By Al Sears, MD

The most credible study connecting overall health with sexual frequency comes from Queens University in Belfast. They tracked the mortality of about 1,000 middle-aged men over the course of a decade. After 10 years, the British Medical Journal revealed, the men who reported the highest frequency of orgasm enjoyed a death rate 50 percent lower than the others.

Other studies show that having sex a few times a week has a direct link to:

Reduced risk of heart disease: In a 2001 follow-up to the Queens University study, researchers looked at cardiovascular health. They found that by having sex three or more times a week, men lowered their risk of heart attack and stroke by 50 percent.

Weight loss: Sex is exercise. A vigorous session is about the same as running for 15 minutes or playing a game of tennis. During sex, your pulse rate rises from about 70 beats per minute to 150, similar to what you'd get from a vigorous workout at the gym.

Pain relief: Just before orgasm, your level of a hormone called oxytocin surges to five times its normal level. This, in turn, releases endorphins, which alleviate the pain of everything from headaches to arthritis - even migraines. (In women, sex stimulates the production of estrogen, which can reduce the pain of PMS.)

I located a good discussion of the above study here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16282622/

So there you have it, folks! Get it on at least three times a week, but be cautioned, guys: you can definitely overdo things by relying on performance-enhancing drugs like Viagra~!

Garnet wrote:you can definitely overdo things by relying on performance-enhancing drugs like Viagra~!

I fear that it is a misnomer and bad information to call Viagra a "performance-enhancing drug."

The sole purpose of Viagra is an erectile dysfunction remedy. It was not designed for - nor should it be used to enhance one's performance. It also was not designed to correct erectile dysfunction caused by ingesting too much alcohol, and should be avoided in those circumstances. Tcehnically, it does not improve anyone's performance.

Again Doc and I disagree, simply put an erection enhances the sexual experience and it makes it much easier to preform;o)

jetdoc wrote:Again Doc and I disagree, simply put an erection enhances the sexual experience and it makes it much easier to preform;o)

There is a difference between an erection enhancing a sexual experience and using something simply for "performance-enhancement." The latter term implies that one can perform initially.

However - since I have never had to use Viagra or anything of that genre, I shall bow to your experience.

Well once again Doc jumps to conclusions. I said nothing about using drugs, but simply stated that sex is better with an erection. How one gets the erection, "up to them".

Garnet wrote:By Al Sears, MD

The most credible study connecting overall health with sexual frequency comes from Queens University in Belfast. They tracked the mortality of about 1,000 middle-aged men over the course of a decade. After 10 years, the British Medical Journal revealed, the men who reported the highest frequency of orgasm enjoyed a death rate 50 percent lower than the others.

Other studies show that having sex a few times a week has a direct link to:

Reduced risk of heart disease: In a 2001 follow-up to the Queens University study, researchers looked at cardiovascular health. They found that by having sex three or more times a week, men lowered their risk of heart attack and stroke by 50 percent.

Weight loss: Sex is exercise. A vigorous session is about the same as running for 15 minutes or playing a game of tennis. During sex, your pulse rate rises from about 70 beats per minute to 150, similar to what you'd get from a vigorous workout at the gym.

Pain relief: Just before orgasm, your level of a hormone called oxytocin surges to five times its normal level. This, in turn, releases endorphins, which alleviate the pain of everything from headaches to arthritis - even migraines. (In women, sex stimulates the production of estrogen, which can reduce the pain of PMS.)

I located a good discussion of the above study here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16282622/

So there you have it, folks! Get it on at least three times a week, but be cautioned, guys: you can definitely overdo things by relying on performance-enhancing drugs like Viagra~!

is that why i am so unfit

doc says:''However - since I have never had to use Viagra or anything of that genre, I shall bow to your experience.''

No experience,but you talk as an expert!What are you a label or instruction reader or just a opportunistic critic of everything said

on that same note here is an excerpt from the bangkok post today

Older men with fragile health are particularly at risk.
"Someone with heart problems who thoughtlessly plunges into Thailand's pleasures is endangering his life," Meyer said.
His colleagues agree - the heat on the beach, several shots of hard liquor, a Viagra and then vigorous sex with a bar girl is "a life-threatening cocktail."

mo1medic wrote:- the heat on the beach, several shots of hard liquor, a Viagra and then vigorous sex with a bar girl is "a life-threatening cocktail."

Ahhhh.....................what a way to go

jack

BKKSTAN wrote:No experience,but you talk as an expert! What are you a label or instruction reader or just a opportunistic critic of everything said

My name is Doc. It is not a silly nickname. I have that name for a valid reason - the result of many years of medical training and experience. I started out my working life as a Physicians Assistant back in the '70s.

And your experience comes from where???

mo1medic wrote:on that same note here is an excerpt from the bangkok post today

Older men with fragile health are particularly at risk.
"Someone with heart problems who thoughtlessly plunges into Thailand's pleasures is endangering his life," Meyer said.
His colleagues agree - the heat on the beach, several shots of hard liquor, a Viagra and then vigorous sex with a bar girl is "a life-threatening cocktail."

I could not think of any better way to go and meet your maker.

Heck I am not sure there Penders. By reading this Therad, arguing is the way to go. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Think I will stick with exercise and sex.

Doc wrote:

BKKSTAN wrote:No experience,but you talk as an expert! What are you a label or instruction reader or just a opportunistic critic of everything said

My name is Doc. It is not a silly nickname. I have that name for a valid reason - the result of many years of medical training and experience. I started out my working life as a Physicians Assistant back in the '70s.

And your experience comes from where???

Information comes from your PDR,experience comes from experiencing.I have probably given more meds than you have written prescriptions!Prescribing,dispensing and observing the affects of the patients and the effects of the meds does not make one an expert in the experience of the med!
You stated that you had never experienced Viagra,I have!IMO,that makes me more of an expert than you

Doc wrote:

BKKSTAN wrote:No experience,but you talk as an expert! What are you a label or instruction reader or just a opportunistic critic of everything said

My name is Doc. It is not a silly nickname. I have that name for a valid reason - the result of many years of medical training and experience. I started out my working life as a Physicians Assistant back in the '70s.

And your experience comes from where???

Say, is this going to be the main event at the monthly meeting? If so, I want the popcorn concession. Can't we all just get along? Somebody said that once upon a time. Probably the smartest words ever uttered by the guy.

Can we get back to the more important topic of discussion, Viagra?

(In women, sex stimulates the production of estrogen, which can reduce the pain of PMS.)

Is that what the ex meant when she said (as she rolled over) she would rather have the aches and pains of the monthlies. Or, was she into doggy sex. I got down and begged and she rolled over and played dead

It is true though, the fitter you are the better.