Silicone Implants Make a Comeback Dec 03 12:14pm The FDA recently overturned a 14-year ban on silicone breast implants and gave the green light for their use in cosmetic breast augmentations in women 22 years or older. The age limitation is related to the age at which breast development completely... Read more

Once-a-Day Viagra? Nov 30 11:32am Recently, several European studies of PDE 5 inhibitors (Viagra, Levitra, and Cialis), used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), were published that compared various doses with the traditional "on-demand" dose taken whenever a man expects to... Read more

Testosterone's Evolving Role in Treating ED Nov 22 12:25pm Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a complex condition that may be caused by vascular (affecting the blood vessels), neurological, and psychological factors, or a combination of all three. Approximately 10 percent to 15 percent of men with ED suffer from... Read more

Female Bicyclists: Are Your Feet Safer than Your Seat? Nov 17 12:19pm Estimates suggest that over 10 million American women bicycle on a regular basis. Although such exercise has enormous benefits and pleasure associated with it, there are also well-known risks like falls and collisions. Research involving male... Read more

Doctors Not Comfortable Treating Female Sexual Problems Nov 15 08:04am When a patient consults a doctor for a health problem, he or she believes the doctor is capable of identifying and treating it effectively. But the women we see in our Center for Sexual Medicine tell a different story. Many of them complain about... Read more

How Common Is Female Sexual Dysfunction? Nov 11 09:16am The kinds of patients a doctor treats often affects his or her sense of how common certain conditions are. This is particularly true of female sexual dysfunctions (FSD), which covers problems like low sexual desire, poor arousal, inability to... Read more

Compounded Hormones: Persuasive Magic of Words Nov 08 09:38am I have written at length about the damage done by the poorly designed Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI). Its results, now very much in question, contradicted over a dozen studies that supported the benefits of hormone replacement therapy.... Read more

Hormone Concerns: Switching Unproven Risk for Proven One Nov 04 12:12pm The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, published several years ago, introduced anxiety and concern in the minds of many women and their physicians about the safety of replacement estrogens. A more detailed analysis of the WHI data... Read more

Low Desire: Is It Stress, Low Testosterone, or Me? Oct 28 08:30am In our culture, cultural stereotypes paint men as being ever-ready to perform sexually anytime, anyplace, with anyone. Imagine the confusion and concern many women experience when their red-blooded American man is no longer interested in having sex... Read more

Testosterone: Not Just for Sex Oct 25 10:27am The evidence is mounting that, as men age, their testosterone levels drop substantially. Between ages 25 and 75, men can lose as much as half of their serum testosterone. Experts estimate that at least 20 percent of men over 60 years of age suffer... Read more