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'There are two kinds of cyclists: those who are impotent and those who will be'
That claim was made by Dr Irwin Goldstein, a Boston University Medical School urologist, who recently released data from two unpublished studies linking cycling to impotence, more or less echos the words of Hippocrates. Goldstein warns that anyone who rides a bike is susceptible to sexual and urinary tract dysfunction as well as unrecognized blunt trauma. In an interview with the
Seattle Times, he said, "Bicycle riders violate safe perineal health. I have documented bicycle-riding impotence in young teens who perform daredevil tricks, commuters, weekend riders, stationary bikers, avid road racers, and mountain bikers." Goldstein attributes these injuries not only to continuous riding stress on the (more)
Emotional Pain Associated With ED
Performance anxiety is a very real issue for most men at one time or another. The fear of not being able to perform adequately, dissatisfaction with penis size, and self-consciousness about body appearance can all lead to the very thing that most men wish to avoid - failure to get an erection.
When a drug company first invents a drug that company is the only one permitted to make that drug in the same country for a certain number of years. After this time period, other companies are allowed to make the same drug product. These drugs are called generic drugs. The original drug (e.g. Viagr(more)
Arginine, Is This Natural Viagra?
Recent studies have indicated that the dietary supplement L-Arginine works in your body to produce a compound, Nitric Oxide which is used by the male reproductive system to stimulate an erection. The compound, L-Arginine, is a naturally occurring amino acid that is found in our muscle and cell tissue. Although our diets provide a fair amount of this amino acid, dietary supplementation has been shown to be effective in treating low (more)
Do erectile dysfunction drugs causes NAION ?
What is NAION and what is happening inside the body to cause damage to sight?
NAION is an acronym for Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. Well, basically, the optic nerve is a nerve that connects the eye to the brain. That's how we see.
The Surprising Impact OF Viagra On Love And Relationships
27 Aug 2005
In 1998, Viagra was first introduced to the world, and it is fair to say that the world has not been the same since .The impact of this medication has been enormous, not just in the narrow area of treating erectile dysfunction (ED) for which it was approved, b(more)
Diabetes, Impotence, and Viagra
Diabetic neuropathy (ne-ROP-uh-thee) is the medical term for damage to the nervous system from diabetes. As Autonomic nerves go to the penis, Damage to these nerves can prevent a man´s penis from getting firm when he wants to have sex. This condition is called erectile dysfunction or impotence (IM-po-tents). Many men who have had diabetes for many years experience it.
Change your lifestyle to reduce impotence
According to many clinical studies changing your life style can help you to reduce your impotence Problem. Such important life style changes are quit smoking, control diabetes, avoid alcohol, Stop illicit drug use, Exercise, Reduce Stress and anxiety, Stop fear of failure etc.
Quit smoking
There are various ways to solve your impotence problem which includes:
Drug Therapy
In drug therapy various drugs such as Viagra® , Cialis® (tadalafil) ,and Levitra® (vardenafil) are used.
An enzyme cGMP tells smooth muscles that line an artery to relax. When they relax, blood flow increases.
Another enzyme called phosphodiesterase (PDE) deactivates the cGMP.
PDE5 is(more)