You've got to know that having a high cholesterol is bad for the heart...very,very bad for the heart. It can also help to precipitate a stroke, or what is now being called a "brain attack." I've written repeatedly about cholesterol levels, and artery clogging plaque and the danger to your arterial system - specifically the arteries... Read more
We here at Health Central try to offer you up-to-date health news you can use. Well we recently heard about a new online tool created by doctors - the CaP calculator, which provides cancer specialists access to the latest prostate cancer research. This helps them to create individualized patient care diagnostic/treatment... Read more
One out of six men in the US will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime - that means a lot of men with residual erectile dysfunction as one of the unfortunate outcomes of some of the treatments. So new breakthroughs may mean not only saving lives - but improving the quality of lives - by reducing this negative... Read more
Here's a rundown of medical conditions that could have "ED" as a connected "buddy" issue:
Vascular disease - when you have hardening and tapering of the arteries, often due to plaque and cholesterol issues or inflammation - you can end up with insufficient erections (or women can end up with inadequate... Read more
Men who have sleep apnea or OSAS (Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome) may also be significantly at risk for erectile dysfunction, because of the chronic periods of oxygen deprivation. Researchers from the University of Louisville found that after just one week of CIH (Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia) or oxygen deprivation, mice showed an increase... Read more