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"So you know that there are health benefits to having sex: it&amp;#x27;s a stress reliever, the hormone release helps ease your body&amp;#x27;s aches and pains, it boosts your immune system, and, depending how you do it, it can burn anywhere from 85 to 250 calories. And here&amp;#x27;s a new one... Research by the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Scotland has shown that women who have sex four times a week can look 7 to 12 years younger--apparently, sex helps boost skin&amp;#x27;s production of vitamin D, and estrogen (which is released in higher amounts during sex) can make your skin smoother and hair shinier. So it&amp;#x27;s interesting to see that, according to the WomenTALK 2011 Survey, commissioned by HealthyWomen, only 42 percent of women rate sex as &amp;quot;very or extremely important&amp;quot; to their overall health. In an email, I asked Naomi Greenblatt, M.D., medical director of The Rocking Chair LLC in Englewood, N.J., what that meant. Here&amp;#x27;s what she had to say: &amp;quot;Women are not having as much sex, and when they do, it is often obligatory because they are not prioritizing it. There are only 24 hours in a day and women have a lot to fit in during that time. Unfortunately, the benefits of sex are either not something women are aware of, or not valued enough.&amp;quot; Dr. Greenblatt (who offers up some how-to-spice-things-up tips here) also says that women also &amp;quot;juggle their many roles all day, and unless they consciously make an effort to disconnect from the day-to-day stress and feel romantic, it may not naturally occur.&amp;quot; Hmmm...what do you think? Is health a factor in your sex life? Do you make sex a priority? More on germs: * Women&amp;amp;#8217;s Health: Everything You Don&amp;amp;#8217;t Know About Your Ladyparts&amp;amp;#133;but Should! * The Birth Control Your Ob/Gyn Uses * OMG, Behold the Viagra Condom More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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