Viagra, the popular anti-impotence drug, may stop working for many patients after 2 years, the results of a study suggest. Dr. Rizk El-Galley of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and colleagues interviewed 151 men who had filled prescriptions for Viagra. Overall, 74% reported that 25 milligrams (mg) to 100 mg of the drug enabled […]
Andropause is an onset of hormonal changes in men – mostly between the ages of 40 and 50 -, which is triggered by reduced testosterone levels. Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and is produced in the testes. It affects all body cells and is responsible not only for sexual development, but also for […]
Am I a ‘pervert’ or simply enjoying the extraordinary? The answer to this question has seen remarkable changes over the times. Many sexual practices that might have resulted in getting burned at the stake for being possessed by ‘demons’ or being locked up in a mental ward during the last centuries are considered as nothing […]
When I first came to Thailand, I wondered: given the healthy Thai cuisine, why are so many people – especially expats – overweight? Take a look on any street: at least one in three expats is obese. This is a high percentage, comparable only with the ‘fattest’ States in the USA, and is responsible for […]
In a global survey that was released a couple of months ago, about 10 per cent of males said that they had experienced premature ejaculation: coming too quickly is one of the commonest of all sexual problems. Not too surprisingly, especially younger men are suffering from it – as they grow older, most men will […]
Talking about ‘sex addiction’ in certain Asian cities is like talking about alcoholism during the ‘Oktoberfest’ in Munich: a firework of dirty jokes and winking confessions (‘yes, I’m an addict, too!’) are standard elements of these conversations. However, few people seem to know what sex addiction really is or means. Sexual addiction (sometimes also called […]
A large-scale impact study (n = 1046) of the Institute for Women’s Health Badem-Württemberg for frequency of sexual dysfunction in women (Female Sexual Dysfunction, FSD) and ways to treat them was recently published in the prestigious journal Journal of Sexual Medicine. The aim of this study was to find out about the a) frequency and […]
In history, the concept of sexual ‘normality’ almost continuously subjected to ethical considerations, and until today, the distinction between normality and perversion (paraphilia) is still difficult. As we can see comparing different countries in the world, cultural differences and legal systems are also influencing these artificial boundaries. Today’s diagnostic taxonomies define various fetishes, but as […]
Erectile dysfunction (ED, or the formerly called ‘Impotence’) is defined by the inability of a man to maintain an erection sufficient for intercourse in more than two-thirds of the attempts during half a year. So if it only ‘doesn’t work’ now and then, it isn’t a disorder requiring treatment. But with age, more men have […]