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9780738202068

Sexual Health For Men The Complete Guide

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  • ISBN13:

    9780738202068

  • ISBN10:

    0738202061

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-07
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press

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Summary

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

Author Biography

Richard F. Spark, M.D., is an associate clinical professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School and a clinical and research endocrinologist at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The author of two books and countless scientific journal articles on male sexual issues, he lives in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Prologue
1(4)
What Do Men Want?
5(8)
Thirty Million Men
13(6)
The Sexual Male from the Bible to Viagra
19(10)
You Are Not Alone
29(6)
The Six Phases of Normal Male Sexual Function
35(6)
Defining the Problem---What Disrupts a Man's Normal Sexual Response Cycle?
41(6)
Finding the Cause
47(8)
Getting Started---Understanding a Man's Sexual Frustrations and Failures and Their Treatment
55(16)
Recent Advances in Male Sexuality
71(30)
Male Sexual Chemistry and Viagra
101(38)
Hormones and Sexuality
139(22)
The Testosterone Renaissance
161(22)
Eliminating Testosterone to Benefit Man and Society
183(4)
Dihydrotestosterone (DHT): The Androgen for the Twenty-First Century
187(8)
Medications, Chemicals, and Sexual Potency
195(26)
Psychologic Factors Affecting Potency and Ejaculation
221(18)
Penile Implants
239(14)
Penile Injection
253(12)
Vacuum Devices
265(6)
The Lure of Alternative Medicine
271(24)
The Saga of DHEA
295(20)
The Prostate and Its Problems
315(12)
Prostate Cancer: The PSA Controversy
327(20)
The Fertile and the Infertile Man
347(16)
Is There a Male Menopause?
363(10)
Restoring Youthful Hormone Levels in Mature Men
373(16)
What's Next for Men in the Millennium?
389(8)
References 397(24)
Index 421

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