5 Things You Need to Know About Erectile Dysfunction
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7M ago
By Barbara Pierce Christopher Emerson is a physician assistant at Upstate Urology at Mohawk Valley Health System. The most common sex problem that men talk to their health care professional about is erectile dysfunction or ED, according to urologyhealth.org. Physician assistant Christopher Emerson of Upstate Urology at Mohawk Valley Health System shares some things we should know about this condition: 1 — How prevalent is ED? Erectile dysfunction is a very common condition, particularly in older men, said Emerson. Fifty percent to 70% of men older than 60 may have ED; 30% to 40% of men aged 30 ..read more
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Men’s Health: What to Watch For
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7M ago
Bad news for men: They die at higher rates than women for all of the top 10 causes of death By Barbara Pierce If you take better care of your car than your body, you aren’t alone. According to the Men’s Health Network, there’s a steady deterioration in the health and well-being of men. Living long and living well is an uphill battle for most men. Compared to women, they eat worse, smoke more, drink harder, exercise less and suffer more injuries. In 1920, women outlived men by only one year. Today, CDC statistics show that the life ex-pectancy gap has widened:  women survive men by more th ..read more
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Sperm Counts
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2y ago
Can males be responsible for infertility? By Barbara Pierce Men’s sperm have been decreasing in number and getting worse at swimming for some time now, many experts say. And it’s getting worse. “Male infertility is a global population health concern,” said Dr. Ruben Pinkhasov of Upstate Urology at Mohawk Valley Health System, Utica. “There are an estimated 48.5 million couples with infertility issues worldwide.” Infertility is a common issue. Out of 100 couples in the United States, about 12 to 13 of them have trouble becoming pregnant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi ..read more
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Spirits among us
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2y ago
Alcohol: the good, the bad, and the ugly By Barbara Pierce A lot of us drink. Too many of us drink a lot. And many of us were drinking more to cope with the stress of the pandemic. Alcohol sales in stores and online were up over 500% at the end of April. With all this boozing going on, are there any health risks associated with drinking? There’s no question that drinking too much every day leads to an increase in health risks, say experts. “Excessive drinking can increase the risk for liver disease, obesity, breast cancer, depression, suicide, accidents and a wide range of cardiovascular probl ..read more
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‘We’re breaking up … now what?’
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2y ago
Take a look at reasons why couples split By Barbara Pierce Kalil Sophia wants a divorce from Joseph through https://www.adamdivorcelaw.com/sterling-heights-family-law/ attorneys  because he dashed out of town to live with another woman. Daniel wants to divorce Edna after she ran off to a Schenectady hotel, then scurried around Albany with her lover. The above information is from divorce records of 1910 as reported by familysearch.org in assistance with https://attorneysdfw.com/criminal-law/dui-dwi/. Divorce was rare then by family law lawyers. Punishment was doled out to the person to bla ..read more
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Man up!
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2y ago
Local icons create ‘Real Men Get Tested’ campaign to prevent men from getting cancer By Daniel Baldwin Former Boilermaker President Tim Reed and local radio talk show host Bill Keeler have both heard the terrifying three-word phrase, “You have cancer,” from their local doctors. Reed was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, and Keeler had colon cancer. The two of them worked hard and got all the treatment they could to win the fight, and fortunately they did and are now cancer-free. “When I first heard the word cancer, it was devastating to me,” Reed said. “When you hear that word wit ..read more
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Where’s Dad?
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2y ago
If you are a dad who doesn’t live with his kids: This is for you By Barbara Pierce “No words can describe what a father goes through when he gets separated from the mother of his children,” says a divorced dad on allprodad.com. “Not only does he lose his partner, he’s removed from his own kids.” It’s painful — it’s tough being a dad separated from his children. “I can understand why some fathers move away from their children, allprodad.com continues. “Not because they don’t love their children but because of the pain and the emotional roller coaster they go through. It’s their way of dealing w ..read more
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PTSD renders victims powerless
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2y ago
Post-traumatic stress disorder brings battlefield to the back yard By Barbara Pierce “I don’t know what the trigger was, but it hit me hard. One evening, all of sudden, I felt tightness in my chest, and it was hard to breathe. I felt closed in and panicky. “I bolted out of bed thinking I was dying. I paced the room in the dark for hours before I exhausted myself. I almost went to the ER, but the soldier in me said to stick it out.” This is how Carlos Huerta online describes the PTSD that began five years after he left the battlefield. PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s an anxiety disor ..read more
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Attack of the artery cloggers
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2y ago
What is cholesterol? Does it really even matter? By Barbara Pierce Zawko It’s confusing and hard to make sense of our cholesterol numbers. And you wonder does it really matter? Yes, it does really matter, said Pat Zawko, director of quality resources, risk management and corporate compliance, Little Falls Hospital. She said there’s a clear association between your cholesterol levels and your chances of having a heart attack or stroke. “Your life depends on knowing your numbers,” she said. “Yes, it’s confusing; we’re exposed to a lot of misleading, conflicting, even false information.” What is ..read more
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The Bro Code
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2y ago
Is it still the ‘bro code’ or Code Blue? By Kristopher Light Whether you say guy code or bro code, every man knows the rules of being a guy. You always try to stand one urinal away, you can never cry in public, always have a friend’s back in a fight, and many more. As men, we feel we belong to this special group of Spartans who can never show pain or any weakness. This includes not going to the doctors and just dealing with pain or symptoms quietly, but are these codes of manhood affecting our health more than we think? I interviewed 25 men and 25 women of different ages, marital statuses, and ..read more
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