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		<title>Viagra &#8211; Change To Men’s Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To day our discussions will be related to Men’s health. By Men’s Health, I want to mean all round soundness of body and mind of a man including his sexual capability.
Unfortunately, if the man is ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To day our discussions will be related to <a href="http://pillsclick.com/men's-health.htm">Men’s health</a>. By Men’s Health, I want to mean all round soundness of body and mind of a man including his sexual capability.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, if the man is not able to carry out all the sexual functions when needed, we cannot tell his health to be sound. If we analyze, we may find that the male person is incapable to perform sexual functions due to his Erectile Dysfunction (ED) condition.</p>
<p>In fact there are millions of such male persons with Erectile Dysfunction making their own life as well as their sexual partner’s life miserable and looking for solutions of their problems.</p>
<p>In such a situation, about five years back, Pfizer brought Viagra in the market after getting approval from FDA.</p>
<p>First let us study the reason for erectile dysfunction. The dysfunction has been found to be caused due to insufficient blood circulation through the penis during sexual activities and excitement. Viagra has active ingredients, which ensure sufficient blood flow through the penis during sexual excitement.</p>
<p><em>Let us study how Viagra functions.</em></p>
<p>Viagra, whose medical name is Sildenafil Citrate, when taken orally one hour before sex, blocks an enzyme called PDE-5 (Phosphodiesterase-5) which ultimately increases blood flow through the penis and causes firm and sustained erection. For this reason, Viagra is also called a PDE-5 inhibitor. Please keep in mind that Viagra is a Prescription Drug.</p>
<p>My suggestion will be that if your health is affected due to Erectile Dysfunction, you should visit a doctor to get you checked thoroughly. If he finds that your body conditions are suitable for sex and also suitable to take Viagra, the doctor may recommend you to use Viagra to combat your erectile dysfunction.</p>
<p>We want to make some cautions about use of Viagra. There are some restrictions of using this drug. The drug is not allowed for a person beyond his age of 65. So be careful before using Viagra. There are other suitability criteria for using Viagra. Male person with High Blood Pressure or too low Blood Pressure is not suitable to take this medicine. He should not have any heart or kidney problem also. The situation may aggravate by using Viagra.</p>
<p>It is to be taken once a day and one hour before sex and to be taken in empty stomach.</p>
<p>You should not use this medicine for any other purpose other than your erectile dysfunction if your other body conditions permit. The drug should not be used for treatment of Female Impotence.</p>
<p><strong>Now we will highlight some possible side effects of using Viagra.</strong></p>
<p>Most common side effects are headache facial flushing, and upset stomach. Temporary visionary effects, e.g blurred vision and sensitiveness to light are also reported. One or two case of blindness has also been reported. However, it could not be firmly established whether the problem had happened due to use of Viagra. Studies are still going on.</p>
<p>After introduction of Viagra for treatment of erectile dysfunction, Men’s health has got a sea change, and it is not uncommon that people rush to <a href="http://pillsclick.com/viagra.htm">Buy Viagra now</a>, be it from the Prescription Store or from On Line Stores. This has proved superiority of Viagra than any other similar drugs.</p>
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		<title>Nasal Breathing Solutions to Snoring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zhafran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article, we will site some of the basic snoring solutions. You will find that some are quite simplistic in creating solutions but many are rather intensive and would require careful decisions.
One basic product ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this article, we will site some of the basic snoring solutions. You will find that some are quite simplistic in creating solutions but many are rather intensive and would require careful decisions.</p>
<p>One basic product that you would find under a number of manufacturers’ names are the nasal breathing aids.</p>
<p>These snoring solutions aim to facilitate better breathing through the nose. Thus, such products only target problems that are directly linked with nasal difficulties. However, if you are breathing well enough with your nose, then you might find your luck with other devices.</p>
<p>Nasal breathing devices can best help those who breathe using their mouths. This is specially helpful when you are just starting with shifting your breathing from nasal to mouth both at night and day time.</p>
<p>Remember that these nasal breathing devices would not give you the final cure nor would they provide the all-in-one package solution. You will need to make some changes that would help deliver better treatment. You may need to practice yourself with exercises in breathing or create ways to keep your jaw from falling while sleeping.</p>
<p>The most common nasal breathing aids are the nasal strips. These are patterned on band-aid designs only differing with two flat plastic bands. These are worn across the nose which then create a pulling effect on the nostrils to keep them wide. You may have seen devices like these used by athletes to help them breathe freer during competitions.</p>
<p>Nasal braces, on the other hand, are breathing devices that are inserted into the nose to help create wider air passages. The advantage of these is that they dontt fall off more easily than nasal strips.</p>
<p>A number of nose clips have mechanisms that can facilitate better blood flow and can energize nasal tissues to help in keeping the passages open.</p>
<p>If you would not want the inconvenience of these devices, you can go for an air-blower like solution. This is known as Continuous Positive Air Pressure or CPAP. More refined products using its principle are the AutoPAP and the BiPAP for which attachments and settings can create breathing possible after you have stopped breathing yourself (these are most effective for sleep apnea sufferers).</p>
<p>Some nasal breathing products are especially engineered for specific snorers. Be careful not to go for anything that you find pleasing or convenient, careful analysis must be done or you may seek guidance first from your physician.</p>
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		<title>Peyronie&#8217;s Disease and Abnormally Bent Penis &#8211; Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Options</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 12:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aquila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHAT IS PEYRONIE&#8217;S DISEASE?
Peyronie&#8217;s disease consists of hard, fibrous tissue, called plaques, developing within the penile shaft. The plaques are hard, thickened and stiff areas, actually a kind of internal scarring. In this fibroid tissue ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>WHAT IS PEYRONIE&#8217;S DISEASE?</strong></p>
<p>Peyronie&#8217;s disease consists of hard, fibrous tissue, called plaques, developing within the penile shaft. The plaques are hard, thickened and stiff areas, actually a kind of internal scarring. In this fibroid tissue also calcium compounds can accumulate, making the plaques even harder.</p>
<p>The Peyronie&#8217;s disease is also called cavernositis, and also sometimes plastic induration. There is probably a chronic inflammation process that leads to this scarring.</p>
<p>The thickened area has less blood flow than normal penile tissue, and do not fill with blood and swell as the normal spongy areas in the inside of the penis. Therefore the penis swells more at the opposite side, and gets a curvature towards the side containing the plaques when erected.</p>
<p>If the plaques are found at several places, more complex deformations will develop. The abnormal bending, twisting or swelling within the penis, often also lead to painful erections.</p>
<p>Any man from the age of 18 and upwards can develop Peyronie&#8217;s disease. The average age of men suffering from Peyronie`s disease is 50.</p>
<p><strong>THE SYMPTOMS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONDITION</strong></p>
<p>The three main characteristics of cavernositis are:</p>
<p>- One or more small hard lumps underneath the skin, or a continuous hard, stiff and thickened area.</p>
<p>- Abnormal bent or crooked penis when erect. All penises have some curvature, but by this disease, the penile bend increases, and one may get a very curved penis. The penis may be bent as a banana or in an angular fashion. The penile bending is most often up, but may be down, to the left side, to right or sloping.</p>
<p>-The bending is usually to the same side as that of the hard thickened area when the penis is erected.</p>
<p>-The hard areas in the erected penis may look like bumps, making the penis irregular.</p>
<p>- Sometimes the penis bends greatly enough to make sexual intercourse difficult, or impossible.</p>
<p>- Pain during erections caused by the pressure from the hard areas in the penis, or from the stretched skin at the opposite side of the penis.</p>
<p>- One may not notice the bend immediately, as it tends to develop over one to three months and later than the hardness and stiffness of the indurations.</p>
<p>- The plastic induration may progress and cause impotence. Sometimes the Peyroni&#8217;s disease will clear up by itself, but this may take several years.</p>
<p><strong>THE CAUSES OF PEYRONIE&#8217;S DISEASE</strong></p>
<p>The exact cause of the induration is unknown. It&#8217;s not a sign of an underlying serious condition, and it is not a sexually transmitted infection. It is possible that the disease can begin with an inflammation in the penile tissue. An inflammation may be caused by an allergic or auto-immune reaction. Although the Peyronie’s disease is not an infection, an initial infection can damage the penile tissue and cause an inflammation that develops into Peyronie’s disease. Men having the inflammatory condition called Systemic Lupus Erytematosus more often get Peyronie’s disease.</p>
<p>Vitamin E deficiency seems to be a contributing factor in causing the disease. Diabetes may cause damage of blood vessels, and if this damage occurs in the erectile bodies of the penis, Peyronie’s disease can develop.</p>
<p>Peyronie&#8217;s disease is sometimes a side effect of the drug Inderal (propanolol) used against high blood pressure.</p>
<p>Sometimes a physical injury to the penis that causes internal bleeding, or a series of such injuries, is the initial cause. A habit of violent sexual activity may cause such injuries. It is thought that some men may have a genetic disposition to the condition.</p>
<p>Plastic induration of the penis is not a cancer, and cannot cause cancer, however a lump or deformation in your genitals that develops, must be examined.</p>
<p><strong>TREATMENT OF PEYRONIE&#8217;S DISEASE</strong></p>
<p>Not all men with Payronie&#8217;s disease require treatment. The disease sometimes go away by itself. If the condition is pronounced, it is also difficult to find a remedy that can cure every sign of the disease, but several methods can take away most penis changes associated with Peyronie&#8217;s. Here is a survey of treatment methods used today.</p>
<p>Tamoxifen &#8211; In its early stages of the disease a medication called Tamoxifen has been shown to prevent the formation of the fibrous plaque by Peyronie&#8217;s disease. This drug is also used in the treatment of breast cancer, but the two conditions are not related.<br />
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Vitamin E and B &#8211; Vitamin E and B is sometimes effective in easing the pain and as a treatment for the penile deformity by Peyronie&#8217;s disease.</p>
<p>Verapamil &#8211; Verapamil, often used in the treatment of high blood pressure, has been shown to decrease the size of the plaque and decrease the pain when injected directly into the plaque, and thus also improve the penis shape distortion by peyronie&#8217;s disease.</p>
<p>Shock wave therapy &#8211; Extracorporeal shock wave therapy, or ESWT, a new treatment, is being used in some hospitals for the Peyronie&#8217;s disease. Although the initial results of this new approach to treat Peyronie&#8217;s disease have been promising, the long-term outcome is still undetermined.</p>
<p>Surgery &#8211; This is sometimes considered if Payroni&#8217;s disease has lasted for a year or more and it hasn&#8217;t progressed or regressed for at least three months. By the Nesbitt procedure one removes tissue opposite to the curve to straighten the penis. Another procedure involves putting a graft or part of a vein within the fibrous plaque to lengthen this area. In certain cases of Pyrenees disease, surgical insertion of a penile prosthesis (implant) is recommended.</p>
<p>Radiation therapy &#8211; This treatment modality has been tried, but the results are unpredictable and sometimes the opposite of the intended one.</p>
<p>Traction devices &#8211; On the market, you can buy mechanical devices to use on the penis some time daily that gently pull upon the penile tissue to straighten out the penis, and thus mending the penis from the curvature caused by Peyronie&#8217;s disease.</p>
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