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Impotence and its medical and psychosocial correlates: results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study.
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It is concluded that impotence is a major health concern in light of the high prevalence, is strongly associated with age, has multiple determinants, including some risk factors for vascular disease, and may be due partly to modifiable para-aging phenomena.About:
This article is published in The Journal of Urology.The article was published on 1994-01-01. It has received 4422 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cross-sectional study & Population.read more
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European Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (Version 2012)
Massimo Piepoli,Arno W. Hoes,Stefan Agewall,Christian Albus,Carlos Brotons,Alberico L. Catapano,Marie Therese Cooney,Ugo Corrà,Bernard Cosyns,Christi Deaton,Ian D. Graham,Michael Stephen Hall,FD Richard Hobbs,Maja Lisa Løchen,Herbert Löllgen,Pedro Marques-Vidal,Joep Perk,Eva Prescott,Josep Redon,Dimitrios J. Richter,Naveed Sattar,Y.M. Smulders,Monica Tiberi,H. Bart van der Worp,Ineke van Dis,W M Monique Verschuren +25 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a randomized clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of preterax and Diamicron Modified Release Controlled Evaluation (MDE) on the risk of stroke.
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The international index of erectile function (IIEF): a multidimensional scale for assessment of erectile dysfunction
TL;DR: The IIEF addresses the relevant domains of male sexual function, is psychometrically sound, and has been linguistically validated in 10 languages and demonstrates the sensitivity and specificity for detecting treatment-related changes in patients with erectile dysfunction.
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Sexual dysfunction in the United States: prevalence and predictors.
TL;DR: The results indicate that sexual dysfunction is an important public health concern, and emotional problems likely contribute to the experience of these problems.
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European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012) : the fifth joint task force of the European society of cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies and by invited experts).
Joep Perk,G. De Backer,Helmut Gohlke,Ian D. Graham,Zeljko Reiner,Monique Verschuren,Christian Albus,Pascale Benlian,G Boysen,Renata Cifkova,Christi Deaton,Shah Ebrahim,Miles Fisher,Giuseppe Germanò,Richard J. Hobbs,Arno W. Hoes,Sehnaz Karadeniz,Alessandro Mezzani,Eva Prescott,Lars Rydén,Martin Scherer,M Syvänne,Scholte op Reimer Wjm.,Christiaan Vrints,David R. Wood,José Luis Zamorano,Faiez Zannad +26 more
TL;DR: The ESC Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents as mentioned in this paper summarize and evaluate all currently available evidence on a particular issue with the aim to assist physicians in selecting the best management strategies for a typical patient, suffering from a given condition, taking into account the impact on outcome, as well as the risk-benefit ratio of particular diagnostic or therapeutic means.
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Development and evaluation of an abridged, 5-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) as a diagnostic tool for erectile dysfunction.
TL;DR: For 1152 men (1036 with ED, 116 controls) analyzed, a receiver operating characteristic curve indicated that the IIEF-5 is an excellent diagnostic test.
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The CES-D Scale: A Self-Report Depression Scale for Research in the General Population
TL;DR: The CES-D scale as discussed by the authors is a short self-report scale designed to measure depressive symptomatology in the general population, which has been used in household interview surveys and in psychiatric settings.
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Sexual behavior in the human male
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the methodology, sampling, coding, interviewing, statistical analyses, and then examine factors and sources of sexual outlet, based upon histories of approximately 5,300 males which were collected during a fifteen year period.
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Role of diabetes in congestive heart failure: the Framingham study.
TL;DR: The data suggest that diabetes is another discrete cause of congestive heart failure and that some form of cardiomyopathy is associated with diabetes, as a result of either small vessel disease or metabolic disorders.
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Age, disease, and changing sex hormone levels in middle-aged men: results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study.
TL;DR: Subgroup analyses suggested that obese subjects might be responsible for much of the group difference in androgen level, and serum concentrations of estrogens and cortisol did not change significantly with age or differ between groups.
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Impaired neurogenic and endothelium-mediated relaxation of penile smooth muscle from diabetic men with impotence.
TL;DR: It is concluded that diabetic men with impotence have impairment in both the autonomic and the endothelium-dependent mechanisms that mediate the relaxation of the smooth muscle of the corpora cavernosa.