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It's tough to start exercising. Watch this health and wellness tip from Dr. Savant for advice on a easy way to get started. Visit http://savantmd.com for more health tips and videos. Follow us on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/savantmd .
Erectile Dysfunction is the inability to acheive and maintain an erection adequate for penetration enough for the satisfaction of both partners. Common casuses of ED include vascular problems, stroke, diabetes, medications, surgery- such as prostate surgery, and low testosterone. He also discusses the ED medications- Viagra, Cialis, and others.
Baldness in Men: Medicines like propecia and rogaine can help prevent further hair loss, but they will not help regain most previous hair loss and the medicines have to be taken as long you want to keep preventing the hair loss. With micrograft hair transplant surgery, you can replace your previous hair loss with donor grafts from the back of the head-where there is no male patern balding.
Dr. Sheldon Kabaker demonstrates a hair transplantation surgery. Donor hair is taken from the scalp on the back of the head and single follicle and groups of 2 or 3 follicles are transplanted to the area of thinning hair. Video courtesy of JNJ health.
Symptoms of BPH include frequent urination, nocturia- getting up at night to urinate, urgency of urination, feeling like your bladder does not completely empty. Treatments includes medications. One type is an alpha blocker, which helps to dilate the prostate. Another is a 5 alpha reductase inhibitor, which can shrink the prostate. Surgical treatment includes a TURP- transurethral reduction of the prostate, laser ablation of the prostate, and enucleation of the prostate.
The American College of Physicians has issued recommendations for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). ACP strongly recommends that physicians initiate therapy with an oral phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitor in men who seek treatment for ED unless they have a contraindication to PDE-5 inhibitors, such as nitrate therapy. For patients with ED, treatment with oral medications demonstrates significant improvements in sexual Intercourse and erectile function.
In this installment of the innovations in facial plastic surgery update, Dr. Verret talks about appropriate maintenance therapy after hair restoration transplant surgery. Specifically, Dr. Verret discusses the two medications currently approved for hair loss in the United States, minoxidil and finasteride. For more information about hair loss, hair transplants, and hair restoration, visit Dr. Verret on the web at http://drverret.com
This animated video shows you how a vasectomy works. Video courtesy of Blausen Medical.
Non surgical treatment of varicocele.