Men's Health

Thats right, the CDC (center for disease control), the US governments personal watchdogs for the nations health has announced a nationwide epidemic; male reproductive health !  Shocking?  Not to me, as I have seen countless semen analysis come through my clinic (usually without the men attached to them, but the wife toting the sad document) that display a very sad state of our male reproductive health, in particular, male factor infertility.

The Vancouver Sun
Thu 27 Mar 2008
Page: A1 / FRONT
By: Pamela Fayerman

Women
outlive men by five years in B.C. and Dr. Larry Goldenberg thinks that
has a lot to do with the fact men are 20 years behind women in being
proactive about their health.  So just as he championed a prostate
cancer centre of excellence at Vancouver General Hospital a decade ago,
he is now focused on forming a men's health centre, not unlike the one
for the opposite sex at B.C. Women's Hospital.
People tend to think of penises and prostates as the only body
parts men have to worry about, but Goldenberg begs to differ.  "The
penis is like the canary in the mineshaft," he says, referring to the
fact that erection and other problems may be due to numerous medical
conditions, especially cardiovascular disease.  "But there's more to
men's health than penises, prostates, vasectomies and circumcisions.
Men are 20 years behind women in terms of gender-specific health
centres," says Goldenberg, professor and head of the department of
urologic sciences at the University of B.C. and Vancouver General
Hospital.

Ladies, you may want your men to read this...In order to enliven her feminine core, your woman should spend time every day in absolute abandon and celebration. During these times of dancing, singing, laughter and sheer delight, her body and mind should be totally released of any obligation to be masculine, directed, controlled, structured or goal oriented. These occatsons are most rejuvenating when she is with other women, magnifying and rejoicing in each other's feminine radiance and flow. If your woman lacks this frequent feminine rejuvenation, she will develop symptoms of depressed feminine energy. Disease, especially in her more feminine parts, lack of life energy, low sexual desire and enjoyment, and a blue, downhearted, despond disposition.

The FDA is investigating reports that impotence drugs can cause a rare form of blindness. Although the connection is unproven, the agency has received more than 40 reports of men who suddenly and permanently lost their vision within a day or two of taking them. Based on four years of adverse event claims, CBS News reports that the number of men affected may be several times higher.

Still, the percentage of men affected compared to the tens of millions of users of these drugs is infinitesimal - although blindness isn't exactly a "minor" side effect. But those who take them may have more to worry about than the rare side effects of a little blue pill. Impotence is very often a sign of poor circulation - and in many cases, that's an early warning for heart disease. Those who rush to remedy a "performance" problem with a pharmaceutical solution could be ignoring an impending threat to their lives.