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Health Encyclopedia: Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence) Lifestyle Or Psychological Causes

Lifestyle or Psychological Causes

Over the past decades, the medical perspective on the causes of erectile dysfunction has shifted. Common wisdom used to attribute almost all cases of impotence to psychological factors. Now investigators estimate that up to 85% of impotence cases are caused by medical or physical problems. Only 15% are psychologically based.

It is often difficult to determine if the cause of erectile dysfunction is a physical or psychological one, or even some combination. The fol...

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... For some students, school phobia, or an intense fear of going to school, interferes with... Read more »

Born to be Scared?

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...certain points. In this posting I thought I’d look at fear and phobias as just one example of... Read more »

Living with my IBD

By Elizabeth Roberts , Health Expert

...who had colitis. I pooped, I thought about poop, I feared poop. I was poop. Through the... Read more »

What Are Specific Phobias?

By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...to get on an elevator? Or do you have an intense fear of spiders or dogs? These are all types of... Read more »

Merely Me's Happiness Project

By Merely Me , Health Expert

...all doing this Friday evening? Let's talk about fear. Everyone fears something or other. ... Read more »

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Headaches: Cluster: Causes

...an image of the slitlamp test. Click the icon to see an image of the visual field test.Brain Tumor. Fear of brain tumor is common among people with headaches, but headache is almost never the... Read more »

Symptoms of Nicotine Withdrawal

...weight gain among former smokers was about 21 pounds, rather than the 5 - 15 pounds commonly cited. But, fear of weight gain shouldnt stop a person from quitting smoking. Instead, the study... Read more »

Coronary Artery Disease: Prognosis

...Common Symptoms.Nausea, vomiting, and cold sweatsA feeling of indigestion or heartburnFaintingA great fear of impending death, a phenomena known as angor animiAtypical Symptoms. Some studies... Read more »

Obesity Risks & Risk Factors

...mental illness in which the person refuses to maintain weight at the normal level because of a terrible fear of getting fat and an abnormal perception of what his or her body looks like. Both... Read more »

Stages of Alzheimer

...to the experience of losing knowledge and understanding of one's surroundings, causing fear and frustration thatpatients can no longer express verbally. The... Read more »

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