Sexual dysfunction is a common complication of diabetes. Yet a study of nearly 2,000 men and women with the disease found that middle-aged people with diabetes are just as sexually active as their peers who don’t have it. Of people with partners, about 70 percent of men and 60 percent of women in the study reported having sex two to three times a month. But compared with men who have diabetes, women with diabetes were less likely to discuss sexual problems with a doctor.
Source: Diabetes Care, September 2010