Approximately thirty million American men suffer from impotence, and another five million are infertile. Sooner or later all men have symptoms from enlarged prostate glands and over three hundred thousand will be diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. Here in one volume, written by a leading expert in the field, are the essential facts and reliable advice to help a man understand, cope with, and resolve these issues and many others. Critically examining the recent scientific studies and advances, this wise and compassionate book includes information on: Alternative medicine for men The benefits, risks, and politics of Viagra, penile injections, and penile implants How nerve impulses, blood flow, hormones, and emotional factors can promote or inhibit normal male sexual response The prescription medications, chemicals, and surgery that can affect potency, ejaculation, and fertility
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Ever since God got angry with David and took away his potency, male sexual function has been more clouded in mystery and myth than in science. But science has done an admirable job catching up, starting with the clever Belgian cleric who observed barnyard chickens in the mid-19th century and determined that the rooster's testicles were the key to his relentless sexual drive. We now know that about 30 million American men suffer erectile dysfunction; that about 40,000 men a year die of prostate cancer; and that men have three kinds of erections (sexual, frictional, and nocturnal).
But there's still a bigger story to tell, and Dr. Richard Spark, a noted endocrinologist, leads us down many paths. We learn about the effects of drugs and alcohol on sexual function, and the role of hormones in male sexual health (and what happens when those hormones are given a boost, usually in the form of an injectable substance purchased in a locker room from a guy with 20-inch biceps).
Dr. Spark does an admirable job of lassoing all this information into a very useful guide, keeping it all in layman's terms, and organizing it in such a way that the information you need is easy to find and easy to understand once you find it. Size may not matter in sexual intercourse, but in the case of Sexual Health for Men, the magnitude of the volume definitely translates into value. --Lou Schuler
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"No subject is out of bounds for this informative new book...A great resource for men and the women who love them." -- Time Magazine, June 26, 2000
"Spark delivers an encyclopedic guide to all things male...instructive, calming and frequently entertaining." -- Salon.com, June 6, 2000
"Spark delivers an encyclopedic guide to all things male...instructive, calming and frequently entertaining." -- Salon.com, June 6, 2000
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although i found it sometimes filled with too many charts and medical terminolog, this book provided me with info on a subject that i needed exact info about. therefore, it is an excellent reference book to hold onto
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Richard F. Spark is nothing more then a "maintenance manual" for the man, teaching him how to keep his sexual health and not suffer from all the different sexual problems that occur in the world. Great book to read on vacation, but without detail or substance, for this I reckoned "Natural Penis Enlargement: New Methods of Avoiding and Curing Impotence, Premature Ejaculation, and Erectile Dysfunction Safely and Inexpensively. New ... No Pumps, No Pills and No Gadgets! Vol. 2" by Platinum Millennium, a book that I've read and found much more interesting and informative
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When future historians seek to understand why once-taboo topics such as a man's sexual function, sexual peccadilloes, and impotence made the transition from backyard gossip to front-page news, they will inevitably and inextricably be drawn back to the extraordinary political and scientific events of 1998. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
penile venous incompetence, normal male sexual function, penile erectile bodies, erectile vigor, youthful hormone levels, male hormone supplements, erectile cylinders, hyperprolactinemic men, neurologic signals, penile prosthesis surgery, thoracolumbar erection center, corpora cavernosae, impotent diabetic men, penile injection therapy, androgen ablative therapy, neurologic impulses, male sexual response cycle, nighttime erections, intrapenile injection, pelvic steal syndrome, untreated hypertensive men, neurogenic impotence, prostate gland size, erectile chambers, inhibited ejaculation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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When future historians seek to understand why once-taboo topics such as a man's sexual function, sexual peccadilloes, and impotence made the transition from backyard gossip to front-page news, they will inevitably and inextricably be drawn back to the extraordinary political and scientific events of 1998. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
penile venous incompetence, normal male sexual function, penile erectile bodies, erectile vigor, youthful hormone levels, male hormone supplements, erectile cylinders, hyperprolactinemic men, neurologic signals, penile prosthesis surgery, thoracolumbar erection center, corpora cavernosae, impotent diabetic men, penile injection therapy, androgen ablative therapy, neurologic impulses, male sexual response cycle, nighttime erections, intrapenile injection, pelvic steal syndrome, untreated hypertensive men, neurogenic impotence, prostate gland size, erectile chambers, inhibited ejaculation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Stud Pill, Placebo Viagra, Rancho Bernardo, Great Britain, Reporting Side Effects, Veterans Administration, Alfred Kinsey, Bob Dole, New England Journal of Medicine, Andre Guay Lahey Clinic, Defining the Problem, Efficacy of Oral Androstenedione, Los Angeles, Oral Sildenafil, Resistance Training, San Francisco, Sildenafil Study Group New!
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- New England Journal of Medicine (5 Year Cumulative Index 1984-1988) by Marcia Angell on page 292
- Human Sexual Inadequacy by William Masters on page 227
- Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Charles Kinsey on page 30
- Alternative Medicine by Future Medicine Publishing on page 278
- American Pastoral by Philip Roth on page 2
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- Intimacy With Impotence: The Couple's Guide To Better Sex After Prostate Disease by Ralph Alterowitz on page 33, page 73, and Back Matter
- Men's Sexual Health by Ian Peate in Back Matter
- Flesh and Blood: Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society by George C. Denniston on page 24
- The Warrior Diet by Ori Hofmekler in Back Matter
- Sexploration: An Edgy Encyclopedia of Everything Sexual by Suzi Godson in Back Matter
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