Testosterone! Men like to claim their bodies are full of it. In pop culture, it’s taken on a meaning that is inextricable from virility and sexuality. Yet the truth is that a lot of men don’t have all the testosterone they need to maintain sexual performance - and also for their overall general health. Because while testosterone is associated in the public mind with sexual matters, it actually has uses that extend beyond the penis.

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Although many people have negative feelings toward aging, getting old is still better than the alternative (as has been said many times). In recent times, there has been a lot of talk about male menopause (also sometimes called andropause), a change in men which is purported to be similar to the "change of life" that women experience. Since male menopause would definitely be a penis health concern, it’s good to spend a little time looking at andropause and understanding just what it is and...

There comes a time in every man’s life when his sex life starts to lag. For the lucky ones, this doesn’t happen until they have reached a certain age of maturity, wherein it’s less stressful to struggle with a low sex drive. For others, this problem may occur at an age when he really doesn’t expect to be dealing with it yet; this can often have embarrassing consequences. Whether a man is 20 or going on 70, a marked shift in one’s sex drive warrants a trip to the doc to determine wh...

Hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings and irritability are signs of menopause a women - and often her partner - become all too familiar with. While men are lucky enough to not have such a physical deadline related to their sexual health staring them square in the face, they do experience a decline in sexual functioning, albeit a more gradual one. Andropause, or male menopause, is a condition that occurs in some aging men and is similar to menopause experienced by women. While certain effect...

In the ongoing search for answers to reverse loss of erectile function, as well as decreased sex drive and other unwelcome aspects of maturing, low levels of testosterone have frequently been blamed. This idea seems logical on the surface, since testosterone has been identified as the hormone responsible for men’s libido. As a result, various products and medical procedures have been developed to respond to the perceived need to boost men’s levels of male hormone.

However, research int...