Female Sexual Arousal Disorder or SAD syndrome.
Because they are often confused, it is important from the beginning to distinguish between sexual desire or libido and arousal. Desire comes first arousal second. Here we are considering a woman’s inability to experience arousal in spite of ... Views: 5815
In my General Practise, just outside of Dublin Ireland, I now have thirty-eight men on Testosterone Replacement Therapy or TRT as it is now becoming known. The list grows longer every month. Some of these men have been on this therapy for several years now and very few of them would want to ... Views: 5113
Proven Tips to Cure Your Erectile Dysfunction
The First Tip: Do not panic and jump at the first quick fix on offer.
When you first experienced erectile dysfunction your initial reaction may well have been one of great alarm, great concern and near panic. This initial reaction is ... Views: 3967
When is Male Masturbation Harmful?
The Traumatic Masturbatory Syndrome.
Woody Allen is accredited with saying about sexual self-pleasuring: “Don’t knock masturbation – its sex with someone I love”. While George Carlin remarked: “If God intended us not to masturbate, He would have made our ... Views: 3454
So, you are a man in your fifties or maybe sixties. Lately you have been feeling a bit sluggish - not quite your jolly old self. You may have noticed a bit of a fall off in your sex drive, the old libido is not what it used to be and there are some complaints coming at you for your general ... Views: 2863
It is well over thirty years ago now since I carried out my first vasectomy procedure. I was working as a General Practitioner in rural Ontario at the time. My tutor was a fellow GP and the patient was under general anaesthetic, which was just as well! Vasectomy is technically a very difficult ... Views: 2805
Boosters for Grumpy Men.
Dr Andrew Rynne.
You know what they are like. Sitting around all day and falling asleep in the chair. Big paunch and little muscle. Not enough energy to prune the roses or go for a walk however short. Maybe, mildly depressed and ... Views: 2438
Dispelling the Myths about Testosterone Replacement Therapy or TRT.
Today, many people, including surprisingly most practising doctors, still cling on to the old dogma that Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) for older men is dangerous and leads to an increased incidence of prostate ... Views: 2285
Shoehorning the Wrong Diagnosis.
Dr Andrew Rynne.
Please don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against self-diagnosis and self-help when it comes to your health. Nor am I saying for one second that doctor knows best and patients should do what they are told to do by their doctor. On the ... Views: 2268
Codeine. An Unusual Cause of Ejaculatory Failure.
Dr Andrew Rynne.
Delayed ejaculation or so-called anorgasmia is a common male sexual dysfunction. In order of frequency it comes third to erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation. It can be a deeply frustrating and devastating problem ... Views: 2232
In your haste to find a cure for your erectile dysfunction, you may well have been tempted to try one of the many Internet promoted “natural” remedies. Unfortunately, herbal cures for erectile dysfunction are unproven and by enlarge do not work. Worse than that, they may also be very dangerous. ... Views: 1953
Understanding Doctors Hostility to Testosterone Replacement Therapy.
Dr Andrew Rynne.
June 2011.
Traditionally, doctors resistant to the notion that testosterone replacement therapy might be good for one, used to cite the lack of scientific evidence to support their negative views. This ... Views: 1867
What You Must Know About Antidepressants.
The Shocking Truth behind the SSRIs
Dr Andrew Rynne.
Already this year I have dealt with four people, all of them women incidentally, though they could have as easily been men, suffering from gross sexual dysfunction as a result of having taken ... Views: 1840
In older men the addition of testosterone replacement therapy can revolutionise the management of Erectile Dysfunction.
Testosterone replacement therapy has changed quite significantly in the last ten years. Ten years ago, before a man was considered suitable for TRT, he was required to ... Views: 1835
Loss of Libido in a Young Woman.
Dr Andrew Rynne.
What do you make of this? How would you advise? About a week ago, in my Allexpert.com slot, a young woman from South Africa wrote to me as follows:
“I have been thinking of asking for professional help for a while, because there seems to ... Views: 1812
Men with breasts. The enigma that is Gynecomastia.
Definition: Gynecomastia may be simply defined as excessive breast tissue within the male breast. Note, the definition does not say “fatty tissue” within the male breast. Gynecomastia has nothing to do with being over weigh or fat. It is ... Views: 1808
What is Causing Your Erectile Dysfunction?
What is causing your erectile dysfunction will depend, largely; on what age group you happen to fall in to. As a rough guide though, if you are aged forty years or younger, the chances are 75% or better that your erectile problem has a strong ... Views: 1702
Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS) or Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD).
Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome or (more recently) Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder is a condition that effects women usually in their 40’s and post-menopausal years. It may be defined as ... Views: 1695
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia – the Classical Design Fault.
Lets face it, these days very few patients indeed will consult their doctor without having first consulted Google, Yahoo, Bing and Wikipedia. Love it or heat it (and I suspect most of us are not overjoyed at the prospects of ... Views: 1625
There have been quite a number of studies recently showing that, not only is testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) very safe, but it also brings with it many additional benefits beyond boosting libido and reducing erectile dysfunction. These add-on benefits, as it were, are only now beginning ... Views: 1547
The truth about Antidepressants and Sexual Dysfunction.
The Nasty Little Secrets behind the SSRIs
What they Never Tell You about Antidepressants.
Almost every day now, or so it seems to me, I am hearing from young people who ... Views: 1534
Proscar and Male Pattern Baldness.
I want to shout this from the rooftops. However, I will shout it into cyberspace instead. I want the ear of every young man on this planet who may be experiencing testosterone driven male pattern balding. Please listen to me. Do NOT under any circumstances ... Views: 1532
Understanding Performance Anxiety Erectile Dysfunction.
Performance anxiety is the commonest cause of erectile dysfunction in young men. This applies across all cultures, socio-economic groups and educational levels reached. It is a universal fact. And still it remains poorly understood. Most ... Views: 1485
Testosterone Replacement Therapy. A Fresh Look Perhaps?
Andrew Rynne.
June 2011.
It has to be admitted, the word itself, “testosterone” does not usually evoke positive feelings or responses. In the popular press, the term testosterone is too often associated with reports about boy racers, ... Views: 1471
My Doctor Will Not Give me Testosterone Replacement. Why?
Dr Andrew Rynne.
Doctors around the world still remain sceptical about the value of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for certain men. They remain very sceptical against a backdrop of ever mounting good peer review clinical ... Views: 1433
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy.
Ever since the results of the Women’s Health Initiative study into the safety of HRT were published in 2002, people have sought safer alternatives to synthetic pharmaceutical drugs. That this should have happened is understandable. This massive study ... Views: 1431
My Marketing Partner from Hell.
The first thing to be said about my imagined marketing partner from hell is that they should not be doing this in the first place. They have very reluctantly agreed to the principle of share in net sales as remuneration. They would far rather be drawing a ... Views: 1403
My Ideal Marketing Partner.
My ideal online marketing partner is someone who is, first of all, willing to at least consider the concept of profit sharing by way of remuneration. There are enough of people out there only too eager to sell you a service – SEO, e-mail shots; video creation or ... Views: 1385
Testosterone Replacement Therapy – What You Need to Know.
Dr Andrew Rynne.
The news emerging about Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) keeps getting better all the time. Recent published clinical trials show benefit for this treatment far beyond boosting libido or reducing erectile ... Views: 1282
Dhat Syndrome --- Loss of Semen Disease.
A Uniquely Indian Neurosis.
Dr Andrew Rynne.
Being is the business of Sexual Medicine, particularly Internet Sexual Medicine, I had long been aware of a syndrome unique to India and her sub-continent. And while being aware of it and my own ... Views: 1262
Causes of Human Infertility.
Authoritative medical papers, ranking the causes of human reproductive failure, are very thin on the ground. There is an often quoted paper published in the British Medical Journal of Dec 1985 and attributed to Dr Mike Hull et al. This remains as current today as ... Views: 1161
The Folly of the Fertile Period.
The logic is, to say the very least, fatally flawed. People hold off starting a family or even getting into a relationship, until they are in their early thirties. They want to advance their careers first and a pregnancy could, at least heretofore, have throw ... Views: 1129
Why Medical Consultation Online?
Being in General Practise for thirty years or more has, as you can imagine, thought me a thing or two about people and their relations with doctors. Here are some of the things I learned:
• People often don’t trust doctors but are afraid to challenge them. ... Views: 1101