Impotence, like men who are insecure or feel unworthy because they feel they have a small penis, really hurts a man’s emotional state.  And why?  Well, while it’s not necessarily fair and is partially imposed on us by society standards, men have been objectified (yes, us men are objectified too, just in a different way from women), as the sex that always wants to have sex, and should always be able to have sex and want it at a moment’s notice. 

Anything less than that, or less of a show for the desire for sex, and men are often perceived by their female partners as less of a man, or a man who has something wrong with him because he never wants sex.  Many times this is because he simply is afraid that he will not be able to get or maintain an erection, and rather than trying he gives up on the prospect and idea of sexual intercourse all together, or finds ways to avoid it coming up. 

They may even be afraid that their partner thinks they are having an affair with someone else, or that they have lost their sexual attraction to them, and this being voiced only puts more pressure on a guy who is facing impotence or some form of impotence or a libido in need of some help. 

Impotence is a very serious problem in itself, psychologically, but even more important is that the presence of impotence may indicate a larger health problem in a man, such as a heart problem, since the very thing that results in penile enlargement and engorgement, and us getting an erection is our blood vessels, and if there are problems with circulation, it could mean a bigger picture problem that involves certain organs. 

A man in Romania, who is only 33 years old to boot, has won a settlement in a Romanian court against the surgeon who accidentally severed his penis during a surgery that involved his testicles, against his surgeon, for almost eight hundred thousand dollars for an obviously huge amount of pain and suffering and emotional trauma from the incident. 

Apparently the man could not even get his penis reattached, and muscle was taken from elsewhere on his body to replace the area where the penis was strictly for functional use, but it is not a functioning penis in every sense and is there really more for aesthetic purposes.  You would think this guy might have won well over a million dollars, since this is an egregious miscarriage of surgical skills and is obviously a blatant case of malpractice.

Doctors and surgeons, at least here in the US, are required to carry malpractice insurance for these very reasons, because if they were to get sued, they may not be able to pay up out of their personal income or belongings, and doctors today basically risk losing it all if they have a malpractice suit in this litigious society if they do not have malpractice insurance, which pays out a certain amount for malpractice suits, up to a limit that is usually determined by the premium paid and the limits chosen by the insured when they sign up for the policy.

These days, you just never know what’s going to happen during surgeries, but this story is one of the worst cases of malpractice with a surprisingly low payout if you ask me.  Just my opinion though, maybe this is a high amount for something like this for all I know, I’ve never really heard of similar cases so I have nothing to solidly compare it to. 

Well, this certainly is a new one to me.  I’ve heard of oysters, cayenne, other exotic spices, and even some veggies as being natural aphrodisiacs and male sexual enhancement agents, but I had never heard, until now, that watermelon may be suspected as a natural male enhancer.  Too bad I hate watermelon! 

You may be in luck if you like this pink, seeded fruit though, because some research at Texas A&M is showing that the fruit may have certain properties that liken it to the likes of Viagra, Cialis, and other male enhancement drugs when it is consumed.  The specific effects they say they’ve observed are that it has similar effects on dilating the blood vessels that erectile dysfunction drugs do. 

Erectile dysfunction drugs work by helping to open the blood vessels that are responsible for the blood flow to the penis, which we all know is what engorges the penis, making it fully erect and ready for action.  While I’m sure watermelon doesn’t provide the same concentration, it may help to open these when eaten on a regular basis, and may actually have health benefits beyond just sexual.

Scientists think that the compound found within watermelon that causes this relaxation and opening of the blood vessels is one called citrulline, and also state that watermelong is beneficial in many other ways because of their nutrient qualities beyond this citrulline, which is believed to be the culprit in the blood vessel relaxation because of the body’s conversion of it to an amino acid called arginine, which is a common ingredient in a lot of Viagra alternatives. 

Well, in this day and age, it must be hard to raise a child, no matter what the sex is.  Jeez, just hearing about the girls who supposedly might have made a pregnancy pact with eachother in a recent story in the news, and this one, it’s hard to believe that some kids really do stay abstinent until they at least reach age 20, or actually feel ready to deal with the repercussions of sexual activity.

In a PA school district called the Delaware Valley district, it seems the STD’s, or sexually transmitted diseases, have run rampant and are infecting a high percentage of their students.  Not only that, when surveyed, many as young as twelve years old in this district admitted they were sexually active.  I wasn’t even thinking about sex that much when I was twelve, and here now kids are already well into their sexual activity many times at that age!

The percentage is high in this particular PA district, about ten percent of them are infected with some sort of STD, most of them being HPV, which is actually a very common virus that is sexually transmitted, and is closely linked to the development of cervical cancer in women if left untreated and if of a particularly virulent strain or of a certain specific strain.

And it just begins there.  One student in this district actually tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and over twenty young ladies have tested positive for pregnancy.  I’m just wondering why these young people don’t really think it’s necessary to at least practice safe sex if they are going to be fooling around in the first place.  I remember when I was young, being in that situation would have been the worst, most devastating thing to happen to me. 

At such an early age, you really limit your opportunities by getting pregnant or getting someone pregnant, and the course of your life is forever changed.  It’s before life even starts, and you’ve already put yourself behind the gun.  I know abstinence education doesn’t work well, but there’s gotta be a way to really get that message into kid’s heads. 

It seems that there has been some scientific unearthing of similarities found in the brains of sexually straight women, and homosexual men, explaining why some men may be automatically predetermined as far as their sexual orientation and preference goes.  The area of the brain that gay men and straight women share the similar characteristics are in the centers for emotions, mood and anxiety, making them inclined to be driven by the same emotions and motivators that women are.

Although these similarities were shown in brain scans, and in fact the same parallel was drawn between gay women and straight men’s brains, they are reluctant to say whether these individuals were born with these traits or whether this was some sort of a gradual change or evolution once the person aged (environment for example).

For example, the similarities may be due to exposure to certain hormones while in the womb, or they may also be a combination of pre existing brain structure combined with the “nurture” aspect, which means that their environment and upbringing may also play a part in which sexual orientation becomes the dominant theme in the men’s and women’s lives as they get older.

Many scientists believe that these new discoveries showing different brain attributes as related to sexuality is a combination of both environment and upbringing, and exposure to events etc that shape a person’s personality and ultimately maybe even their sexual preference, and there also may be some sort of biological forces at work as well, meaning that it really is partly genetic forces that are shaping their destiny as far as sexual orientation. 

Well, in a page from other recreational use drugs like the modern day painkillers, it seems that there is another use for the beloved male erectile dysfunction and male sexual enhancement drug extraordinaire, Viagra.  It seems that athletes have taken it upon themselves to take the drug Viagra, and maybe even some other viagra alternatives, to help increase their stamina and capacity for performance in sports.

While there is no direct evidence that Viagra can help enhance performance in athletes, there has been a study done on bikers, and they appaerntly could bike a lot further when they were on the male erectile drug Viagra.  We know that the way Viagra works is that it increases the blood flow in the body, which means that it also increases the blood flow the male penis, and actually is even being tested as a female sexual enhancement drug as well since it is thought to also increase the blood flow and sensation to the feminine sexual areas which increases the pleasure perception and response.

It would make sense that it could also enhance athletic performance, or at least be perceived to do so, because it is essentially enhancing the body’s ability to pump out more blood, which means more oxygen, which means that the capacity for oxygen and using it up becomes greater.  That’s all theoretical though, and of course experts are disagreeing that there is even any real, tangible benefit for athletes. 

In fact, Viagra and similar drugs are being looked at for a possible ban in the sports world, if they can in fact boost performance and give competitors an unfair advantage similar to those that “dope” and those that are all natural. 

Well, it was only a matter of time before this happened and most states realized that abstinence education falls on (mostly) deaf ears, and that this type of education and self respect coaching really occurs as it should, at a child’s home.  At least that’s my belief and you can refute it if you’d like.  Many states now are refusing to shell out grant money for abstinence education. 

Abstinenece education is really just programs that are designed to educate kids in their early years of the virtues of not getting into bed with anyone, aka not having sex until you’re ready and it means something, as in marriage for example.  Sure, this sort of education has moral and even religious undertones, but most parents would definitely like their kids to be on board with this sort of moral and self respectful value since there are so many risks of sex including pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, and not to mention the psychological effects sex can have on people who are not yet mature enough to handle the repercussions and emotion strings. 

The Bush administration was fairly big at offering federal grant money for these abstinence programs, but many states are pushing these offerings aside, because of the increasing skepticism that abstinence education even makes any difference at all in an adolescent’s decision making process and paradigms about premarital and early sexual activity.

Around 50 million bucks was actually budgeted for these programs this year alone, and you’d expect US states to be chomping at the bit to get their part of this, but most are convinced it does not do much good.  And most statistics do back this up.  Also, states, when they accept this grant money, have to also chip in a little of their own, reducing it’s appeal even further.

Some also feel that the teachings of abstaining are just too strict and are not realistic for today’s world, and instead should focus on first, choice, and second, on how to go about having the safest sex possible if you choose to do so in your teens.  Many states complained that the curriculum for these programs was just too strict and there wasn’t enough room for interpretation or state specific teachings to be worth it.  The whole abstinence program was started as part of a bid for welfare reform by the federal government and is now looking like it soon may be extinct.

What if, for some reason, most likely testicular cancer, you had to have one or both of your testicles removed?  You would think that may have some sort of impact on your sex life, especially seeing as how they manufacture sperm, you’d think that mother nature would have put the kibosh on the other facets of your sex life since you may technically no longer reproduce normally, which is supposedly the intent of nature’s instillment of a male libido in all of us. 

Well, at least this is what I thought.  However, supposedly if you lose one testicle to cancer or some other reason, you should still be able to reproduce normally, one of the marvels of the human body.  However, this applies if you still have one healthy functioning testicle left, because the testicle should be able to produce enough healthy sperm that can reproduce and impregnate a woman, there are no guarantees if you do lose both testicles however.

What about the sex drive and the ability to have sexual relations though?  Can you still get an erection, will your penis still enlarge with the engorgement of blood like other normal men’s penises do when they get sexually aroused?  As far as that all goes, you should have no problems with getting an erection, maintaining it, and also coming to a full orgasm as well.  Men with one testicle may however have to come to terms with the fact that they are missing what many men consider part of their manhood, and some may have sexual issues or difficulties until they can come to terms with that, but that is psychologically related and has nothing to do with the physical fact that only one testicle remains on the body. 

Counseling may be in order if a man feels that way, to help him come to grips with losing a testicle and prevent any sort of psychologically based erectile dysfunction that may arise.  Many men may be resistant to counseling about such a personal matter, but believe me, it pays to be open instead of suffering frustration and confusion alone.   

I read an interesting headline recently that something called a “natural condom” may help to stop the spread of the HIV virus.  Well, when natural comes to my mind I’m thinking maybe something made with lambskin or some other sort of natural material that is organic in nature, rather than latex, which does not allow any cells, no matter how small, to pass it’s barrier.  In other words, I think of a natural material that stops male ejaculate from going past a certain point and entering the vaginal quarters.

However, I was pretty far off in my assumption that a “natural condom” meant an actual condom-like contraption that is fitted on a man’s penis to prevent the spread of the virus, it’s actually a hormone that when administered offers a natural barrier within the body that stops the spread of the virus and therefore prevents infection if someone has slept with someone who has the virus without protection in the form of a condom, or if that protection was inadequate.

Apparently research is being done on estrogen in men and how it can block the virus from entering the male penis and therefore prevent infection of a man with the HIV virus.  Intersting, because I never knew that estrogen provided a sort of natural barrier against the virus.

However, the guys in the testing did not have to orally take the hormone estrogen to gain benefit.  What is was is that they applied the hormone estrogen to the penis topically and this apparently was enough to offer some sort of a level of protection against the HIV virus from entering the penile chambers.

More interesting is that estrogen does this by creating a natural barrier between outside viruses by making the skin on the penis thicker where it is applied, and therefore just makes the skin a bit of a better natural protectant against invading viruses. 

This seems all well and good, but the study didn’t mention how often a man has to apply the estrogen to his penis, nor whether applying estrogen would have any side effects, since essentially anything that is applied to the skin generally absorbs into the blood stream and should cause some sort of interaction since it is a female hormone.  More to come on this one I’m sure - it’s interesting nonetheless. 

I recently read that men are really prone to not visiting the doctor when they should.  This is really no surprise, since the stereotype for men is that they have to practically get paid a lot of money to go see a doctor has been around for a long time.  Because of men’s tendencies to be doctor-shy and go into immediate denial when something may be wrong, doctors want men to pay attention to a few things that they may normally just shrug off as a “oh well, that’s life” thing and take it more seriously.  Their life may actually depend on them being more vigilant about getting to the doctors more often and taking their health into their own hands.

Two common health problems that may not even be connected in the mind as a health problem with men’s view of themselves, that can often signify either an existing or very probably likelihood of certain health issues are a big belly (lots of belly fat, the worst kind, whether you’re a man or a woman), and an issue that we like to talk about a lot here at Male Enhancement Mag because of our subject matter, and that is impotence.

Belly fat is a major problem, and is often an identifier as a huge area of risk for men for future heart problems.  The problem in men is that a lot of belly fat usually signifies a low level of testosterone, which sets men up for many health problems, the biggest being increased risk of heart disease and heart attack.  If you see your belly getting bigger, it’s time to crack down on the diet and get on the treadmill more often, because this can seriously increase your risk of dying at a much younger age than you were meant to if you were your ideal, healthy self. 

As we talked about just a few weeks (or perhaps days) ago, impotence and other sexual dysfunction is another possible serious indicator that something else is amiss in your body.  Many times impotence indicates that the blood isn’t pumping like it should be and circulation is poor, which means you may be much more prone to stroke and heart attack, both of which stem from improper or inadequate blood flow.  So, even though these problems may seem fairly insignificant at first glance, what they really are is a potential indicator of bigger problems, so guys, get yourselves to you docs more often!