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A lot of research suggests that alcohol should be bad for sex. Scientists have measured how alcohol affects penile swelling, vaginal engorgement, time required to achieve orgasm (both during...
Men catch a lot of grief for being obsessed with their penises…is it big enough? Thick enough? Hard enough? Etc. But given that Mother Nature’s prime directive is to reproduce, and given the...
Hot tubs can be great…relaxing, soothing, and sometimes romantic. If all a man cares about is sex, then a hot tub can be a perfect aphrodisiac and no harm done. But if he’s interested in...
Normally, the prostate gland is about the size of a walnut. It’s attached to the base of the bladder. The urethra, which is the tube that carries urine out of the body, goes right through the...
An erect penis is normally ruler-straight, but it’s not uncommon for an erection to have some degree of bend, or twist. If the bend is extreme, causes pain, or makes intercourse impossible,...
My patients often ask me what they can do to improve their sex lives. They’re surprised with I tell them that one of the best things they can do is watch what they eat. But it’s true. After all,...
This week I want to talk about something I see pretty often in my male patients. It’s a condition that is often an unrecognized source of problems ranging from the merely inconvenient –...
More and more guys are getting the message about getting checked out for prostate cancer. That’s a good thing, since prostate cancer is the leading cancer killer of men, with about 27,000...
Here’s a saying with some truth to it: Guys turn on like a light bulb; women turn on like an iron. Nature has designed guys to be much faster on-the-draw when it comes to arousal and...
In my office, I perform vasectomy as a simple way of contraception. It remains one of the most effective forms of birth control and is now easier to do with minimal discomfort to patients....
A recent study suggested that about 13 million men in the US alone have a condition that few guys have ever heard of, but which may be causing them some real problems. The condition? ...
One of the best parts of my job is helping couples have kids. Last week, for example, I heard some good news from a couple I first saw about 3 years ago. I want to tell you their story,...
How often should I be having sex? That’s the number one question that I get from my patients. And it sounds like a simple question, too. But it’s not so simple to answer. ...
In my previous blog I talked about how often people have sex. Now I’m throwing out some suggestions for how you can have more, and better, sex. None of this is rocket science – but you’d...