For men who are trying to improve their ability to get and maintain an erection, there are great at-home options for improving penile health. It is widely understood that exercise of any kind will improve just about all functions in the body, resulting in faster metabolism, stronger muscles, healthier vascular tissue, etc. Erectile function can …
Continue ReadingWater Bottles & Low Testosterone
We need to drink water to survive. In fact, our bodies are approximately 60% water, and every cell in our body uses it. Water regulates temperature, removes waste, aids in digestion, and prevents dehydration. Without it, we could not digest and absorb our vitamins and minerals, yet most of us don’t drink enough daily. In …
Continue ReadingBad News for City Dwellers; Automobile Exhaust is Bad for your Penis
We have known for a long time that truck/auto exhaust fumes are bad for our health – after all, people commit suicide using this method! We have known there are heart and lung issues caused by motor vehicle pollution. It now seems that this exhaust can even affect your erections. A study published in the …
Continue ReadingThe Underlying Causes of ED
Life throws all of us a curveball now and then. And some bumps in the road are definitely bigger than others. Zach was a 17-year-old who had an undiagnosed heart condition. It was not until he began experiencing erectile dysfunction that the process of discovering his heart condition even began. This led him on a …
Continue ReadingCannabis Can Significantly Lower Sperm Count
With cannabis becoming more available for both recreational and medicinal use, research on the effects of cannabis is becoming much more common. More than half of all states have legalized the use of cannabis medicinally and ten states allow recreational use. The possibility of legalization in New York State seems more likely by the day. …
Continue ReadingConquering Your Sex Life
To many of us, the effects of aging on our sex life is something we perceive as an inevitability. We may come to envy younger couples, thinking that they are living in the peak of their “sexual careers”. These trains of thought not only prevent us from seeking ways to reach new and higher peaks …
Continue Reading“Prostatepedia” – Resources for Prostate Cancer Patients and their Partners
I was honored recently to be interviewed for “Prostatepedia” a wonderful periodical designed for prostate cancer patients and their partners. Each issue deals with one of the many facets of prostate cancer which presents challenges in decision making and treatment options. In this interview, I discussed sexual function issues, including erectile dysfunction, following prostate cancer …
Continue ReadingTestosterone Treatment Improves Sexual Function in Older Men
A very important study recently published in the country’s most prestigious medical journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, evaluated the “Effects of Testosterone Treatment in Older Men.” The study included 790 men, 65 years or older, who had a low testosterone level. They were then treated with testosterone over the course of one year …
Continue ReadingPorn Induced Erectile Dysfunction? What’s Going On?
There was an article in Time Magazine last month which got some people thinking, got some people angry, and got some people scared. This article sounded the alarm about what is happening to young men all over the country who say that watching too much porn had catastrophic effects on their sexual function, their libido, …
Continue ReadingFor the Partners
One of the most common worries we hear from men who have a sexual dysfunction of any kind is that they worry that their partner blames herself and tends to feel she might be part of the problem. If a man has some sort of sexual dysfunction (usually ED or low libido), the partner often …
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