objective: tthe objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of sx (combination of yohimbine and l-arginine) in the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ed) methods: this trial was a 4-week, double blind study of parallel groups of patients with mild to moderate ed. forty married male patients with ed of mild-to-moderate severity were screened for the study entry;among them, thos...

superficial siderosis (ss) is a rare disease which affects people in all ages and both sexes, but three times more in men. pathological etiology is deposition of hemosiderin (a product of the breakdown of blood) in leptomeninges, subpial layer, ependymal surface and other parts of central nervous system (cns) and typically leads to neurological dysfunction and progressive irreversible signs and...

background and objective: inability to achieve orgasm, or delay in achieving orgasm that causes personal distress or inter personal difficulty, examined in this research. materials and methods: this clinical trial was with pre-test and post-test, also with control group and to assess it’s, was used sexual satisfaction questionnaire of glombok rust. the samples studied were 20 women who were ref...

sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to infection. sepsis, which can lead to severe sepsis, septic shock, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, is an important cause of mortality. pathogenesis is extremely complex. in recent years, cell hypoxia caused by mitochondrial dysfunction has become a hot research field. sepsis damages the structure and function of mitochondria,conversely, mito...

background: migraine is a chronic disorder affecting women more than men. sexual dysfunction is one the complaints of women with migraine, which is not regarded as it should be. the goal of this study was to determine sexual dysfunction in women with migraine, and possible effects of depression and sleep quality on their sexual function. methods: one hundred married migraineurs women were enrol...

background: erectile dysfunction (ed) is recognized as a major health problem .chronic diseases such as chronic hepatitis, and its treatment can have negative effect on erectile function. the aim of this study was assessment the correlations of erectile dysfunction with depression in patients with chronic hepatitis methods: in this descriptive and analytical study, 70 male patients with chronic...

BACKGROUND Functional impairment in community-dwelling older adults is common and is associated with poor outcomes. Our goal was to compare the contribution of impairment in executive function or global cognitive function to predicting functional decline and mortality. METHODS We studied 7717 elderly women enrolled in a prospective study (mean age 73.3 years) and identified women with poor ba...

INTRODUCTION Sexual dysfunctions such as low libido, anorgasmia, genital anesthesia, and erectile dysfunction are very common in patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It has been assumed that these side effects always resolve after discontinuing treatment, but recently, four cases were presented in which sexual function did not return to baseline. Here, we describe th...

Background: Reproductive dysfunction and endocrine disorders are common among men with complex partial seizures of temporal lobe origin. More than 90% of men with epilepsy have abnormal semen analysis, including decreased sperm count, abnormal morphology, and impaired motility. The aim of this study was the assay of chronic treatment with melatonin during the latent phase and chronic phase of e...

BACKGROUND We have been investigating an ecologically valid strategy-training approach to enable adults with executive dysfunction to attain everyday life goals. Here, we report the protocol of a randomized controlled trial of the effects of this training compared to conventional therapy in a sample of community-dwelling adults with acquired brain injury and/or stroke. METHODS/DESIGN We will ...