Erectile Dysfunction

Those years, Litwin said, are when most of the negative impacts surface and resolve.Seed implantation, also known as brachytherapy, has been touted in marketing campaigns as the best of the three options with the shortest recovery time and the fewest sexual dysfunction side effects, Litwin said.“These campaigns say ‘Get your seed implants on Monday, play golf on Tuesday’ and that’s just not true,” said Litwin, a professor of urology and health services.

“Men need to have the most accurate information when making vital decisions about what type to treatment they’ll get..

They need facts, not hype.”The study found that brachytherapy patients often experience obstructive and irritating urinary symptoms such as frequency of urination and feeling an urgent need to urinate.

They also reported bowel dysfunction such as frequency and urgency, diarrhea and pain with stool.

External beam radiation patients suffered from urinary irritation and bowel dysfunction similar to brachytherapy patients.Surgery patients more often reported incontinence symptoms such as urine leakage when coughing or sneezing as well loss of sexual dysfunction, although this was mitigated when the surgeon was able to spare the patient’s...

Every smoker loves to cite his or her 80-year-old great uncle who burns through three packs a day and subsists entirely off of beer and bacon grease.

If that uncle exists, he is very lucky (and also, probably very gross).

He is not, however, the rule.

For every crusty, octogenarian uncle with Marlboro juice coming out of his pores, there are many other people - in what should have been the prime of life - realizing too late that they've smoked their way to a painful, premature and tragically preventable death.

So forget about your crusty uncle.

The only way to predict how susceptible you are to smoking damage is to smoke until it kills you, and I submit that's an experiment you'd be imprudent to perform.

The good news is that if you quit while you're still in college, your body will probably be able to repair much of the damage you've done.

If you've tried quitting and found it makes you want to harm fuzzy animals, consider seeing your doctor.

In addition to the well known methods of quitting there is a new drug on the market that may be able to help (and no I don't have stock in it, but I wish I did).

Here's the deal: Smoking is so addictive because it changes brain chemistry.

Exposure to smoke recruits nicotine receptors in the brain, and when these receptors aren't filled, extreme crankiness and cravings can ensue.

Fortunately,...

Regardless of the fact that autism is not mercury poisoning (autistic children do not exhibit the peripheral nerve damage or other physical symptoms that are characteristic of mercury poisoning, there is no scientific evidence to support speculation that autism has a toxic cause, and no link between mercury poisoning, thimerosal, and autism has ever been proven with scientific research that withstood the scrutiny of legitimate peer-review) bright and well-read parents nonetheless continue to fall for chelation and give it substantial credit for their autistic children's developmental progress — despite the fact that, as autistic children mature, they learn new skills and their abilities naturally improve, without any sort of extraordinary intervention.

The "Debate" Autism cure debates are hotly contested in certain circles of cyberspace where all the families want "what's best" for their autistic children, which is usually the main point of contention.

The flames are ignited when those who think it's best to embrace their autistic children's unique neurological wiring try to w...