Archive for the ‘Men’s Health-Erectile Dysfunction’ Category
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MALE SEXUALITY AND AGING: SEX AFTER A HEART ATTACK
A surprisingly frequent precipitant of psychologically induced impotence is a heart attack. After a heart attack, people tend to turn off to sex, afraid that if they get aroused or have intercourse they will have another. In fact this celebrated way to go is highly overrated. In one study of a large group of men [...]
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PROBLEMS HINDERING SEXUAL FUNCTIONING: ORGASM AND SEXUAL PAIN DISORDERS
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Orgasm Disorders Up to 50 percent of the male population is affected by premature ejaculation at some time in their lives. Premature ejaculation is ejaculation that occurs prior to or very soon after the insertion of the penis into the vagina. Treatment for premature ejaculation involves a physical examination to rule out organic causes. If [...]
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SEXUALITY: SEX AMONG COLLEGE-AGE YOUTH
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
A random survey of health risk behaviors of undergraduate college students published by the Centers for Disease Control revealed that college youth are engaging in multiple behaviors that put them at high risk for illness, injury, and even death. One area that they studied was sexual behavior. Here are some findings: – The vast majority [...]
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CONTRACEPTION AFTER CHILDBIRTH – THE IMMEDIATE PUERPERIUM
The joy, happiness and sense of achievement in the birth of the baby may be inhibited by recent memories of traumatic delivery, a painful perineum, difficulties with breast feeding or postnatal depression. Sexual matters seem an irrelevance. Several studies have shown that women experience a marked reduction in sexual activity and enjoyment in the third [...]
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THE SECOND BABY – INTRODUCTION
Many couples who have had problems conceiving their first baby have found no trouble in becoming pregnant for a second or subsequent time. But what about the agony of those whose second baby does not materialize? The women themselves often say, ‘I suppose I shouldn’t be making such a fuss because I am so lucky [...]
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COUNSELLING THE PATIENT WITH THE UNPLANNED PREGNANCY – DEPENDENT WOMAN
Difficulties may arise from the fact that other people are nearly always involved. If a woman is to have a baby, she is likely to become dependent on those around her and the influence of husband, boyfriend or parents is likely to have an important bearing on her decision, even if she chooses in the [...]
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CARE OF THE YOUNGER PATIENT – HOW SHOULD ‘YOUNGER’ BE DEFINED WHEN CONSIDERING PATIENTS SEEKING CONTRACEPTION?
Should it be by chronological age or by sexual and emotional maturity? If the latter is the yardstick, then the younger patient may be 13 or 30. The emotional tasks of adolescence, and the normal ages at which they are accomplished, have been described by Christopher (1992). The degree of emotional maturity, and the speed [...]
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MOTHERS – INTRODUCTION
Girls whose own mothering has been inadequate may be very uncertain of themselves and of their sexual identity. They may have particular fears about the effect of contraception on their fertility, and they may need to establish their femininity by becoming pregnant. For some girls, once pregnancy is confirmed and the reality of coping with [...]
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KEEP YOUR POTENCY: SMOKING CAN DAMPEN YOUR FIRE
It’s not just the immediate negative effects of smoking that you should worry about when you light up. The long-term results of smoking can be even worse—overtime smoking can silently sabotage your sex life. Smokers’ arteries are harder, thicker and more clogged than those of nonsmokers. And smoking seems to mess up peripheral arteries even [...]
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THE IMPLANT SURGERY: MAKING THE CHOICE
Deciding if a penile implant is right for you is a complicated personal and medical decision. Of course, your feelings are crucial. But so are your partner’s. Both of you need to have realistic expectations of what the surgery will and won’t do. The more your partner participates, voices her concerns, asks questions and gets [...]