We have often heard of erectile dysfunction but only a few of us are cognizant of the same. What is erectile dysfunction then? In brief, erectile dysfunction (ED) happens to be an acute form of sexual dysfunction portrayed by means of the incapability to develop or retain an erection of the penis sufficient for adequate sexual performance. This sordid reality in any man is indicated whenever an erection becomes consistently difficult or impossible to produce, regardless of arousal. Scores of deliberations are going on across the globe to find out the real causes of ED. However, substantial developments have not taken place and more rooms are still left for development.
In accordance with many scientists, foremost organic causes of ED are cardiovascular disease and diabetes, neurological problems, hormonal insufficiencies (hypogonadism) and drug side effects. It should be kept in mind that erectile dysfunction can point to primary risk for cardiovascular disease.
How can ED be cured? Whatever may the spectacular developments in the realm of medical science thus far, there are, to e precise, no formal tests to make a diagnosis of erectile dysfunction. Some blood tests are usually done to rule out underlying disease, for instance diabetes, hypogonadism and prolactinoma.
Scores of studies have stated that impotence is related to normally poor physical health, poor dietary habits, obesity, and certainly cardiovascular disease. These include both coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
'Chinese herbal pills gave woman cancer' court hears
A civil servant with spots who bought pills from a Chinese herbal shop suffered cancer and kidney failure after taking them, a court has heard. Patricia Booth took the pills, bought at the Chinese Medical Centre in Chelmsford, Essex, for over five years.
The Old Bailey heard the products had been advertised as "safe and natural".Ying "Susan" Wu, 48, of Holland-on-Sea in Essex and Thin "Patrick" Wong, 47, of Southend deny selling, administering and marketing the drugs illegally. The court heard Mrs Booth became ill months after she stopped taking the pills - which were later found to contain a banned substance called aristolochic acid. Mrs Booth's health steadily deteriorated and she also suffered a heart attack. She still has to go to hospital three times a week for dialysis. Julian Christopher, prosecuting, said Mrs Booth would have to give evidence via a videolink because she was too ill to come to court.
'Disastrous consequences'. Mr Christopher said Ms Wu was working as a "Chinese doctor" at the shop, which closed in August 2003. He said Ms Wu sold the drugs to Mrs Booth over a five-and-a-half-year period, beginning in 1997. He said Mrs Booth was in her mid-40s when she began to take the pills and, apart from a bothersome acne-like condition, she was in good health at the time. She was told by Ms Wu to take about a cap-full - 30 pills - three times a day. She would buy further bottles every 10 days or so, with the dose decreasing over time as her skin got better. She stopped taking them in November 2002 but in February 2003, she found out she had chronic long-term kidney failure. Mrs Booth then developed cancer three years later and has had to undergo several operations.
Denial
Mr Christopher said when Mrs Booth started taking the pills, only a registered practitioner was legally allowed to sell them. Mrs Wu was not registered. The pills were banned in July 1999. When officers from the Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency visited the shop in July 2003, Ms Wu told the officers although she was a qualified doctor in China, she did not have the right UK qualifications. Ms Wu denies administering a noxious substance to Mrs Booth so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm, between February 1997 and November 2002. She also faces seven counts of sale of a medicine to her otherwise than in accordance with a prescription, as well as one alleging sale of a medicine not of the quality demanded by a purchaser. She is also charged with selling a medicine "not on a general sale list" to Mrs Booth, namely pills described as Xie Gan Wan. Both defendants face four counts of possession of a medicinal product without a marketing authorisation, relating to bottles of pills marked Xie Gan Wan, 469 sachets marked Longdan Xieganwan and 24 cartons of Xiaoke pills.
The Old Bailey heard the products had been advertised as "safe and natural".Ying "Susan" Wu, 48, of Holland-on-Sea in Essex and Thin "Patrick" Wong, 47, of Southend deny selling, administering and marketing the drugs illegally. The court heard Mrs Booth became ill months after she stopped taking the pills - which were later found to contain a banned substance called aristolochic acid. Mrs Booth's health steadily deteriorated and she also suffered a heart attack. She still has to go to hospital three times a week for dialysis. Julian Christopher, prosecuting, said Mrs Booth would have to give evidence via a videolink because she was too ill to come to court.
'Disastrous consequences'. Mr Christopher said Ms Wu was working as a "Chinese doctor" at the shop, which closed in August 2003. He said Ms Wu sold the drugs to Mrs Booth over a five-and-a-half-year period, beginning in 1997. He said Mrs Booth was in her mid-40s when she began to take the pills and, apart from a bothersome acne-like condition, she was in good health at the time. She was told by Ms Wu to take about a cap-full - 30 pills - three times a day. She would buy further bottles every 10 days or so, with the dose decreasing over time as her skin got better. She stopped taking them in November 2002 but in February 2003, she found out she had chronic long-term kidney failure. Mrs Booth then developed cancer three years later and has had to undergo several operations.
Denial
Mr Christopher said when Mrs Booth started taking the pills, only a registered practitioner was legally allowed to sell them. Mrs Wu was not registered. The pills were banned in July 1999. When officers from the Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency visited the shop in July 2003, Ms Wu told the officers although she was a qualified doctor in China, she did not have the right UK qualifications. Ms Wu denies administering a noxious substance to Mrs Booth so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm, between February 1997 and November 2002. She also faces seven counts of sale of a medicine to her otherwise than in accordance with a prescription, as well as one alleging sale of a medicine not of the quality demanded by a purchaser. She is also charged with selling a medicine "not on a general sale list" to Mrs Booth, namely pills described as Xie Gan Wan. Both defendants face four counts of possession of a medicinal product without a marketing authorisation, relating to bottles of pills marked Xie Gan Wan, 469 sachets marked Longdan Xieganwan and 24 cartons of Xiaoke pills.
Chinese herbal pills destroyed UK woman's health
A Chinese herbal practitioner admitted on Wednesday selling dangerous pills which destroyed the health of a British woman, leading to calls for the tighter regulation of those selling alternative medicines.
Civil servant Patricia Booth, 58, took tiny brown "Xie Gan Wan" tablets for more than five years to treat a facial skin condition after being reassured that the pills were as safe as Coca-Cola.
The medicine, sold by Ying "Susan" Wu from a shop in Chelmsford, northeast of London, did clear up her skin but had disastrous consequences, the capital's Old Bailey court heard.
Months after she stopped taking the pills in 2003, she fell seriously ill, had to have her kidneys removed, contracted urinary tract cancer and later had a heart attack.
She had to quit her job managing a government office and now needs to go to hospital for dialysis three times a week.
When it was realised the pills were likely to be behind Booth's declining health, officers from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) visited the Chinese Herbal Medical Centre shop in July 2003 where Wu worked.
Wu, 48, told them she was a qualified doctor in China, but not in Britain. She was cleared of administering a noxious substance, but admitted lesser charges relating to the sale of the pills, the Press Association reported.
Judge Jeremy Roberts, who gave her a two-year conditional discharge, said the sale of traditional Chinese medicines was totally unregulated in Britain and so there was no evidence that Wu knew of tablets' potential harm.
He said he accepted Wu did not know she was breaking the law and the "last thing" she would have wanted would be for any harm to come to Booth.
"Although the MHRA did their best to try and make sure everybody knew about the dangers and about the regulations, it is not a foolproof system and I am certainly not blaming you for the fact you didn't know about these regulations," he said.
"In this country, if you are operating a business like Miss Wu's of supplying traditional Chinese medicine, there is no system in place whatever to make you aware of these regulations."
The Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine, which represents more than 450 practitioners, said the case highlighted the need for statutory regulation.
"This would ensure that anyone who practises Chinese herbal medicine is suitably qualified and competent," said Emma Farrant, secretary of the RCHM.
"It is unacceptable for the current situation to continue, whereby anyone can claim to be a Chinese medicine practitioner and put the public at risk."
The Department of Health said it received more than 5,000 responses after launching a consultation last year on whether practitioners of alternative medicine should be regulated.
"We are working through these to see what the way forward should be," a spokesman said. "Our response will be published as soon as possible."
Civil servant Patricia Booth, 58, took tiny brown "Xie Gan Wan" tablets for more than five years to treat a facial skin condition after being reassured that the pills were as safe as Coca-Cola.
The medicine, sold by Ying "Susan" Wu from a shop in Chelmsford, northeast of London, did clear up her skin but had disastrous consequences, the capital's Old Bailey court heard.
Months after she stopped taking the pills in 2003, she fell seriously ill, had to have her kidneys removed, contracted urinary tract cancer and later had a heart attack.
She had to quit her job managing a government office and now needs to go to hospital for dialysis three times a week.
When it was realised the pills were likely to be behind Booth's declining health, officers from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) visited the Chinese Herbal Medical Centre shop in July 2003 where Wu worked.
Wu, 48, told them she was a qualified doctor in China, but not in Britain. She was cleared of administering a noxious substance, but admitted lesser charges relating to the sale of the pills, the Press Association reported.
Judge Jeremy Roberts, who gave her a two-year conditional discharge, said the sale of traditional Chinese medicines was totally unregulated in Britain and so there was no evidence that Wu knew of tablets' potential harm.
He said he accepted Wu did not know she was breaking the law and the "last thing" she would have wanted would be for any harm to come to Booth.
"Although the MHRA did their best to try and make sure everybody knew about the dangers and about the regulations, it is not a foolproof system and I am certainly not blaming you for the fact you didn't know about these regulations," he said.
"In this country, if you are operating a business like Miss Wu's of supplying traditional Chinese medicine, there is no system in place whatever to make you aware of these regulations."
The Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine, which represents more than 450 practitioners, said the case highlighted the need for statutory regulation.
"This would ensure that anyone who practises Chinese herbal medicine is suitably qualified and competent," said Emma Farrant, secretary of the RCHM.
"It is unacceptable for the current situation to continue, whereby anyone can claim to be a Chinese medicine practitioner and put the public at risk."
The Department of Health said it received more than 5,000 responses after launching a consultation last year on whether practitioners of alternative medicine should be regulated.
"We are working through these to see what the way forward should be," a spokesman said. "Our response will be published as soon as possible."
Suzy's Safety Checklist to Use Herbal Medicine and Drugs
Dear Pharmacist, I take eight different medications and six supplements each day. I worry constantly that they will interact. Please tell your readers what some of the most common interactions are? — K.S., Decatur, Ill.
Clip this article, or forward it to someone you care for, because it just might save a life. I'm going to give you a “safety checklist” of common drug-herb interactions, and there is a huge section devoted to this in my book, “Drug Muggers.
Alcohol: The world's most famous liquid muscle relaxant, alcohol slows the heart rate down. If you combine it with sleeping pills or narcotic pain-relievers, it can stop the heart! It's also dangerous to combine it with beta blockers (blood-pressure meds).
Grapefruit: a delicious fruit that when juiced, provides powerful anti-cancer flavonoids and antioxidants. Like a few other fruits, it can block a biochemical pathway in the liver that causes the levels of medications to rise (rather than getting broken down and cleared out of the body). Some drugs that interact with grapefruit include oxycodone (Percocet), estrogen-containing hormones, most statin cholesterol drugs, sildenafil (Viagra), diazepam and some antihistamines. The interaction may occur even if you wait several hours after your medication.
Ginkgo biloba: famed for it's ability to sharpen memory by increasing blood flow to the brain. If you are taking a blood thinner, like warfarin, aspirin or Plavix, then you may experience enhanced blood-thinning effects which may lead to easy bruising and internal bleeding.
Pomegranate or grapefruit juice: Chock full of antioxidants and heart-healthy nutrients, but it might spike the level of sex pills (Cialis, Levitra or Viagra) causing headache, indigestion, flushing, heart palpitations or visual disturbances.
Stinging nettle: It helps men with prostate problems and women with overactive bladder. Thing is, it has this lovely benefit of slightly lowering blood sugar. If you take stinging nettle while also taking diabetic medication, your blood sugar may drop too low so monitor carefully or avoid the herb.
Iron or zinc supplements: Wonderful to help improve immunity and rev up thyroid production, but these can block the actions of many popular antibiotics including Cipro and Levaquin.
St. John's wort: Fantastic for boosting mood and reducing pain. It can increase levels of other drugs, causing them to spike so high that you get dangerous side effects. This doesn't mix well with digoxin, omeprazole (Prilosec), MAO anti-depressants, oral contraceptives, alprazolam (Xanax), and drugs used for HIV/AIDS.
Ginseng, ma huang or bitter orange, caffeine: Found in many diet pills, these stimulate the body so avoid if you take breathing medications such as inhalers (bronchodialators) or theophylline.
Arginine: Very popular natural amino acid that helps erectile dysfunction and improves blood flow to the heart. It's wonderful that arginine also reduces blood pressure, but if you take this with nitroglycerin or isosorbide drugs, it can result in dangerously low blood pressure.
Clip this article, or forward it to someone you care for, because it just might save a life. I'm going to give you a “safety checklist” of common drug-herb interactions, and there is a huge section devoted to this in my book, “Drug Muggers.
Alcohol: The world's most famous liquid muscle relaxant, alcohol slows the heart rate down. If you combine it with sleeping pills or narcotic pain-relievers, it can stop the heart! It's also dangerous to combine it with beta blockers (blood-pressure meds).
Grapefruit: a delicious fruit that when juiced, provides powerful anti-cancer flavonoids and antioxidants. Like a few other fruits, it can block a biochemical pathway in the liver that causes the levels of medications to rise (rather than getting broken down and cleared out of the body). Some drugs that interact with grapefruit include oxycodone (Percocet), estrogen-containing hormones, most statin cholesterol drugs, sildenafil (Viagra), diazepam and some antihistamines. The interaction may occur even if you wait several hours after your medication.
Ginkgo biloba: famed for it's ability to sharpen memory by increasing blood flow to the brain. If you are taking a blood thinner, like warfarin, aspirin or Plavix, then you may experience enhanced blood-thinning effects which may lead to easy bruising and internal bleeding.
Pomegranate or grapefruit juice: Chock full of antioxidants and heart-healthy nutrients, but it might spike the level of sex pills (Cialis, Levitra or Viagra) causing headache, indigestion, flushing, heart palpitations or visual disturbances.
Stinging nettle: It helps men with prostate problems and women with overactive bladder. Thing is, it has this lovely benefit of slightly lowering blood sugar. If you take stinging nettle while also taking diabetic medication, your blood sugar may drop too low so monitor carefully or avoid the herb.
Iron or zinc supplements: Wonderful to help improve immunity and rev up thyroid production, but these can block the actions of many popular antibiotics including Cipro and Levaquin.
St. John's wort: Fantastic for boosting mood and reducing pain. It can increase levels of other drugs, causing them to spike so high that you get dangerous side effects. This doesn't mix well with digoxin, omeprazole (Prilosec), MAO anti-depressants, oral contraceptives, alprazolam (Xanax), and drugs used for HIV/AIDS.
Ginseng, ma huang or bitter orange, caffeine: Found in many diet pills, these stimulate the body so avoid if you take breathing medications such as inhalers (bronchodialators) or theophylline.
Arginine: Very popular natural amino acid that helps erectile dysfunction and improves blood flow to the heart. It's wonderful that arginine also reduces blood pressure, but if you take this with nitroglycerin or isosorbide drugs, it can result in dangerously low blood pressure.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Which penis enlargement method is best for me?
So you have decided to make the big step and actually join the hip penis enlargement community. No more denial, no more depression. Sure, the road happiness looks long and lonely from where you stand right now, but even a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
And that first step was your decision to do something about the inadequate size of your penis. The second step is to find out which penis enlargement method is best suited for you. Of course, the final choice depends on your aesthetic preferences, readiness to perform complicated tasks and free time.
If you work from home or otherwise have a lot of free time on your hands and being alone for longer periods of time is not a problem, then you can certainly try the SizeGenetics. This penis device is not easily hidden by clothing, which means that you have to be alone, or with someone who doesn’t mind your personal activities, for the duration of the enlargement sessions. By exerting constant traction on your penis session after session, SizeGenetics is one of the fastest penis enlargement solutions available on the market.
You may wonder at this point whether we would also recommend pumps. Truth is we think pumps are far too unreliable and dangerous to be used. Pumps have not been endorsed by doctors as a valid penis enlargement method and should be used only by people suffering from diabetes or heart conditions in order to obtain erections.
If you have less free time and work in an office, then you may wish to try the PenisHealth system of penis enlargement exercises. This perfectly natural penis enlargement solution features a series of exercises that act in the same was as the traction device. The cells that make up the penis tissues are forced to expand and multiply, thus increasing both length and girth.
The exercises can be performed in the morning before going to work, or in the evening. One of the advantages offered by this solution is that you have absolute control of your penis enlargement experience at all times. The risk of accident is practically non-existent for any person who performs the exercises correctly.
But if you are not happy with either of the two methods outlined above, we are happy to recommend you the ProSolution Pills. These herbal penis pills can help you increase the size of your penis in a natural way with a minimum of fuss. They are easy to conceal and can be taken any time and any place.
The ingredients used in these pills help boost the flow of blood to the penis, pump up the production of testosterone and raise your energy levels, thus giving a kick start to your entire reproduction system. You don’t need any risky surgery to enlarge your penis because better solutions are available. Why risk impotence, scars, loss of feeling and botched recoveries when penis enlargement can be so much simpler.
And we know that many men are wondering whether natural penis enlargement is possible and about the negative opinions voiced by the professional medical community. Frankly, the answer to such doubts and question is rather simple. Natural penis enlargement is just like natural medicine.
There are few trademarked substances around, which means that corporations cannot squeeze the patients dry and make huge piles of cash. Furthermore, doctors know that they’d sooner see pigs fly than obtain money for studies into the effectiveness of natural penis enlargement methods.
Unless they can earn money by selling over-priced products from large pharmaceutical companies, the majority of doctors will not give the smaller, and often more effective treatments the time of day.
Is penis enlargement safe?
Yes it is 100% safe, obviously you have to be careful and avoid the dangerous techniques.
Studies have shown that most men are interested in penis enlargement. In fact these studies show
that most men are not satisfied with their penis length or their sexual performance. They are also dissatisfied
with the firmness of the erect penis, but are unwilling to talk with their doctor about what they perceive as a Impotence problem.
Many men are convinced that their penis is not large enough to satisfy their lover. This leads
to an overall lack of confidence when making love, and this lack of confidence often leads to a softer erection,
which feeds the problem by often leading to feelings of inadequacy. This can even lead to relationship problems as these feelings take root and deepen.
Feeling that you are an unsatisfactory lover leads to a lack of desire to have sex, which the
woman in your life may interpret as sexual rejection. This can lead to further misunderstanding regarding
sex and the relationship, and often leads to serious problems between couples.
The adult entertainment industry is full of ads for products and programs for the enlargement of the penis.
The products include pills, creams and sprays that claim they will cause penis growth. These claims range from the scientific to the outrageous. Below we talk about penis enlargement methods that DO NOT WORK:
Enlargement Creams
Over the last few years, advertisements have been popping up for creams that claim that they will enlarge the penis with regular use. Do they work? Medical evidence has demonstrated that no topical preparation can do more for you than to increase blood flow in the area, which may aid in other programs and may also assist in erection firmness, but these preparations can do nothing on their own to promote actual penis enlargement.
Penis Pumps
One of the most common product advertised for penis enlargement is the penis pump. It can be seen on sale on the internet, in adult bookstores and magazines, and even in drug stores. The pumps work by creating a vaccuum around the penis and bringing blood to the tissue. This can assist men with extremely poor circulation to have an erection. There is no actual medical evidence that penis pumps cause any actual increase in the size of the penis. Some men may even find that if they use a penis pump over a period of time that they will be unable to get an erection without using the pump.
Using Weights
Men have used this method of penis enlargement for hundreds of years. Basically you hang weight from your penis in order to stretch it.
Many ancient and tribal people practiced this method. Does it work? Over time, with regular use, you can achieve greater length using this method.
The drawbacks include a thinner penis, and because of the stretched tissue, often less ability to achieve and maintain an erection.
This method can also cause decrease in blood circulation to the penis, which can lead to serious problems including tissue damage.
Enlargement Surgery
Surgery is a big step, and an expensive one. More importantly, it can lead to serious complications like infection. It can also lead to scar tissue formation which can cause a misshapen penis. A common form of penis enlargement surgery involves taking your body fat and injecting a small amount into the penis. This does not cause significant change in length, although it can make a difference in girth.
Some men have the connective tissue at the top of their penis cut, which does not actually enlarge the penis, but does cause it to jut further out from the body. Of course, having less support, your penis will not stand up as far from your body as it did previous to the surgery.
Penis surgery doesn't change your ability to get an erection, or the firmness of that erection. This is caused by blood flow in the penis.
Enlargement pills
99% of these are rip-off pills which are nothing more than vitamin pills, some do work but be careful of which ones you do choose.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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