having sex regularly drops the cholesterol level, balancing the ratio good cholesterol: bad cholesterol.

12. The hormones released while we have sex helps both men and women; estrogen protects a woman's heart but on the long term, it can be efficient also against Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis while testosterone strengthens the bones and muscles. 

13. Sex is not beneficial not only for the heart, but also for the blood circulation, especially in the brain, because of the increased heart rate and deep breathing. 

14. The sexual activity lowers the risk of getting colds and the flu. 1-2 intercourses weekly means 30 % higher levels of the antibody immunoglobulin A, that spurs the immune system. 

15. Sex leads to a better control of the bladder, by strengthening the pelvis muscles controlling the flow of urine. 

16. After orgasm, especially in the evening, we become sleepy. This is the effect of some good sex: it increases sleep quality. Following an orgasm, the body of both males or females becomes completely relaxed, so they may have a good deep sleep. 

17. Sex fights cancer! Various researches have shown that a high ejaculation frequency and sexual activity are linked to a lower risk of prostate cancer later in life. A study found out that men who ejaculated 13 to 20 times monthly presented a 14% lower risk of prostate cancer than men who ejaculated on average, between 4 and 7 times monthly for most of their adult life. Those ejaculating over 21 times a month presented a 33% decreased risk of developing prostate cancer than the baseline group.

Jobs and Occupations in highest demand in USA: 2006 to 2016

Bureau of Labor Statistics: A summary of Tomorrow’s jobs

Making informed career decisions requires reliable information about opportunities in the future. Opportunities result from the relationships between the population, labor force, and the demand for goods and services. ~ US Bureau of Labor Statistics

The unemployment rate in USA is almost 10% – the worst in decades. A large number of well qualified individuals are desperately looking for jobs. Finding a job that you really like, and getting it, can be a challenging process.

This article provides a long term view of the jobs and occupation that are, and going to be, in high demand in USA. The information and data is based on the study from U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. A wide variety of occupations are forecast to be in high demand. Among all occupations, health-care is forecast to make up 7 of the 20 fastest growing occupations.

The first chart displays the jobs and occupations that are supposed to enjoy the highest rate of increase. The Top jobs with highest percent change in employment over the period of 2006-16, as shown in the chart, include:

• Network systems and data communications analysts
• Personal and home care aides
• Home health aides
• Computer software engineers, applications
• Veterinary technologists and technicians
• Personal financial advisers
• Makeup artists, theatrical and performance
• Medical assistants
• Veterinarians
• Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
• Skin care specialists
• Financial analysts
• and so on…..For more details, you may refer to the chart on the right.

According to this detailed study, the 7 top health-care occupations are exhibiting high growth rates. Overall, as you can see in the chart, the high growth rates comes from health care, social assistance, engineering, services and technical occupations.

It is worth noting that the percentage increase or the rate of growth within a job sector may not provide the complete job picture because some occupation have much larger number of employees compared to others. To understand the ‘absolute value’ or the actual number of jobs added, the numerical growth chart (the second one here) is much more telling.

According to the study, the top 20 occupations listed in the second chart will account for more than one-third of all new jobs, 6.6 million combined, over the period of 2006-2016. The occupations with ‘the largest numerical increase’ include:

• Registered nurses
• Retail sales-persons
• Customer service representatives
• Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
• Office clerks, general
• Personal and home care aides
• Home health aides
• Post-secondary teachers
• Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
• Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
• Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
• Waiters and waitresses
• Child care workers
• and so on…as shown in the second chart here

Looking at these two charts, some of the long trends in job market stand out:

• The jobs and occupation with specific skills and qualifications are among the jobs in high demand.
• Health-care, network and computer engineering occupations are growing at fast rate.
• Nursing, sales-rep, food industry, office jobs, teachers are expected to have large number of openings.
• A wide variety of sectors will continue to grow, offering opportunities for all who excel in their fields.

Even though the study is based on USA labor market, similar trends in job demands may also apply to other countries as well. In general health care, engineering, services and technical fields seem to exhibit higher demand.

Global recession again. Recession 2011 could be worse, as US recession looms large

NEW DELHI: India weathered the 2008 crisis well, but there are fears that this time round the country is not even ready for a crisis of much lesser magnitude, let alone a full-blown debt default in Europe or a possible US recession. 

Weak finances, persistently high inflation and policy inertia have considerably weakened the government's position today. 

"This time our basics are weak. A domestic meltdown is expected and our resilience won't be as much as last time," said Nisha Taneja, professor of economics at ICRIER. Growth estimates are down to 7.2% in the current year, not far from 6.8% the country managed in crisis-ridden 2008-09, and every other indicator is pointing downwards. 


Contrast that with 9.3% growth on the eve of the crisis when India could do no wrong. "This time we may be on weaker foundations," chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu told Washington Post last week. Just before the crisis in 2008, the repo rate, the key rate in the economy, was 9%, which was cut quickly to stimulate demand and investments. This time round the best the Reserve Bank can do is to halt the rate increases because despite high borrowing costs consumption demand remains strong and any policy reversal risks inflation going out of hand. 

For the same reason, the government is in no position to risk a fiscal stimulus as it will stoke demand and raise inflation. The year 2007-08 began with a fiscal deficit of less than 3% of GDP. This strong fiscal position had allowed the government to announce a Rs 75,000-crore farm debt waiver and meet the generous Sixth Pay Commission award. Both of these, together with rapidly scaling up rural jobs scheme, held up demand when the financial crisis unraveled. 




Subsequently, the government was also able to cut taxes and announce other measures to stimulate demand. Although, in the current year, the fiscal deficit is budgeted at 4.7% of GDP, most experts expect the government to breach it by a good margin, with some estimates going as high as 5.5%. In such a situation, a fiscal stimulus is almost ruled out. 

"The ability to respond (globally) is very limited this time around," said Samiran Chakraborty, chief economist, Standard Chartered. "The fiscal space in India is also comparatively more constrained." Although the foreign exchange reserves are in excess of $300 billion, the balance of payments situation is weaker and the country could find it difficult to weather an export slump similar to the one in 2008, when growth turned negative for 13 straight months. 

The current account deficit is likely at over 2.7% of GDP, much higher than 1.3% in 2007-08, and foreign direct investments are not as forthcoming. The C Rangarajan-headed Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council expects only $14 billion in inflows in the current year. Even without the crisis, things were not looking good for Indian economy. It has got much worse, though difficult to say how much. "The overall impact of the global uncertainty is difficult to predict as of now," said Pronab Sen, principal advisor to the Planning Commission.


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