What causes erectile dysfunction?
The Montreal Clinic for Therapies Services provides a wide variety of services including dealing with erectile dysfunction.
Bladder cancer and prostate cancer treatments can affect penile performance.   Surgeries can cause damage to the blood vessels that transport blood to genital area.  The damage may be either permanent or temporary.  If it is temporary […]

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A new study at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, shocking the penis with sound waves may help those who have severe erectile dysfunction that has not respond well to drug treatments.
Low-intensity sound waves have been found to improve blood flow to the heart by inducing blood vessel growth. The researchers speculated such waves […]

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A recent analysis noted that previous studies on the potential for antioxidants to help address this serious and growing problem have been inconclusive, but that other data indicates nutritional therapies may have significant potential.
The researchers also observed that infertility problems are often an early indicator of other degenerative disease issues such as atherosclerosis, high blood pressure […]

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Since erectile dysfunction is a symptom, physicians should diagnose underlying pathologies that might lead to it instead of focusing only on finding a viable treatment.
Physical inactivity negatively impacts on erectile function; experimental and clinical exercise interventions have been shown to improve sexual responses and overall cardiovascular health. Several studies have confirmed that combining the two […]

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A new study was designed to evaluate whether daily use of sildenafil could alter endothelial function and improve penile rigidity in a group of diabetic ED patients
Researcherrs concluded endothelial function in type 2 diabetic men is enhanced with daily sildenafil. Improved erectile rigidity and enhanced vascular circulation can be noted after 10 weeks of daily sildenafil […]

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A new study at Harvard University suggests men who struggle with restless legs syndrome (RLS) face a higher risk of impotence.
The mechanisms underlying the association between RLS and erectile dysfunction could be caused by hypofunctioning of [the brain chemical] dopamine in the central nervous system, which is associated with both conditions
Restless legs syndrome triggers a […]

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According to an information released to media by the company Vivus, Inc., avanafil - a type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor - has shown positive results in a randomized, double-blind, multi-center, placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) in patients after a radical prostatectomy.
The company’s media release detailed that avanafil has demonstrated […]

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A new study at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), in collaboration with colleagues at Lahey Clinic and from Denmark and Germany, has found that 5a-reductase inhibitors (5a-RIs), while improving urinary symptoms in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and possible hair loss prevention, produces significant adverse effects in some individuals including loss of libido, […]

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A preliminary study of nearly 100 men aged 55 and younger suggests that a highly targeted form of radiation therapy may help younger men to avoid becoming impotent after treatment for prostate cancer.
The researchers say proton therapy was also associated with an extremely low rate of recurrence and a low risk of side effects as […]

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A well-known sexologist in Australia, while addressing the audience at the National Press Club told yesterday that that the treatment of erectile dysfunction is quite expensive and a lot of men are not able to bear such high expenses. Only a few veterans and other male patients are entitled for subsidised erection medicine like Viagra, […]

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