Wed,21 December 2011
More than 80% of prostate cancer patients develop erectile dysfunction, no matter whether they have surgery or external radiation therapy, as maintained by a recent study published in the Journal of Urology. Erectile dysfunction that also called impotence is the powerlessness to attain or maintain an erection enough for sexual intercourse. It just refers to erection function. Men with the dysfunction have normal sensation and sex drive and are able to get orgasm.
Prostate cancer is not a cause of erectile dysfunction; but, treatments for the disease could cause erectile dysfunction. And
Thu,15 December 2011
Erectile dysfunction is the persistent inability of a man to achieve and maintain an erection strong enough for intercourse. Factors responsible for erection are :
1. The brain, which has a fine network of erogenous stimuli.
2. The nerves, which pass messages from the brain to the penis.
3. The blood vessels in the male organ.
An erection occurs when the arteries supplying the penis dilate, thus increasing the blood flow to it. 70 % of erectile dysfunction cases are caused by psychological causes, such as fear of age, inhibitions, ignorance, fear, stress,
Tue,13 December 2011
Erectile dysfunction is now getting more common among men over 45. There are now over 150 million men who have erectile dysfunction and counting. Various kinds of treatment also have been found, from drugs to erectile dysfunction pumps. There are literally dozens of treatment out there. Some are great and have proven impressive results, but most of it has some form of side effects. This article will focus on the common treatment and their side effects, and also to introduce new treatments for erectile dysfunction.
Like mention before, there are various kinds of erectile dysfunction treatment that
Mon,31 October 2011
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have found that a pre-emptive multimodal pain regimen that included pregabalin (Lyrica) decreased the use of opioid analgesics in patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
Opioid usage, which involves narcotic pain medications, was significantly less in patients who received the multimodal regimen compared to patients who received a standard postoperative analgesic regimen. The mean opioid dose, which was measured in "total morphine equivalent dose," was 75.3 mg for patients who received the standard regimen, vers
Thu,27 October 2011
2 medications used to treat erectile dysfunction in men (tadalafil and sildenafil) do not appear to have visual side effects when taken daily for 6 months, despite concerns about eye-related complication.
The advent of the medications sildenafil citrate (sold as Viagra), tadalafil (sold as Cialis) and verdenafil hydrochloride (sold as Levitra) has profoundly changed the treatment of erectile dysfunction, according to background information in the article. These medications are known as selective phodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors because they treat erectile d
Thu,27 October 2011
Patients in the UK suffering from a rare life-threatening heart condition, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), could soon be offered a new treatment.
Drug company Pfizer has launched Revatio for use in patients with this condition which produces abnormal pressure levels in the blood vessel that leads from the heart to the lungs.
Sufferers experience breathlessness, fainting, chest pains and tiredness. The condition affects about 100,000 people worldwide and is most commonly seen in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
Thu,27 October 2011
The launch of sildenafil (Viagra) had an adverse effect on the morale of men who found it did not work, according to new research. It also reveals that men are more distressed by erectile dysfunction than has generally been realised. Researchers interviewed a random sample of 40 men prescribed sildenafil who had attended a men's health clinic in the year before the study. The average age of respondents was 52 years.
Erectile dysfunction caused serious distress to all those men who experienced it, with marked effects on their self-esteem and wellbeing
Wed,26 October 2011
From acupuncture to arginine, from ginseng to pomegranate juice, men have tried all sorts of natural remedies for erectile dysfunction -- which doctors define as the repeated inability to get or maintain an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse. But are these alternative remedies safe? Do they really work?
The scientific evidence to support the use of natural remedies for impotence is sketchy; many of the studies that seem to give the remedies a thumbs-up were so poorly designed that their findings are suspect.
"Just because there is evidence
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