Lead researcher Prof. Aedin Cassidy, from the UK’s University of East Anglia (UEA), and colleagues from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA, publish their findings in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It is estimated that around 30 million men in the US have erectile dysfunction – the inability to get or keep an erection firm enough to engage in sexual intercourse. Men over the age of 60 are at greatest risk for erectile dysfunction, though it occurs in around 12% of men under this age. Previous research has shown that regular exercise may lower men’s risk for erectile dysfunction. However, in this latest study, Prof. Cassidy and her team suggest that eating more flavonoid-rich foods is as beneficial for erectile dysfunction as walking briskly for up to 5 hours weekly. “We already knew that intake of certain foods high in flavonoids may reduce the risk of conditions including diabetes and cardiovascular disease,” notes Prof. Cassidy. “This is the firs…
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Hot flashes in men are not as uncommon as most people think they are, and they often are also more severe than those in women. Although few treatment options are available for hot flashes in men, new research suggests an alternative approach that may work. Hot flashes in men One thing that both men and women have in common concerning hot flashes is that they are associated with hormones. In women, the hormone is estrogen; in men, testosterone. In both sexes, a significant decline in the levels of these hormones can result in hot flashes. While the drop in hormones in women is related to perimenopause, premature menopause and either natural or induced menopause, the decline in testosterone in men is typically only about 1 percent per year after age 40, which is not enough to lead to hot flashes. However, the majority of men who undergo androgen deprivation therapy (hormone therapy) or castration for prostate cancer experience hot flashes. In addition, men who have a condition called hy…
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It’s easy to assume that, if you’re dealing with ED, it’s because your body is, to use a medical term, out of whack. This leads to a serious amount of body shame that keeps a lot of guys from even considering the fact that there might be some external factors involved in their inability to get an erection. For example, there are medications you might be taking that are slowing down your blood flow, making it harder to achieve an erection. As a matter of fact, there’s one drug that’s used to treat premature ejactulation that can end up causing problems with erectile dysfunction! Blood pressure medication. Antidepressants. These and plenty of other drugs can end up slowing down your erection or stopping it altogether—and combining certain medications can compound the problem and make things even worse. This is why we tend to see a lot of guys who will say, “Yeah, I just got diagnosed with high blood pressure and right after I got diagnosed with high blood pressure, I star…
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Burdens related to poor sleep may put men with sleep apnea at increased risk of erectile dysfunction. In a study of 713 male patients who visited Seoul National University Hospital for snoring and/or daytime sleepiness from 2006 to 2014, depressive symptoms and a low quality of life due to sleep problems were clearly linked to erectile dysfunction. The findings suggest that psychological interventions may improve the sexual health of men with sleep apnea. “It is important that physicians ask male obstructive sleep apnea patients if they have any erectile dysfunction. If yes, any psychological problems including depression should be considered,” said Dr. Hyun-Woo Shin, co-author of The Journal of Sexual Medicine study. Study: Low Quality of Life and Depressive Symptoms as an Independent Risk Factor for Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Yung Jin Jeon MD, Dae Wui Yoon PhD, Doo Hee Han MD, PhD, Tae-Bin Won MD, PhD, Dong-Young Kim MD, PhD and Hyun-Woo Shin MD, …
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