Erectile Dysfunction

Last year, the Archives of Internal Medicine reported on a study of nearly 4,000 Canadian men that showed men with The link between erectile health and heart health has triggered a new push in the medical community to use the "Viagra visit" - the time when a man asks his doctor for an erectile-dysfunction drug - as a way to screen men for heart disease.

Teaching a man that erectile function is linked to cardiovascular health, diabetes and weight gain can help motivate him to make healthy lifestyle changes.

"Sexual health is the portal to men's health," says Ridwan Shabsigh, associate professor of urology at Columbia University in New York.

Two major health issues for men - stress and depression - exact a serious physical toll on men but are currently ignored by many doctors who treat men.

New research shows there may be major differences in the male stress reaction compared with the female stress response.

The typical stress response is called "fight or flight" - a physical reaction to danger that helps the body rapidly mobilize energy, delivering gluc...

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