Men’s Health Blog

Increased Drinking May Increase Your Risk For Erectile Dysfunction.

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Increased drinking may increase your risk for Erectile Dysfunction. Kind of, sort of, maybe. In fact I’m not sure what this article is exactly saying. Is there increase of ED risk for men who drink more than moderate amounts of alcohol or not.

The finding that alcohol consumption within the current guidelines for low-risk drinking [...]

Post Tramatic Stress Increases Risk of Heart Disease in Vets

Military Veterans with higher levels of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are at greater risk of heart disease in later years. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston looked at the health of 1,946 male veterans of World War II and Korea. Veterans completed questionnaires that measured their PTSD symptoms in 1986 [...]

Adolescent girls most at risk of getting an STD

The sexually active adolescent girl is most at risk for getting an STD. Adolescents are at a much higher risk of developing STDs. In my blog on the HPV vaccine, I noted that 74 percent of HPV occurs between the ages of 15 and 24.
There are many reasons [...]

What is Anal Cancer & Are You at Risk?

It started innocently enough. JL began to feel itching around the anus. Naturally he thought it was his hemorrhoids acting up again. As time passed, the itching gave way to pain and some bleeding. Still believing it was just a bad case of hemorrhoids, JL treated the problem with sitz baths and over-the-counter medication. Eventually [...]

Do’s and don’ts for reducing risk of STD

Not long ago, I was asked to present an STD lecture to a singles group, ages 45 and older. Anytime I had been asked to speak about this before, it was for adolescents. I was not sure what this group would want to discuss. It quickly became apparent that the singles group needed [...]