| Pomegranate juice a stiff drink
A daily glass can act like Viagra, new research shows. Nearly half the men who drank it for a month in the American study said they found it easier to rise to the occasion. It is thought the juice is rich in antioxidants which increase blood supply to the tackle. Just like drugs for impotence, the antioxidants raise levels of nitric oxide, which relaxes blood-vessel walls. Fifty-three volunteers aged 21 to 70 – with mild to moderate problems – drank 8fl oz (235 millilitres) with their evening meal. Researcher Dr Christopher Forest, of the University of California in Los Angeles, said: "Pomegranate juice has great potential in the management of erectile dysfunction." Pomegranates have already been hailed a superfruit capable of reducing the risk of heart disease and preventing prostate cancer.
Post-Prostatectomy Rehabilitation Improves Men's Natural Sexual ...
This year doctors will diagnose nearly 219,000 men with prostate cancer. Many will undergo radical prostatectomy surgery. While radical prostatectomy provides an excellent cure, impotence (erectile dysfunction) is a common side effect. However early, postoperative penile rehabilitation can speed prostatectomy patients' healing, achieve natural erectile function and improve their quality of life.Studies show that even 24 months after prostate cancer treatment sexual dysfunction was the most important quality of life issue. "Increasingly doctors are finding quality of life issues important in the overall treatment of any disease, including erectile dysfunction," said Dr. Skip Freedman, executive medical director for AllMed Healthcare Management.Treating erectile dysfunction has changed over the last several years, and can offer men a confusing number of treatment choices.
Ottawa vs. anti-sealing film crew in Quebec hunt case
In a case that a prominent Canadian civil-rights lawyer says could have a chilling effect on free speech, Ottawa is taking a group of animal-rights activists to court for coming too close to a sealer while filming the hunt. The five activists face charges in Quebec for allegedly violating federal marine mammal rules that restrict coming within 10 metres of seal hunters. Federal prosecutors have already dropped an earlier charge accusing them of obstructing the hunt. The defendants — all of whom are with the Humane Society of the United States or the Humane Society International — appeared Thursday in a courtroom on Isles de la Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. They have all pleaded not guilty. After having dropped the charge of interfering with the hunt, the remaining charge carries a maximum fine of $100,000.
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