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The sleep laboratory is popular in some countries. In others, it is not, partly due to the high expense. A healthy sexually-active man may have five separate erections during the night. The average number is three to five, depending upon how often the sleeper enters dream sleep. In a sleep laboratory, sleep cycles and NPT [...]
Keep in mind that medical therapies for both physical and psychogenic impotence can be much the same. Research shows the placebo effect works. In one study, patients with raised blood pressure were divided into three groups. Group A went to faith healers who “laid on hands.” Group B did the same, but the faith healers [...]
The Challenge Some men with physical impotence withdraw into themselves. They refuse to acknowledge what is happening and become isolated with their grief. The damage to their psychosocial well-being can be profound. In effect, they “turn their face to the wall.” This seems so sad, especially as the problem can usually be resolved. Psychogenic (stress) [...]
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It might be a bit embarrassing for a young man (or any male, for that matter) to approach doctors when they have erection issues. Here is a way to check for your erection ability in your own private space and time. Check erection ability by solitary masturbation: Is the penis firm and fully-engorged? Is endurance [...]
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I have just reviewed The Disappearing Male that premiered in November 2008 on CBC TV, a documentary that features two Windsor researchers who’ve studied the decline in the birth of male children in the Aamjiwnaang First Nation community located next to the infamous Chemical Valley, Canada’s largest concentration of petrochemical plants near Sarnia. The material [...]
MEGS The signal to erect comes from the pudendal nerves in the lower spine. To check the main pudendal nerve, the urologist stimulates the penis by mild electric current. As in erotic stimulation, this causes the muscles of the anus to contract. The length of time between stimulation and contraction is a measure of pudendal [...]
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To Elevate to Office The word erection comes from the Latin “erigere”. It means to be upright; not bending forwards or downwards. Rigid. Bristling. These are powerful words, and carry great impact. A penis which engorges but does not harden cannot be considered fully erect. And to become erect means “to raise in consideration; to [...]
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