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Hormone replacement therapy improves sexual function

...lacement therapy(HRT) can give a woman significant sexual improvement. They think that the patch works by in...els - and low testosterone is sometimes a cause of sexual difficulties. The oral form of HRT is not known to have the same effect. This was a very small study...

Hormone Therapy applicable for Prostate Cancer

... Center at Dallas, said the side effects go beyond sexual dysfunction. "It's systemic castration," Koeneman told UPI. Hormone suppression also cab cause breast enlargement, a drop in muscle mass and an increase in body fat, he said. Prostate cancer patients on this particular therapy also are vulnerable to ...

Outcome of common medications

... fear side effects such as depression, fatigue and sexual dysfunction and, therefore, do not take the drugs....say there was a very small increase in fatigue and sexual dysfunction. The researchers conclude that the conventional wisdom that beta blocker therapy is ass...

Many factors influence sexual potency

...easons. Several factors that greatly influence the sexual potency of the aging male should be considered: -...ld be consulted if the male questions his level of sexual desire or performance. Medical conditions such as diabetes, blood vessel disease, nerve injuries and...

Sleep disorders can have anomalistic sexual acts

...an also involve unconscious, sometimes aggressive, sexual behavior. In a study of 10 patients with "atypical sexual behavior during sleep," researchers found that the patients' actions which ranged from "annoying" se...

Suicide might be inherited

...ally strong among those who have been exposed// to sexual abuse and women who suffer from mood disorders themselves. Research has shown people with a family history of suicide are at increased risk of committing suicide, but few studies have looked at the factors that put people at especially high risk. Re...

Inadequate proof to justify routine prostate screen

...ll manner of side effects such as incontinence and sexual dysfunction. Many prostate cancers grow so slowly that the man dies of something else - which renders the surgery unnecessary. Ongoing research is looking at whether the PSA test in conjunction with digital rectal exam can reduce deaths from prostate...

Myth of 'female impotence' created to boost sales

...cal companies have created a disease out of female sexual disorders and are defining the condition in order ...launch in 1998. Doctors however claim that female sexual disorders are being unduly medicalised and the coining of the term "female sexual dysfunction" makes...

Depressed women show signs of earlier onset of Perimenopause

... which has been associated with bone density loss, sexual dysfunction, a decline in cognitive function, and a potential increased risk of cardiovascular disease....

Second hope for men with erectile dysfunction

...ound the world who silently suffered from the male sexual disorder called erectile dysfunction. Now, these m...alf life'. Dr. Andrew McCullough, director of the sexual health and male infertility and microsurgery programs at New York University Medical Center said tha...

New genital gel could empower women against the AIDS epidemic

...n its initial testing in monkeys was found to curb sexual transmission of HIV between monkeys. The new study has backed the belief that microbicides - chemicals that hobble viruses - could act as shields against HIV. This or other microbicides, applied in cream form to the vagina or rectum could// save the ...

Awareness increase Prostate cancer detection

...e have been questions from men about post-operated sexual experience and control of urination after prostate removal. However the doctors suggest treatments for this. According to the American Cancer Society, most cases of prostate cancer occur in men older than 50 and more than 70 percent of these cases a...

Finasteride lowers risk of prostate cancer but increases risk of high-grade tumors

...ide effects. Finasteride was more likely to affect sexual functioning, whereas placebo was more likely to be associated with genitourinary effects. For a man considering using this medication, the greater absolute reduction in the risk of prostate cancer must be weighed against the smaller absolute increas...

Finasteride lowers risk of prostate cancer but increases risk of high-grade tumors

...ide effects. Finasteride was more likely to affect sexual functioning, whereas placebo was more likely to be associated with genitourinary effects. For a man considering using this medication, the greater absolute reduction in the risk of prostate cancer must be weighed against the smaller absolute increas...

How to Improve Life Expectancy

... //sanitation and hygiene, indoor smoke, childhood sexual abuse, and vitamin deficiencies. They found 47 percent of premature deaths and 39 percent of total diseases around the world in 2000 resulted from a combination of risk factors. Some of the health problems that resulted were diarrhea, lower respirat...

Troubled Childhood found to affect your Liver

...death in the United States. Drug use and high-risk sexual activity are common causes of hepatitis.// Alcoh... also 1.6-times higher in those who reported risky sexual behavior. According to researchers, “Persons with a history of alcoholism as well as injection drug ...

Prevention of Prostate Cancer

... men in the study had side effects, including mild sexual dysfunction. However, they say when the drug was stopped, sexual function was returned to normal....

Genetic differences found between Male and Female brains

...ns.Researchers offer evidence in their report that sexual identity is hard-wired and is determined before a person is even born. These findings negate long-held beliefs that testosterone and estrogen were responsible for sexually organizing the brain. It was thought that more testosterone production was all...

Circumcision Found To Prevent HIV Spread

...t the human foreskin is important in mediating the sexual transmission of HIV and that the DC-SIGN may contribute to HIV transmission in the foreskin by enabling the infection of permissive cells....

An Incentive For Breast Cancer Survivors

...tive attitudes toward their physical condition and sexual attractiveness, significantly less confusion, fatigue, depression and mood disturbance, and higher vigor than sedentary women. All exercisers, regardless of age, had higher physical condition scores than their sedentary peers. Older exercisers repo...

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