Nikoleta Popkostadinova

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Sex and alcohol: top five facts

Making Love
How much is too much? When it comes to alcohol and sex this may be the most important question. Drinking may help break the ice, but it can also land you in trouble. Our Top Five Facts number 19 is all about sex and booze.

Putting sexy into contraception

Birth Control
Making birth control sexy works better than using scare tactics, says family planning organisation DKT International. Today Love Matters launches a partnership with DKT. So just what makes the company tick?

Cheating doubles chances of divorce

Marriage troubles
Cheating sets couples on the road to divorce, a recent study found. In a marriage, cheating is usually a deal breaker. Yet 34 percent of men and 19 percent of women in the USA say they’ve been unfaithful to their spouses at some point.

Pregnant? Sex is better if you don’t know

Being Pregnant
The bad news: being pregnant puts you off sex – and not surprisingly gives you sore breasts, tiredness and nausea. But here’s the good news: it’s partly in the mind. Women who don’t realise they’re pregnant aren’t put off sex, a new study found.

Cheaters have riskier sex

Safe Sex
Cheaters are more likely to have unsafe sex than people who have agreed to have an open sexual relationship, a recent US study found. They’re less likely to use condoms, either with their partner or their lovers.

Her sexual desire drops, his stays the same

Sex Problems: how to overcome them
Women want sex less and less as a relationship goes on, while men stay as horny as ever. It’s fact, not just cliché. You can work out exactly how much a woman will want sex just by looking at the length of her relationship, say researchers.