Archive for the ‘Men’s Health-Erectile Dysfunction’ Category
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HIV TREATMENT: TWO CLASSES OF MEDICATIONS
Two classes of medications are used to treat HIV itself. The first is composed of zidovudine (AZT), didanosine (ddl), zalcitabine (ddC), stavudine (D4T), and lamivudine (3TC), all of them antiretroviral medications that inhibit HIV’s ability to replicate itself. The second group (saquinavir, indinavir, and retonivir) are the protease inhibitors, which also inhibit the replication of [...]
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STD HEPATITIS B: THE GROUPS OF RISK
In the past, efforts were made to immunize only those who were thought to be at high risk for hepatitis B. This did not stem the tide of new infections, so a new approach is now advocated. The following groups of people should consider receiving the vaccination, as long as there is no contraindication or [...]
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STD CHANCROID: TREATMENT
Chancroid is treatable with antibiotics, but recently there has been increasing bacterial resistance to some of the older antibiotics, such as the sulfas. Treatments that are generally effective include azithromycin, ceftriaxone, erythromycin, and ciprofloxacin. People who have had sex with an infected person within ten days of the time that person developed symptoms must be [...]
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STAGING PROSTATE CANCER: ACID PHOSPHATASE
Acid phosphatase is an enzyme that, just like PSA, is secreted by the prostate gland. When a prostate becomes cancerous, the ductal system stops working properly. So, like PSA, acid phosphatase builds up in the prostate, leaks out and is reabsorbed by the bloodstream. That’s why elevated acid phosphatase levels can signal that something’s wrong [...]
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THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM: PENIS
The penis was designed for two primary functions, sexual intercourse and urination. It is a remarkable construction of nerves, smooth muscle, and blood vessels; there is no bone in the human penis (unlike the penis in some other animals, such as dogs). Instead, the penis works on hydraulic principles. Its basic structure is that of [...]
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PERMANENT METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL: STERILIZATION
Sterilization is surgical birth control. It is intended to be a permanent method of birth control. It is not easily reversed. How Sterilization Works Tubal sterilization is a surgical operation for women. It blocks the fallopian tubes. Vasectomy is a surgical operation for men. It blocks the vas deferens. Pregnancy cannot happen when sperm cannot [...]
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SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST CHILDREN
Sexual abuse of children and rape are two of the most disturbing sexual activities in our culture. They are both forms of sexual assault. They are sometimes committed by people with paraphilias, but they are often committed by people who can be sexually aroused by other activities. Sexual assault is the use of force or [...]
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PUBERTAL DISORDERS AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN MAN
Deviations from the usual timetable of pubertal development lead to discrepancies of several variables that are usually highly correlated: chronological age, physique age, and psychosocial age (Money and Ehrhardt). When physique age is advanced or retarded in relation to chronological age, it depends to some extent on the particular environment, for example, social pressures from [...]
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CHILDHOOD SEXUALITY: SUCKING
Though the sucking experience may give the infant pleasure, especially orally, and though penile erections are observed in conditions related to the sucking experience, we must be cautious in attributing penile erections to stimulation resulting from the sucking experience. In some cases it may be so, but in others it is not. It has been [...]
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MALES’ SEXUAL PREFERENCE: IDENTIFICATION WITH FATHER
As we have noted, the extent to which a boy identifies with his father is thought to be critically important for his developing a firm sense of masculinity and, ultimately, a pattern of heterosexual preference. Failure to make such an identification, conversely, is thought to produce homosexuality, perhaps through the boy’s continuing search for an [...]