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Pfizer: Erectile dysfunction prevalent in Asia

... "It is a prevalent issue," Jude Selvaraj, Pfizer's medical adviser in Singapore and Malaysia, told AFP at the launch of Pfizer's new diagnostic kit to help men deal with "You are talking about 20 percent plus," he said, giving a rough figure.

Sex is still a taboo subject in much of Asia and many men are reluctant to admit they suffer from the problem, or to seek medical help, said Selvaraj.

According to Pfizer, which makes the anti-impotency drug Viagra, The number of men suffering from the condition is estimated to increase to 322 million by 2025, from more than 152 million in 1995, Pfizer said.

Pfizer's new diagnostic kit, the Erection Hardness Score (EHS), grades erection hardness from one to four to provide a guide for assessing sexual status.

A score of four means the penis is completely rigid while a score of one means it is larger but not hard, Pfizer said in a statement.

"The EHS provides a quantitative measure of the degree of erection hardness and therefore treatment efficacy in patients with Victoria Lehmann, a sex therapist from Britain, said the EHS was easy to use and would help couples address the problem.

"It's quick.

It provides a really clear language to both doctors and patients," she said at the launch.

Lehmann likened a score ...

Prostate cancer treatments about equal

... Prostate cancer treatments about equal Prostate cancer treatments about equal Posted : Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:34:00GMT Author : Health News Editor Category : Health News Alerts by Email click here ) Health News | Home LOS ANGELES, April 24 The main options for prostate cancer - surgery, radiation seeds or radiation - rank about the same in survival outcomes, finds a U.S.

study.

"The good news is that overall mental and physical well-being were not profoundly affected by any of the three treatment choices," study lead author Dr.

Mark Litwin of the University of California said in a statement.

"That's good news for men with the sword of prostate cancer hanging over their heads.

In general, they'll be OK no matter which of the three options they choose." However, the study, scheduled to be published in the June 1 issue of the journal Cancer, also found three treatment options did negatively affect quality of life - at least temporarily.

The study, which that tracked 580 men for five years, found that brachytherapy, or radiation seeds, and those with external beam radiation, often experienced frequency of urination, urinary irritation and bowel dysfunction.

Surgery patients more often reported incontinence symptoms such as urine leakage when coughing or sneezing as well as loss of sexual dysfunction, although ...

Men, are you a cucumber or a banana?

..."Men should aim for this," UK sex therapist Victoria Lehmann told a news conference, holding a cucumber.

The scale does not involve any scientific measurement - patients would merely be asked to assess their own levels of hardness - and has not been accepted by any medical authorities.

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