Sat,19 May 2012
If your erotic life has gone from an all-out sexfest to a G-rated event, you are not alone. While chronic aversion to sex is a serious issue, an occasional drop in your sex drive is perfectly normal.
Stress The work on your desk keeps piling up and your latest dot-com investment just took a nosedive. When stressful events take over, they suck the sexual energy right out of you.
Illness You won't be feeling too sexy when your nose is running and the pile of Kleenex next to your bed keeps growing exponentially. Likewise, PMS may leave you tempo
Sun,29 April 2012
Since 1983, blood agencies in Canada, the United States and other industrialized countries have disallowed blood donations from men who have sex with men because of the possibility of infection with HIV/AIDS. The exclusion barred men who had sex with men from 1977 onwards as it was determined this date preceded the start of the AIDS epidemic. Prospective blood donors are required by Canadian Blood Services and Hema-Quebec (and blood agencies in other countries) to complete a questionnaire about medical history and potentially harmful behaviour. Intravenous drug
Wed,07 March 2012
Masculine ideals of strength coupled with strong family ties can help men combat depression and overcome thoughts of suicide, according to University of British Columbia research.
In a study to appear in a forthcoming issue of Social Science and Medicine, UBC researchers John Oliffe and John Ogrodniczuk looked at how men's ideas of masculinity served or hindered them during bouts of severe depression. Their findings shed light on risk factors and prevention strategies for suicide. The authors analyzed qualitative data from interviews with 38 men between 24 and 50 years of age l
Fri,03 February 2012
The new guidance on the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease will take into account the very earliest stage of disease when the amyloid plaques in the brain of a patient just beginning to take shape, and his health is not affected.
Begin to treat Alzheimer's disease is best is on this, very early, stage, when prior to the development of dementia is not less than 10 years. For early detection experts are pinning their hopes on positron emission tomography study of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and the identification of specific biomarkers.
The ch
Mon,23 January 2012
Rats with erectile dysfunction, that were injected with a gene therapy vector containing either of two nerve growth factors were able to regain normal function after four weeks, according to a study conducted by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers. These findings were presented at the 10th annual meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy, at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle. erectile dysfunction is the repeated inability to achieve or maintain an erection necessary for sexual intercourse.
Thu,27 October 2011
Erectile dysfunction drugs pose no threat to vision, at least over the short term, according to data from a randomized clinical trial. Men randomized to sildenafil (Viagra) or tadalafil (Cialis) developed no retinal abnormalities or vision problems during six months of treatment, Raj K. Maturi, M.D., of Indiana University in Indianapolis, and colleagues reported in the April issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
Neither active treatment group differed significantly from placebo with respect to the primary endpoint of mean change in electroretinography (ERG) b-wave amplitude in both eyes. Most other |
