Co-author and friend Allison Gilbert says she and Pierre Lehu are honored to take the late sex therapist's upcoming book "over the finish line" Dia Dipasupil/Getty Dr. Ruth was able to realize one ...

As a pediatrician, she helped elevate breastfeeding from a medical afterthought to a specialty of its own. As a mother of ...

Editor’s Note: Allison Gilbert is a journalist and the author and co-author of six books, including the forthcoming “The Joy of Connections: 100 Ways to Beat Loneliness and Live a Happier and More ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96 ...

When Dr. Ruth Westheimer, often known as Dr. Ruth, passed away in July at the age of 96, she left behind quite a legacy. She ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week she has appointed talk show host Dr. Ruth Westheimer as the nation’s first Ambassador to Loneliness to help New Yorkers address the growing issue of ...

Dr. Ruth Anderson Lawrence of the University of Rochester Medical Center had many titles, such as physician, toxicologist, ...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who turns 94 on Saturday, has one birthday wish: to help lonely people. “I would like to be the ambassador for the state of New York combating loneliness,” the famed sex therapist ...

"This works very well for sexual satisfaction," the sex expert, 91, tells PEOPLE while sharing tips Where has all the romance gone? Somewhere beneath all the texting, swiping and midnight hookups, ...

Famed sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer is trying to get a one-woman show about her life, “Becoming Dr. Ruth,” to Broadway. Westheimer was in the house at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on ...

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the renowned sex expert offers her advice. Feb. 9, 2013— -- intro: Dr. Ruth Westheimer is a renowned psychosexual therapist whose straightforward approach to sex ...

Ask Dr. Ruth is the latest documentary to land on Hulu that focuses on a female icon still fighting the good fight. The streaming platform appealed to the zeitgeist last year by nabbing the rights to ...