Medications Raise Erectile Dysfunction Risk

by Christian Goodman | Jan 2, 2012 | 4 comments

Habitually downing fistfuls of medications –no matter what type—significantly increases one’s risk of developing erectile dysfunction, according to a study of more than 30 thousand men. The study found that men taking 10 or more medications per day were twice as...

Erectile Dysfunction Treated with New “Shock Therapy”

by Christian Goodman | Dec 19, 2011 | 15 comments

Men that have tried everything to treat their ED –from little blue pills to stents—have something new to help their condition – sound waves. The new treatment, known as extracorporeal shock wave therapy, was shown to be especially beneficial to men that have run out...

Male Menopause = Big Problem

by Julissa Clay | Dec 14, 2011 | 5 comments

So-called “male menopause” –or lower testosterone levels on older men—afflicts upwards of 4 in 10 men over the age of 45, according to research published in the B.C. Medical Journal. However, very few men with low testosterone levels are ever diagnosed by a doctor,...

Living With Erectile Dysfunction

by Christian Goodman | Dec 6, 2011 | 1 comment

I was browsing an onscreen TV guide last night while passing time between tasks and saw an ad for a show called “Living With Ed.” I laughed as soon as I realized what the show was actually about. Not because the star of the show is trying to raise environmental...

Erectile Dysfunction Linked to Mental Health and Heart Health

by Christian Goodman | Oct 31, 2011 | 2 comments

A new paper published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Sexual Dysfunction notes that erectile dysfunction is often found as part of a “triad” of symptoms, including heart disease and depression. The paper, written by Ahmed I El-Sakka of Suez Canal University,...

Heart Health and Erectile Function Closely Linked

by Julissa Clay | Oct 17, 2011 | 0 comments

Men with erectile dysfunction – a condition that affects more than 30 million men in the US alone—should follow the same lifestyle recommendations given to those with heart disease, a new “Urologic Clinics of North America” study found. In this study of 740 men, it...