The cardiovascular response to sexual activity in men and women is similar to other daily activities and not excessive between couples in a long-standing relationship. The risk of an ischemic event during sexual activity is low and death very uncommon. Sexual dysfunction is common in cardiac patients and, in men, may occur before cardiac symptoms, with a time interval of 2 to 5 years. Exercise ...

1 © Under License of Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License | This article is available from: www.psychopathology.imedpub.com Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive neurodegenerative disorder. One new case of AD is expected to be developed every 33 seconds. So, about million new cases will be developed per year and the total estimated prevalence is expected to reach 13.8 mil...

To develop an objective and scientific method to evaluate the brain injured and brain diseased persons with motor dysfunction, American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment was used as an exemplar. After the motor dysfunction due to brain injury or brain disease was confirmed, active range of motion and muscle strength of affected extremities were measured. Als...

background stroke is an unexpected major life incident that effect on physical functioning and can lead to changes in lifestyle and inability to manage self care, work or leisure. to explore the everyday life situation as experienced by stroke survivors, and their family caregivers, this study was conducted 3-6 month after stroke. methods twelve stroke survivors and thirteen family caregivers w...

Waltheria indica is a common shrub found in many parts of Northern Nigeria for the management several diseases. Although ability to treat infertility, erectile dysfunction and impotency male has been reported ethno-medicine, there no scientific study verify its action on androgens spermatogenic parameters. This seeks evaluate effect methanolic root extract spermatogenesis albino rats. Rats were...

Voiding dysfunction and uri-nary incontinence have affected patients' quality of life over the years. Recently, however, increased attention to these areas has led to a better understanding of the anatomy, pathophysi-ology, and newer approaches to treatment. This textbook, the official textbook of the Korean Continence Society, provides information necessary for the understanding, diagnosis, an...

Selective phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5Is) have revolutionized the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) in men. As an on-demand treatment, PDE5Is have excellent efficacy and safety in the treatment of ED due to a broad spectrum of etiologies. Nevertheless, these drugs do have side-effect profiles that are troublesome to some patients, eg, headache, dyspepsia, myalgia, etc. Further...

Depression is a predictor of poor prognosis in patients with heart failure. Selective serotonin (5-HT) reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may improve these outcomes. Left ventricular volume overload induced hypertrophy that is associated with aortic regurgitation (AR) leads to ventricular dysfunction and heart failure. The aim of this study was to verify the effects of the SSRI paroxetine on cardiac f...

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a prevalent condition that affects men and their partners. Significant improvements in the sexual lives of these couples have been achieved with the introduction of phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors. A PDE5 inhibitor is now widely recognized as the first-line therapy for the majority of men with ED. Currently, three PDE5 inhibitors - sildenafil, tadalafil and va...