Thank you for your statement about Dr. Kevin Hall. I wish it were a separate post so I could share it more widely. The loss of his talent is tragic, but the idea that his statements were edited without his approval to fit the MAHA agenda — that is egregious. With this kind of censorship and manipulation, MAGA erodes our trust in science, something they did easily with their gullible base— but this malignant behavior does it for the rest of us.
As a psychologist and researcher who spent the years 2000-2021 designing, testing, and implementing internet-based interventions and professional training programs for cancer-related reproductive health problems, and as a friend and admirer of Dr. Brotto since early in her career, I find this question rather sad. Of course it is reasonable to ask what such a program costs to the consumer. Once Lori has completed her funded research, a next step to keep her program alive would be either to contract with hospitals and other organizations who would sponsor it for free or at a reasonable cost to people who need it, and/or to charge a modest fee directly to those people. At least in the US with our totally inadequate funding of mental health, any such fee would be likely far lower than what you would pay for sex therapy with a mental health professional. And those professionals are typically untrained in treating sexual problems with evidence-based care. My bitter experience is that nobody wanted to pay for internet-based programs. Healthcare organizations did not see them as profitable or wanted to reinvent the wheel. Patients expected such programs to be free, not understanding that they were an intervention, not a WebMD educational site. Very few people realized that building such a program took hundreds of thousands of dollars in NIH and other grant funds plus additional funds (some of which were stupidly mine after verbal promises that my home institution would partner in the company). It sounds like Lori has been smarter, and I am going to make sure that she can learn from my mistakes. I do not want to see another excellent program disappear into thin air. I am spending my retirement writing novels but Lori is a newer generation. I am so glad she is in Canada and not in this disaster that our country has become.
I am sad that American medical doctors and those who do important research must stop due to an authoritarian government. In recent weeks more doctors are applying to practice in Canada which includes professors from Yale moving to the University of Toronto. The US will not be open to ground breaking information because of closed minds and open wallets of those in power.
And in combination with quack RFK, there will be more and more unscientific methods and practices and marketing that uninformed and simple minded people embrace. So awful for our once great nation.
I am a Canadian and work at a university here. I am seeing more specialists in medicine as well as research people moving north. If I lived in the US I would consider a move too. Sad state of affairs when a mind changes course as fast as a revolving door!!
The “wellness” industrial complex is already raking in billions more than so-called Big Pharma. We’re not talking about the alternative medicine underdog anymore, this is as greedy capitalist as it gets. Makes my blood boil.
Can you write more about transdermal testosterone and increasing desire? I’m in a serious state of lack of libido related to SSRIs (necessary). I’ll check out esense.
This news about Dr. Hall sickens me, and I'm so pleased you reported it. I first learned of him in 2020 during a course focused on research methods at the Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts - it just keeps getting more terrifying. Thank you for keeping us informed.
Thank u for the talk on desire/arousal. It makes sense what your colleague said about desire comes after arousal.
One frustration I’ve found since menopause is now it always feels like I need to urinate when having an orgasm when I never felt this way prior to menopause. Also use to b able to have orgasm easily, now since menopause, it’s much harder.
Topical estrogen has helped a little. Not sure what else to do
Thank you for your statement about Dr. Kevin Hall. I wish it were a separate post so I could share it more widely. The loss of his talent is tragic, but the idea that his statements were edited without his approval to fit the MAHA agenda — that is egregious. With this kind of censorship and manipulation, MAGA erodes our trust in science, something they did easily with their gullible base— but this malignant behavior does it for the rest of us.
I think the top question for a lot of us about eSense is "what does this cost?" The website doesn't offer any hints, just a "hey, sign up here"
I’ve asked Dr. Brotto and will report back!
As a psychologist and researcher who spent the years 2000-2021 designing, testing, and implementing internet-based interventions and professional training programs for cancer-related reproductive health problems, and as a friend and admirer of Dr. Brotto since early in her career, I find this question rather sad. Of course it is reasonable to ask what such a program costs to the consumer. Once Lori has completed her funded research, a next step to keep her program alive would be either to contract with hospitals and other organizations who would sponsor it for free or at a reasonable cost to people who need it, and/or to charge a modest fee directly to those people. At least in the US with our totally inadequate funding of mental health, any such fee would be likely far lower than what you would pay for sex therapy with a mental health professional. And those professionals are typically untrained in treating sexual problems with evidence-based care. My bitter experience is that nobody wanted to pay for internet-based programs. Healthcare organizations did not see them as profitable or wanted to reinvent the wheel. Patients expected such programs to be free, not understanding that they were an intervention, not a WebMD educational site. Very few people realized that building such a program took hundreds of thousands of dollars in NIH and other grant funds plus additional funds (some of which were stupidly mine after verbal promises that my home institution would partner in the company). It sounds like Lori has been smarter, and I am going to make sure that she can learn from my mistakes. I do not want to see another excellent program disappear into thin air. I am spending my retirement writing novels but Lori is a newer generation. I am so glad she is in Canada and not in this disaster that our country has become.
I am sad that American medical doctors and those who do important research must stop due to an authoritarian government. In recent weeks more doctors are applying to practice in Canada which includes professors from Yale moving to the University of Toronto. The US will not be open to ground breaking information because of closed minds and open wallets of those in power.
And in combination with quack RFK, there will be more and more unscientific methods and practices and marketing that uninformed and simple minded people embrace. So awful for our once great nation.
I am a Canadian and work at a university here. I am seeing more specialists in medicine as well as research people moving north. If I lived in the US I would consider a move too. Sad state of affairs when a mind changes course as fast as a revolving door!!
The “wellness” industrial complex is already raking in billions more than so-called Big Pharma. We’re not talking about the alternative medicine underdog anymore, this is as greedy capitalist as it gets. Makes my blood boil.
Can you write more about transdermal testosterone and increasing desire? I’m in a serious state of lack of libido related to SSRIs (necessary). I’ll check out esense.
This news about Dr. Hall sickens me, and I'm so pleased you reported it. I first learned of him in 2020 during a course focused on research methods at the Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts - it just keeps getting more terrifying. Thank you for keeping us informed.
Thank u for the talk on desire/arousal. It makes sense what your colleague said about desire comes after arousal.
One frustration I’ve found since menopause is now it always feels like I need to urinate when having an orgasm when I never felt this way prior to menopause. Also use to b able to have orgasm easily, now since menopause, it’s much harder.
Topical estrogen has helped a little. Not sure what else to do
Pelvic floor physical therapy!
Heh-heh, worked for me ;)
Can you explain how eSense is different from the Rosy app?