Erica Palim

Erica Palim trembled as she stood before a microphone at a packed hearing in June at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Gaithersburg, Md. For the first time, she was about to tell the world what it felt like to lose all desire to have sex. For years, she'd kept quiet, because the Georgetown-trained securities lawyer, mother of four and fixtur...

Erica Palim trembled as she stood before a microphone at a packed hearing in June at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Gaithersburg, Md. For the first time, she was about to tell the world what it felt like to lose all desire to have sex. For years, she'd kept quiet, because the Georgetown-trained securities lawyer, mother of four and fixtur...