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Can Stents Help in the Bedroom?

Posted October 19, 2009 11:06 AM

Medtronic is launching a study that looks at whether the placement of stents in pelvic arteries can help men with erectile dysfunction. Stents are metal mesh tubes that commonly are placed in heart arteries during angioplasty procedures. Medtronic and other companies that operate in the Twin Cities have made a big business over the years in selling drug-coated stents used in the heart. Read more...

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Study: 44 Percent Say Diabetes Affects Sex Life

Posted September 4, 2009 9:19 AM

A study of U.S., British and German diabetes patients found 44 percent say the disease affects their ability or desire to have sex, researchers said. The study, conducted online among 2,000 patients with type 2 diabetes, investigated patients' attitudes, feelings, health status, drug treatment programs and needs for coping with life with diabetes. The study, conducted by The Research Read more...

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Testosterone-Raising Drug Iffy

Posted August 10, 2009 12:51 PM

Commercials targeting U.S. middle-age men with lowered sex drive and melancholy moods may be scientifically unfounded, experts say. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Saturday the advertisements and the study from which their data is gleaned was funded by Solvay Pharmaceuticals, and the company allegedly entered into conspiracy with generic drug manufacturers to keep generic testosterone Read more...

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Fat Affects Testosterone, Impacting Sex

Posted July 6, 2009 3:23 PM

As men get fatter, they are more likely to have trouble getting sexually aroused, since fat converts testosterone to estrogen, a U.S. sex expert says. Dr. Ronald Lewis, an impotence expert at the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine and president-elect of the 300-member Sexual Medicine Society of North America, said it's becoming clear that the inability to get an erection can be one Read more...

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Erectile Dysfunction Treatment Options

Posted April 13, 2009 8:30 AM

QUESTION: I am 55 years old and have trouble getting and maintaining erections. Is this a common problem in men of my age? I know that there are various medications available, can you explain the differences between them? ANSWER: Erectile dysfunction (ED), or impotence, refers to the persistent or recurrent inability to achieve or maintain an erection. It is a common condition with 52 Read more...

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Masturbation Can Be Good for Over-50s

Posted February 2, 2009 12:40 PM

Masturbation may be good for you -- or bad, depending on your age. The solitary sexual activity that is widely practiced but little discussed, is linked with an increased risk of prostate cancer when done frequently by young men in their 20s and 30s, doctors say. But by the time men reach their 50s, it may protect against the disease because it helps remove toxins that have built up over a Read more...

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Lack of Sex Desire Linked to More Symptoms

Posted January 26, 2009 2:36 PM

Women with low levels of sexual desire -- often a result of menopause -- are more likely depressed and suffer physical symptoms, U.S. researchers said. The study, published recently in Value in Health, found that women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder reported poorer health status and worse health-related quality of life than women without the disorder. Researchers at the University Read more...

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Can you please advise me on how to maintain the hardness of my erection? I don’t suffer from premature ejaculation but I lose my hardness sometimes when I am trying to pleasure my partner.

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There a re a lot of things you can do to help you achieve and maintain a firmer erection. If you do even some of them, you should be good to go for a ... Read More...

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October 5

Controversial New Study on Orgasm and the Way Women Walk

by Suzie Heumann @ 11:56 am. Filed under movement, orgasm, sexual health, walking, women's health
Researchers from the University of the West of Scotland conducted a study on the correlation between the way women walk and whether or not they are vaginally orgasmic. After coming up with a set of criteria by which to judge, they set about filming 20 women walking. Half of the women were vaginally orgasmic (the exact definition of what 'vaginally orgasmic' means was not given) and the other half were self identified as not being vaginally orgasmic. More…
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Sex and UTIs

Started by Dtskills on July 31, 2008 2:44 AM

Is it true that a woman should urinate after sex to avoid getting a urinary tract infection? Or is that just a myth?

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