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Fewer Men Opting for Penile Implants

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[image width=”349″ height=”184″ align=”left” title=”penile implant” alt=”penile-implant and pump” border=”” caption=”” zoom=”0″]/images/penile-implant2.jpg[/image]Penile implants are losing their popularity as a treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) according to a new study. In a 10 year span f...

Sleep Problems and Erectile Dysfunction

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Recent studies show there may be a relationship between erectile dysfunction (ED) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to researchers from New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center. Their preliminary findings were presented recently at the annual meeting of the American Urological Associati...

The Erection – How does it happen?

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How does an erection actually happen?  Well the simple version is that blood enters the penis and the penis then becomes erect. In more medical jargon – the blood vessels of the corpora cavernosa relax and open up, blood rushes in through the cavernosus arteries to fill them. The blood then gets...