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Health Encyclopedia: Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence) Lifestyle Or Psychological Causes
- Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence) - Lifestyle or Psychological Causes
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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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Health Guide
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Medications
...class or support group. Learn the symptoms of organ rejection such as a feeling of being ill,... Read more »
...class or support group. Learn the symptoms of organ rejection such as a feeling of being ill,... Read more »
...(sye-klo-SPORE-een)Uses This medication is used to prevent organ rejection in people who have... Read more »
...(sye-klo-SPORE-een) Uses This medication is used to prevent organ rejection in people who have... Read more »
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