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Har du problemer med ereksjonen? Potensproblemer er ikke uvanlige, spesielt ikke hos menn som har problemer med blodsukkeret og diabetes. Impotens er den vanligste forstyrrelsen i menns seksualliv, og karakteriseres av manglende evne til å oppnå og opprettholde en ereksjon sterk nok til å kunne gjennomføre samleie. Til tross for at impotens kun manifesteres fysisk, er det også et psykologisk problem da det påvirker en manns generelle livskvalitet og kan forårsake relasjonsproblemer. Årsakene bak impotens er mange og kan variere fra helseproblemer til stoffmisbruk og bivirkninger av andre medikamenter. Å være ute av stand til å kontrollere blodsukkeret, er den primære årsaken til at menn med diabetes rammes av impotens. Arteriene skades av høyt blodsukker og som resultat strømmer mindre blod gjennom enkelte deler av kroppen, blant dem penis. Likevel er ikke diabetes den eneste sykdommen som er kjent for å forårsake potensproblemer. Flere fysiske tilstander som høyt kolesterol, høyt blodtrykk, nerveproblemer, hjertesykdommer, hormonell ubalanse og problemer med blodårene kan øke risikoen for problemer med ereksjonen. I tillegg kan potensproblemer forårsakes av bivirkninger fra andre medisiner og stoffmisbruk (alkohol, gatedop, røyking osv.) Videre kan også psykologiske tilstander være årsak til forstyrrelser i seksuallivet; depresjon, angst, relasjonsproblemer, mental sykdom og lignende. Sannheten er at det er fullt mulig å kontrollere og forebygge utviklingen av seksuelle problemer. Noen av de enkleste og mest opplagte måtene å opprettholde den seksuelle helsen på, er blant andre å kontrollere sukker- og kolesterolnivåer, blitt kvitt overvekt, trene regelmessig og ha en generelt sunn livsstil. Tallrike studier bekrefter at menn som går ned i vekt og generelt er mer aktive har en langt mindre risiko for impotens enn inaktive overvektige menn. Noen ganger kan medisiner som brukes for å kontrollere diabetes og blodsukker gi bivirkninger i form av potensproblemer. I slike tilfeller bør du kontakte legen din og forhøre deg om du kan få bytte medisiner. Du bør også konsultere legen din i forhold til andre foreskrevne og ikke-foreskrevne medikamenter du tar regelmessig. Dessverre vil medikamenter som Cialis og Viagra,som er meget effektive potensmidler, ikke gi virkning hos menn med diabetes på grunn av blodsukkernivåene og blodåreproblemene assosiert med sykdommen. (more…)

This September sees doctors entering the debate on First Amendment rights. The American Academy of Pediatricians has published a policy statement attacking the current practices of the television, internet and print media on “explicit” content. Put simply, the AAP lists all the main problem areas from lyrics in music and the accompanying videos, the pornography easily accessed on the internet, to all the ads we see for erectile dysfunction drugs. It notes this is triggering early questions about sex and sexuality without any balancing content on sexual responsibility in relationships and birth control. Taking just two examples, there are now a host of reality TV shows which are supposedly just for “dating”, but the real interest lies in seeing who pairs off. Equally, it’s now routine for advertisers to use sex to sell even the most unsexy products and services. These are images of women wearing only a few clothes posing suggestively. Children gather information from all sources available to them. As peers, they exchange web addresses and swap the latest downloads of music videos. They encourage each other to upload photographs of themselves partially or completely nude to Facebook and other slightly less obvious sites. If life is boring, there are now a host of sites following in the footsteps of chatroulette where you can make random video chat connections. In many instances, this is an excuse for sexually bizarre behavior among many participants, but it can be more mainstream, e.g. the Reddit community asked for a service that would allow them to see more than each other’s faces and Popjam links to Facebook. The underlying question is what message all this sends to our young. First, it’s reinforcing the stereotype of men as wanting hard erections and being prepared to take pills to get them. With images of semi-naked women everywhere it continues the trend of portraying women as sexual “things” and potentially starts the use of pornography at an earlier age. Yet the regulators see nothing wrong. The television stations routinely accept erectile dysfunction ads and refuse ads for oral and emergency contraception pills. The internet continues to be the Wild West with everything available if you know how to use google. Apart from a few “family” and religious organizations prepared to speak out, there has been little pressure to moderate behavior. Perhaps the intervention of the AAP will provoke more discussion and a cultural shift. Until then, we’re all free to enjoy all the ads where the sultry, if not flirtatious, woman wants her man to “do this more often”, referring to the smile both wear as a result of using the pills. (more…)

According to the American Association for Dermatologists, the Acne Resource Center is reporting that 40% of Americans are currently suffering from acne. Though acne may be one of the most common skin problems affecting America today, this does not necessarily mean that it is the easiest problem to treat. There are common forms of acne that are easily treated and respond well to a variety of treatments, but every skin type is different, and so is every person’s lifestyle. Regardless of what may be causing your acne, if you suffer from it regularly, you want to be sure that you get the best possible treatment fast, without spending a fortune trying different remedies. Here you will find out what the best acne treatment will be for your specific type of acne. Use this information to find the treatment that will work best for you, so you can clear away this embarrassing problem for good. The two most common forms of treatment for acne are topical treatments and oral treatments or prescription medication. How you go about seeking treatment for your acne will depend on the type of acne you have, and what has proven to be the most effective. If you struggle with acne that comes in the form of whiteheads or black heads, clearing up your acne problem will be quicker than you think. Blackheads and whiteheads are known to best respond to topical treatments that will take care of the problem almost immediately. The reason these two types of acne respond so well to topical treatments is the fact that these types of acne live in pores that are already open on your face, or on the area of your body you get acne. Using topical treatments on already open pores then will clean out the area and sterilize the bacteria that is creating the acne. This leaves then a very easy cleanup job for your topical treatment of choice to clear acne fast. What kind of topical ointment should you look for when you want to clean acne fast? You want to look for treatments that contain either benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid. Specifically Benzoyl Peroxide is the best treatment to use on open pore acne, and is available over the counter in most major brands of skin care. This is the time for you to read ingredients on cleansers that promise the most, and Benzoyl peroxide and Salicylic acid will work to clean out the bacteria in your acne, and dry it out to prevent further growth. For small acne flare-ups such as whitheads or blackheads, products containing benzoyl peroxide will clear acne fast. For those Americans that struggle with more serious acne, such as cystic acne that is persistent and frequent, you may want to consider oral treatments in the form of prescription medication such as Accutane. (more…)

A recent survey yet again confirmed the obvious. The majority of us pick up drugs from the neighborhood pharmacy or online, open the packaging and take the drugs. In the real world, the pharmacist probably said a lot of useful stuff, but our eyes glazed over. The idea of reading all the small print on the Consumer Information when we unwrap the drugs from the online pharmacy. Well, why bother? If the FDA has said this drug is safe, it’s safe for us to take. What more can this set of notes tell us? Indeed, it’s partly because of this casual confidence that so many prescription drugs are abused. Yeah, right, so blame the FDA. Or go to an attorney and blame the drug company for not sitting you down and explaining every last potential problem before you take the pills. So, here’s a simple test for you. When you see the ads for medications on TV, do you take notes during that listing of side effects or do you sleep through? This is not blaming you. The whole system is set up to be passive. The information is there if you choose to look or listen but there’s no incentive for you to do it. Why are we asking this? Well, there are court cases floating through the system suggesting our favorite acne treatment is, well, dangerous. No! Really? Tell us more. Well, one of the more interesting is about a girl who started taking the drug at 13 and continued for two years. Two years? Well, she didn’t read the label. No one is supposed to take this drug for more than about three months in any one period of treatment. Anyway, she began to notice some blood in her stools but did nothing. It seems the young have no sense of danger. Later when she could no longer ignore the pain, she was forced to have some of her colon removed. This is a very rare adverse effect. It’s mentioned on the label but our girl admitted never reading it. She said there was just too much information. No one could take in that she was in danger if she had “stomach” problems. (more…)

Forurening er bestemt et af de globale problemer, som giver folk over hele kloden hovedpine. Talrige organisationer, hære af videnskabsfolk og miljøaktivister gør alt for at begrænse forureningens årsager og konsekvenser, som har påvirket vor planet stærkt i det sidste århundrede. Hvad enten der er tale om vand, land eller luft, så findes der intet i denne verden, som ikke er påvirket af forureningspesten. Det er et meget alvorligt problem, som udgør en trussel for menneskets eksistens og livet i det hele taget på denne planet. Det største problem er, at flertallet af mennesker i hele verden undervurderer stadigvæk forureningens virkninger. Forurening er et emne, som vil blive diskuteret i det endeløse, og tonsvis af papir vil blive spildt på analysen af dens virkning, men der vil stadigvæk ikke ske væsentlige ændringer. Der er nogle aspekter ved forureningen, som kræver særlig opmærksomhed. Dette problem er den størst bidragende faktor til et andet problem af planetformat – global opvarmning. Du har bestemt hørt begrebet, eftersom det diskuteres bredt i medierne og er blevet det i det seneste tiår. For det første påvirker global opvarmning vor planets islag, idet den smelter dem og frigiver for meget vand ud i havet, hvilket i sidste ende fører til klimaændringer, oversvømmelser og tørke. For det andet gør den globale opvarmning ozonlaget tyndere, hvilket gør os mindre beskyttede over for den skadelige del af sollyset.Begge disse problemer er af global format, og der gøres stadigvæk ikke noget for at vende udviklingen eller i det mindske tempoet, i hvilket dette altsammen sker. Både udviklede lande og udviklingslande gør ikke meget for at bekæmpe forureningsproblemet. De førstnævnte har travlt med at bekæmpe virkningerne af den økonomiske krise, og skønt nogle lande forsøger at blive helt grønne, er det blot en lille dråbe i havet af forurenende substanser, som resten af verden producerer. De sidstnævnte har simpelthen langt mere akutte problemer som fattigdomsbekæmpelse eller forsøget på at føde deres befolkning, og det har bestemt en højere prioritet end at forsøge på at begrænse virkningen af indutriens forurening. Som du således ser, er forurening et alvorligt problem, som vi alle må tage os af. Dens påvirkning af vort helbred kan ikke undervurderes. (more…)

Ever since President Obama came to the Oval Office, America has been waiting with baited breath to see if he would come true with his promises to change American health care. And it sounds like he has. If you have heard about all of the amazing changes to health care, but aren’t quite sure what this will mean in your everyday life, read here to see just what changes to health care Obama’s new health care reform have provided. After one of the most heated political debates in decades, Congress has finally passed a health reform policy in March 2010 that will mean universal health care for you over the next four years. Other countries all over the globe, like Canada for instance, offer their citizens public health care that is paid for and administrated by government health agencies. This option was discussed in Congress to meet Obama’s goal of health care for all America. Though the issue of creating a national and public health coverage was not accepted by Congress, that of the universal health care reform was and this is the best news for health care America has seen in some time. Though America’s health care will not be run by the government as is done in many other countries, it will during the next four years mandate national health coverage meaning. What does this mean for you? You will never be denied health care again, and this is how it is going to work. Starting in the year 2014, every citizen and legal resident of the United States is required to have health coverage, and insurance companies will no longer be able to say no to people with pre-existing conditions. Public health care options will not be mandated, but will be available for families that qualify through a program that is being described as “expanded Medicaid”. And though programs such as Medicaid will assist families that fall below federal poverty levels, the government will continue to step in by providing subsidies to American families that earn between 100-400% of current poverty levels. No longer will any American be able to worry about not being able to afford health care. In addition to subsidies, health care reform brings many changes to how insurance companies will be able to work and provide medical coverage. The government is proposing that mandated state-run health exchanges be initiated in order to provide every possible opportunity for affordable health care. Cost share programs are also being instigated, as are health care protection cost gaps being considered to help you and your family get the health care you need. The health care reform policy is known as the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and is designed to protect American families from missing out on valuable health care due to costs. Though this is not a policy without controversy, it does offer many Americans renewed hope that they will soon be able to enjoy the advantages of health insurance. (more…)

Rejsningsdysfunktion eller mandlig impotens beskrives som mangel på evnen til at opnå og opretholde en rejsning med henblik på fuldstændig, penetrerende samleje. Man vurderer, at dette sundhedsproblem vedrører omkring 30 millioner amerikanske mænd. Mange studier har også antydet, at mænd, der var eller er rygere, har en forbløffende 11 gange højere risiko for at få rejsningsdysfunktion sammenlignet med ikke-rygere. Man mener, at rygning giver både akut og kronisk påvirkning af rejsningsevnerne, idet både mennesker og dyr har vist negative virkninger af rygning på fysiologien m.h.t. erektion i forskellige studier. (more…)

Forurensning er definitivt et av de globale problemene som gir mennesker over hele verden hodepine. Tallrike organisasjoner, horder av forskere og miljøaktivister bøyer seg baklengs for å eliminere årsakene til og konsekvensene av forurensningen som har hatt et hardt grep om kloden vår det siste århundret. Enten det er vann, land eller luft, er det ingenting i verden som ikke er forgiftet av forurensning. Det er et seriøst problem som utgjør en stor trussel både mot menneskets eksistens og liv i sin helhet på denne planeten, og det aller største problemet er at størstedelen av verdens befolkning fortsatt undervurderer forurensningens virkninger. (more…)

La pollution est définitivement l’un des problèmes mondiaux qui donne mal à la tête aux personnes dans le monde entier. De nombreuses organisations, des garnisons de scientifiques et des activistes environnementaux font des pieds et des mains pour éliminer les causes et les conséquences de la pollution qui a une solide emprise sur notre planète depuis le siècle dernier. Que ce soit son eau, sa terre ou son air, il n’y a rien sur cette planète qui ne soit pas empoisonné par le fléau de la pollution. C’est un problème très grave qui est une menace à l’existence de l’homme et à la vie en général sur cette planète. De plus, le problème le plus grave est que la majorité des personnes dans le monde entier sous-estiment les effets de la pollution. La pollution est un sujet de discussion sans fin et des tonnes de papier seront gaspillées pour l’analyse de son impact, mais cependant, il n’y aura pas de changement substantiel. De plus, il y a certains aspects de la pollution qui exigent une attention particulière. Ce problème est le facteur principal contribuant à un autre problème à l’échelle de la planète : le réchauffement climatique. Vous avez certainement entendu ce terme étant donné qu’il fait l’objet de discussions dans les médias depuis à peu près une décennie. En premier lieu, les effets du réchauffement climatique mondial touche les couches de glace de notre planète, les fondant et libérant trop d’eau dans l’océan, ce qui conduit finalement à des changements climatiques, des crues et des sécheresses. Deuxièmement, le réchauffement climatique mondial, rend la couche d’ozone plus mince, ce qui nous protège moins du spectre dangereux des rayons du soleil. Ces problèmes sont à échelle mondiale et il n’y a toujours rien de fait afin de les vaincre ou au moins essayer de diminuer les niveaux auxquels tout cela se produit. Les pays développé et les pays en développement ne font pas grand chose pour lutter contre ce problème de pollution. Les premiers sont trop occupés à lutter contre les effets de la crise économique, et même s’il y a des pays qui essaient de se mettre au vert, il y a un petit trou dans l’océan rempli de substances polluantes produites par le reste du monde. Les derniers ont simplement des problèmes plus pointus à résoudre, comme lutter contre la pauvreté ou essayer de nourrir leur population, ce qui est certainement une priorité par rapport au fait d’essayer de minimiser les effets de la pollution industrielle. Ainsi, comme vous le constatez, la pollution est un problème très sérieux auquel nous sommes tous confrontés. Ses effets sur notre santé ne peuvent pas être sous estimés. De plus en plus de bébés naissent avec une santé fragile ou même avec des malformations et même avoir un enfant est devenu un grave problème. Le taux auquel le nombre d’hommes ayant des problèmes sexuels augmente est catastrophique. (more…)

Believe it or not, but America is not only the richest country in the world, but it is also the most sleepless. Research shows us that America leads the world in terms of insomnia statistics, with insomnia effecting more than 58% of American adults. Among this group of 58%, 93% report that insomnia directly effects their work performance and quality of life. This leads to a cost to America of millions of dollars a year in work loss, days missed, and poor work performance as a result of insomnia. That’s the bad news. The good news? Insomnia is also one of the most treatable disorders out there, and as soon as you find the treatment that will work best for you, the sooner you will be fast asleep. Read this article to find out tips and tricks on falling asleep, and insomnia treatments that will give you more than peace of mind.

Lifestyle changes will be among the first suggestions your doctor offers should you decide to take your insomnia to the doctor. These are easy enough tweaks and changes that you can make in your everyday to prepare your mind and body for falling asleep at night. You want to avoid eating before you go to bed, this is not just a myth that it will keep you awake. Food intake means calorie intake which means increased energy in your body, not exactly conducive to falling asleep well. For the same reasons, you want to avoid stimulant use such as alcohol or caffeine before bedtime, and perhaps even avoid caffeine after your lunch time hours. Changing your bed time routine such as taking a warm soothing bath before bed, and ensuring a calm relaxing atmosphere in your good night ritual will also be very effective in treating your sleep problems. All of these little changes may seem minor to you, but put together, and you may find sleep comes easier than you think. (more…)