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ENCORE: Optimal male and female sexual performance, Part 1
July 13, 2017
Dr. Mohit Khera, Director Laboratory for Andrology Research at Baylor College of Medicine, and co-author of “Re-Coupling: A Couple’s 4-Step Guide to Greater Intimacy and Better Sex,” dishes on the latest research on sexuality. What are the health benefits of sex? Is testosterone safe? What are the benefits for men? Can it be helpful for women? Can just diet and exercise reverse Erectile Dysfunction? What supplements help ED? What’s the nitric oxide connection to ED? What’s the problem with frequent use of erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra? Why is low-dose daily Cialis being promoted for both ED and BPH? What are the causes of Female Sexual Dysfunction? Is there a new blockbuster female sexual enhancer on the horizon? If you’re not interested in sex, is that a problem per se? Why is it said that ED may be a hallmark of circulatory problems? How does weight loss promote rekindling of libido? Is it true that more sex can prevent prostate cancer? Can men recover normal sexual function after prostate surgery? Click HERE for part 2.
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Q&A with Leyla, Part 2
I've been on statins for 23 years and would like to stop taking Crestor, but what can I do about my increasing calcium score? How nutritious is nutritional yeast, any downside to its consumption? Dr. H, how much vitamin D are you currently taking? I'm considering taking strontium for mild osteoporosis but I'm concerned about risks for heart problems, what are your thoughts? Click HERE for part 1.
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Clinical Focus: Pain and America’s Opioid Epidemic, Part 1
July 6, 2017
America is in the grips of an unprecedented opioid epidemic. This time, it’s not just about heroin, confined to the inner cities among impoverished minorities. It’s spread to suburbs and rural areas and is affecting predominantly white middle-class populations. It started when, under marketing pressure from makers of pain medications, doctors were encouraged to view pain as “the fifth vital sign,” on a par with blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature. But pain is subjective, and not amenable to such a simplistic formula. More people see doctors for pain than for diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined! Along with liberal prescribing, the ubiquity of powerful, long-acting drugs, and more lenient sentencing of drug sellers have fostered a surge in drug overdoses. Moreover, we have created a huge underclass of addicted, hopeless, unemployable, debilitated Americans, who often succumb to suicide. Statistics show far too many people take more medication than is prescribed, stockpile or share medications, doctor-shop to obtain more prescriptions, mix drugs with alcohol, and continue use of medications for purposes other than pain relief. Unscrupulous doctors often sell prescriptions. We need a total reassessment of the way we treat pain in America. As a society, we have far too little tolerance for transient (physical and psychological) pain, and the medical profession and drug companies are all-too-wiling to oblige. Experts now call for a closer look at alternative modalities like yoga, meditation/mindfulness, Tai-Chi, QiGong, acupuncture, core-training, acupuncture, etc. Diet may play a role in curbing inflammation; certain supplements like fish oil, curcumin, boswellin, vitamin C and D, and magnesium may help pain. The revolutionary work of the late Dr. John Sarno, who urged patients to let go of stress that perpetuated their pain syndromes, also deserves consideration. Click HERE for part 2.
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