Before I even think of prescribing the medications, I first take a complete medical history to determine whether there are any major underlying problems that are producing ED. I inquire about diet and exercise programs, too. I’m particularly interested if a patient is an avid cyclist. It now appears that the constant pounding in the [...]

The development of a second ED oral medication was based on the work of Dr. Adrian Zorgniotti. But it hadn’t been been for a fortuitous meeting between Dr. Zorgniotti and Joseph Podolski, the president of Zonagen, a texas-based pharmaceutical company, his research might never have passed so rapidly from his basement laboratory to a pill [...]

While medication and surgery certainly affect ED, nothing makes more of an impact on a man’s sexual health than his lifestyle. There are very particular, modifiable health risks which play major contributory roles in ED. They are obesity, smoking, and excessive drinking. Most often, ED will be the result of a combination of these factors. [...]

Not surprisingly, the actual pain caused from injecting the drugs into the penis, as well as the mere thought of doing so, is enough to turn many men away from the procedure. In reality, the injection itself is not painful but rather it’s the injected prostaglandin medication— reacting with nerve-damaged and blood-deprived tissue—that actually triggers [...]

Natural remedy for ED used since the 1870s included the leaves of the damiana plant (Turnera diffusa), a small shrub found in desert areas. An herbal tincture made from the plant’s tannin and volatile oils became popular in the southwest United States and Mexico as a sexual enhancer. It’s believed that the damiana irritates the [...]

The proper functioning of the nose is very important to good health. For one thing, perhaps not everyone is aware of the fact that the nose is actually an air-conditioning organ, warming the air we inhale if it is cold outside. If the air is tropically hot, a cooling system is activated to make the [...]