Erectile dysfunction

Obesity is an epidemic, not just in the United States, but in multiple other countries across the world. Overweight and obesity are defined as excessive fat gain that negatively impacts health. Being overweight or obese is caused by a metabolic imbalance associated with consuming more calories than the body expends therefore causing weight gain. The most commonly used tool to determine a person’s weight category is by using their body mass index. Body mass index is calculated by taking the…

A Time of Transition "Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle (Lockwood-Huie)." This quote made by comedian Bob Hope, shows the levity some feel about the middle adulthood years. However, what exactly defines "middle age?" Middle age is the period of the life span that occurs from forty to about sixty years of age (Santrock, 2012). Individuals in this period of development are usually expanding their personal and social involvement, assisting the next generation in…

Alcohol effects thousands of people every day. The depressant liquid drug has major effects on the user’s health, mental wellness, and life in general. Even though many American’s like to the taste of alcohol, they do not realize what the drug is doing to their bodies. Health is one of the main things that alcohol destroys. Enough alcohol on a single occasion or over a long period of time can cause issues such as: stretching and drooping of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathy), irregular heart…

triad of symptoms, electrophysiological measurements, and antibody panels.7 The classical triad of symptoms in LEMS patients is muscle weakness of the limbs, commonly found in the legs, that advances distally, reduced tendon reflexes, and autonomic dysfunction.1,7 Clinicians use electrophysiological measurements in the form of repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) in order to objectively test for signs of proximal weakness in rested muscle, which is observed in approximately 80% of all LEMS…

Yes, there is a male version of menopause. Technically, it's known as andropause, in which men go through a gradual decline in testosterone production. Men, watch out: Loss of testosterone can really do a number on you. Testosterone is the hormone of virility, strength and youth. Diminished testosterone levels impede sex drive. Testosterone production drops about 50 percent between the ages of late forties and early seventies. That's a big loss for this crucial hormone. Aging is the number one…

At the time of Motanga's alleged rise to boss, a March 2009 article in the New York Post claimed that the Bonanno family consisted of approximately around 130 non-imprisoned "made"(Editors, 2015) members. Montagna was shortly then deported to Canada in April 2009 which left the family to create a ruling board of members until a new boss could be chosen. They chose to not follow any orders from Vincent Basciano since he was appointed by Massino who had turned rat to the FBI. They could no longer…

With it being the size of a walnut, the prostate gland is found between the bladder and the penis, and is part of the male reproductive system. There are three main disease associated with the prostate, including prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and prostate caner. “Prostate cancer is an aggressive growth of malignant cancerous cells in the prostate that can be fatal.”(Cramer, 2015) In addition, prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in men and is one of the leading…

at this point are health screening such as prostate – specific – antigen (PSA), stress reduction, healthy lifestyle strategies and adjustment to life transitions. Many of the pathologic processes, especially in older men, that contribute to erectile dysfunction include…

The Psychological approach to understanding development states that interaction between the biological, psychological and societal systems affects one’s development. According to page 6 in the “Introduction to the life span perspective” textbook, the biological system is the process needed for physical function of the organism as well as for mental activity. These processes “develop and change as a consequence of genetically guided maturation…” (The Development Through Life Perspective, ch.1…

Deontological Study of Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising May 10, 2001, a semi-truck rolls down Interstate 71 carrying a load of steel headed for Detroit. The driver, a 49 year old healthy man with a touch of arthritis, drinks his tea and listens to the radio and he rumbles down the highway. Shifting gears ca be hard on a man with arthritis in the knees, so his physician prescribed the well-advertised drug Vioxx. Phil had seen Dorothy Hamill advertise the drug on television, and…