Author: Richard Ketcham
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Found a hormone that increases sex drive
Swiss scientists have discovered a previously unexpected function of the hunger hormone ghrelin – to increase sexual desire. Ghrelin was discovered in 1999 by Japanese researchers. They found that the amount of ghrelin in the blood increased with time after eating and decreased after the first bites. The regulation of ghrelin in the body is…
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Syphilis is a French disease that mimics the symptoms of other diseases at the onset
Syphilis is one of the most unpleasant diseases in modern sexual medicine. This is a sexually transmitted infection that most often picks up in the more active younger generation and in general in people with pronounced promiscuity in behavior. The disease develops after infection with a bacterium called pallidum spirochete. In addition to syphilis, the…
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Chronic fatigue – early onset of menopause
Women are about three times more likely to develop chronic fatigue syndrome than men. Usually, this condition forever enters the life of a woman after 40. American experts from the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control suspect that chronic fatigue is associated with an earlier onset of menopause. Their findings are based on research…
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Erectile dysfunction – often the leading cause is cardiovascular disease
Erectile dysfunction is one of the most modern diseases affecting the young male generation in the 21st century. The basis of the pathogenesis of the disease is a violation in the process of maintaining an erection. Physiological erection is a psychogenic process. It occurs as a result of irritation in the brain, which is transmitted…
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Health benefits of sex
Sex is not just a physical act. This is a whole cascade of emotions and feelings, bringing the body into a state of ecstasy and social-communicative excitement. According to a number of well-known personalities… sex is the ideal vehicle for revealing all the senses. With the advancement of the general culture of modern society and…
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Menopause can last up to 14 years
Menopause – the irreversible cessation of ovarian function – the final cessation of menstruation and the inability to conceive. It is not a disease, but part of the aging process in women. Aging is associated with many changes in the reproductive system. They reduce the ability of the ovaries to produce hormones and release eggs…
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Andropause – menopause happens in men too
Problems associated with female menopause have long been the subject of attention of gynecologists and endocrinologists, and significant progress has been made in this area using modern means and methods for correcting hormonal imbalances. However, andropause in men has long remained outside the field of view of specialists. But this is no less serious problem,…
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Pertenu – from the bacterium syphilis
Yaws disease is an infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. It is for this reason that in many medical textbooks the disease is called fart. It is still found under the names thymosis, tropical yam, tropical papilloma multiplex, parangi, bubba, and yam. Dangerous bacteria were brought from Africa. It is also known to…