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Recreational drugs are a major cause of erection problems and the number one problem drug is tobacco. Experiments show that even two cigarettes will markedly decrease the blood flow to the penis if…

The Effects of Disease States and Drugs on Erections

  Cardiovascular Disease is the most common cause of ED and is due to endothelial dysfunction. Studies have demonstrated that two million people have…

Intracavernosal smooth muscle tone is by far the most important determinant of intracavernosal blood flow. Approximately half of the cavernosal volume is composed of smooth muscle, with the remainder consisting of either lacunar spaces…

Sex fascinates us all and now it seems that everyone has a view. The media abounds with advice about sex from doctors, psychologists and therapists who jostle for recognition. But despite the surfeit…

Children who are ostracized by their classmates or “picked on” by their teachers may be more likely than their peers to start having sex by the age of 13,…

Although medication can help extend the lives of men with chronic heart failure, several factors associated with this disease can interfere with a person’s ability to engage…

Otherwise healthy men who smoke risk developing erectile dysfunction - and the more cigarettes they smoke, the greater the risk of erectile dysfunction, according to a new study.

Erectile dysfunction…

The majority of patients who undergo male to female sex-change surgery are happy with the results, despite the fact that complications are common, according to a…

Teaching adolescents to use condoms when abstinence fails is a reasonable strategy for preventing HIV, according to a new research study in PLoS Medicine.

This finding might appear common sense, but the best…

Normal sexual function is a biopsychosocial process and relies on the coordination of psychological, endocrine, vascular, and neurological factors. Recent data show that psychological factors are involved in a substantial number of…

Most of us have never heard of immune infertility, yet it prevents many prospective parents from conceiving.

Immune infertility is one of 80 autoimmune disorders, a group that includes better-known…

The drug tadalafil appears to improve erectile function in men with spinal cord injuries, according to an article posted online today that will…

Despite recommendations for annual preventive exams for adolescents, only 10 percent of teens have enough visits within 12 months to receive the recommended three shots needed for HPV vaccine.…

A new study provides more evidence that sons of women who underwent fertility treatment may be more likely to have fertility problems themselves.

Earlier this year, Danish researchers…

Premature ejaculation (PE) is defined as “persistent or recurrent onset of orgasm and ejaculation with minimal sexual stimulation before, on, or shortly after penetration and before the person wishes it.”

The…

Female beetles mate to quench their thirst according to new research by a University of Exeter biologist. The males of some insect species, including certain types of beetles, moths and crickets,…

Sexual function is one of the most important factors impacting quality of life (QoL) after radical prostatectomy (RP).

Along with other potential factors, sexual function…

The little blue pill may do more than get the blood pumping. Sildenafil - the generic name for Viagra - also increases release of a reproductive hormone in rats, according…

Among men with good sexual function before treatment with low-dose brachytherapy for prostate cancer, erectile function is likely to remain good over the long term, according to a report in the medical…

Barring ill health, many older adults maintain an active sex life, often into their 80s, according to results of a national survey published in The New England Journal…

More than half of U.S. women ages 35 and over are having less sex during menopause than before menopause. According to the recent Sex & Menopause Survey, commissioned by The Red…

Novel research published in the current issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine supports the claim that women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder or HSDD (persistent or recurrent deficiency…

Long-term survivors of vaginal and cervical cancer are as likely as other women to be sexually active, but they have a lot more sex-related problems and these are often not…

Women see ‘masculine’ men as unsuitable long-term partners, new research suggests. Conversely, the psychologists from Durham and St Andrews Universities found that men with feminine facial features…

Trichomonas vaginalis, a sexually transmitted vaginal infection, has been associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight.  Trichomonas infection can have unpleasant symptoms such as itching, heavy discharge, vaginal…