By William M. Dowd
You’ve gotta love Denmark.
This is a country that gave us great pastries, smoked salmon, UAlbany’s mascot and the late Victor Borge.
Now, they’ve given mankind a counter-argument to womankind’s age-old turndown, “Not tonight. I have a headache.”
According to a report in the Copenhagen Post:
“A team of Danish researchers has found that having sex helps relieve even the strongest of headaches. The next time your partner says: Not tonight, honey, Ive got a headache, you can show them the latest research results from a team of doctors at University Hospitals sexology clinic that indicate sex actually helps relieve that painful pounding between the ears.
“Physicians have found that several of the hormones released by the body during sexual intercourse – during orgasms in particular – help ease pain.
” ‘Endorphins and oxytocins are the bodys natural morphine, sexologist Brge Dandanell Thomsen said. ‘ Those hormones block pain and result in a feeling of well-being.’ Therefore, he concluded, there is no reason to use a headache as an excuse to avoid having sex.”
What a shame the Nobel Prizes have already been handed out for this year.
(Posted 10/16/07)
William M. Dowd is a Capital Region writer and photographer. Besides this blog on current events, he’ll help you keep up with information on food, drink and destinations at Taste for Travel and Dowd On Drinks.