Wed,11 January 2012
According to a new study in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, erectile dysfunction (ED) is highly prevalent across white, black and Hispanic populations in the United States. For the first time in an adequately-sized, nationally representative probability sample, the effect of health and lifestyle variables on the odds of having ED were determined in order to estimate prevalence by race and ethnicity. White men age 70 years and older, as well as those suffering from diabetes, were shown to be at greater risk for developing erectile dysfunction.
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Thu,27 October 2011
Insulin-resistant men had significant improvement in erectile function when metformin was added to sildenafil (Viagra), according to data from a small clinical study.
Sildenafil alone had failed to improve erectile function, and men who received a placebo in addition to the phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitor continued to have erectile problems, Pablo Knoblovits, M.D., of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires in Argentina, reported here at the Endocrine Society meeting.
"We think metformin potentiates the activity of sildenafil by improving insulin resistance and nitric oxide a |
