Ian Kerner

Bio

Ian Kerner, Ph.D, is a sexuality counselor and New York Times best-selling author of numerous books for Harper Collins, including She Comes First and Love in the Time of Colic. Ian's journey to counseling grew out of his own personal battle with sexual dysfunction and his desire to help others. He often addresses issues that are common to the "American bedroom" but nonetheless lead to lives of quiet desperation. Ian appears frequently on the TODAY Show and CBS Early Show and lives his wife and two boys in New York City. He holds advanced degrees from New York University and is certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.



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  • sexual health

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  • Good In Bed

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    WEDNESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- A specialized kind of immune cell that patrols the skin of people infected with the herpes virus appears to prevent the outbreak of painful sores, a new study suggests.

    Researchers think the cells may be key to developing a potential vaccine against ge...Full Article

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    MONDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- Danish scientists testing a novel HIV treatment in human trials contend that they're confident their strategy will result in a cure for the AIDS-causing virus, according to news reports.

    The technique -- already tested successfully in lab experiments ...Full Article

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    THURSDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- It's easy to blame pornography for prompting young people to engage in risky sex, but a new study suggests that the use of sexually explicit material doesn't have a lot to do with sexual behavior.

    The study looked at 4,600 people between the ages of ...Full Article

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    THURSDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- A hefty chunk of your happiness may depend on whether you believe you're having as much sex as your peers are, new research suggests.

    The findings raise the possibility that conversations with friends about sex -- plus reading all those sexual surve...Full Article

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    THURSDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- About one in every 50 heterosexual Americans living in poorer urban neighborhoods is infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

    According to the CDC, the 2.3 percent infection...Full Article

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    THURSDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of lives worldwide have been improved and saved through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, an Institute of Medicine report says.

    The plan's success shows that HIV/AIDS services can be effectively delivered on a large scale e...Full Article

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    THURSDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a new, and sobering, government statistic to ponder on Valentine's Day: More than 110 million men and women in the United States have a sexually transmitted infection.

    In two studies published online Feb. 13 in the journal Sexually Transmitt...Full Article

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    WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- If you're one of those husbands who thinks taking over some of your wife's household chores will translate into having sex more often, maybe you should think again.

    A new study suggests the opposite may be true.

    Married men who spend more tim...Full Article

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    WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Try it, you'll like it -- probably more than you think.

    With or without a condom, Americans find sex very satisfying, according to a new study that took a peek into the bedrooms of men and women, straight and gay.

    "There's this commonly held...Full Article

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    FRIDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Bisexual men have higher rates of mental health problems than gay men do, and new research suggests that this burden might stem from their desire to keep their sexual relationships with men secret.

    Researchers evaluated the mental health of more than 20...Full Article

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    THURSDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The war against HIV/AIDS is far from over, U.S. health officials said on Thursday, with gay and bisexual men in urban centers accounting for most new infections in the United States.

    Nearly 29,000 new cases of HIV, the AIDS-causing virus, were attribu...Full Article

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    TUESDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Teens with smartphones are more likely to have sex and meet others online for sex than teens without Internet access on their phones, according to a new study.

    But it's not clear if the smartphone actually influences teenagers' sexual activity, and at...Full Article

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    FRIDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- In recent years, media reports of celebrities -- usually men -- citing "sex addiction" as the reason they've been unfaithful have made headlines.

    But is what's known to psychologists as "hypersexual disorder" a real pathology or just a lame excuse for ...Full Article

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    FRIDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of routine screening for cervical cancer is low among lesbians, according to a new study.

    More awareness about screening for this type of cancer among the lesbian community is needed to reduce the risk for the disease in these patients, the res...Full Article

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    WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccination approach may provide protection against genital herpes as well as other sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, according to a new study involving mice.

    The vaccination model developed by researchers at Yale University focus...Full Article