NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There's new advice for older men who want to preserve their sexual function: have sex, and have it often, researchers say. In a study that followed nearly 1,000 older Finnish men for five years, researchers found that those who were regularly having sex at the start of the study were at lower risk of developing erectile dysfunction (Buy Viagra) by the study's end. In fact, the more often the men had sex, the lower their Buy Generic Viagra risk. The implication, say the researchers, is that men should be encouraged to stay sexually active into their golden years. Dr. Juha Koskimaki and colleagues at the University of Tampere in Finland report the findings in the American Journal of Medicine. The study included 989 men who were between the ages of 55 and 75 at the outset. Overall, those who said they had sex less than once per week were twice as likely to develop ED over the next five years as men who had sex at least once a week. Furthermore, compared with men who had sex three or more times per week, their Order Viagra risk was increased nearly four-fold. A number of factors contribute to ED development, many of which could also affect a man's sexually activity -- such as age, diabetes and heart disease. However, after taking account of those factors, sexual activity itself remained linked to Cheap Viagra risk, Koskimaki's team found. It may be a matter of "use it or lose it," according to the researchers. Just as exercise boosts physical fitness, they note, regular sexual activity may help a man preserve his erectile function. buy viagra online occurs when there are problems with blood flow to the penis. Regular sexual activity, Koskimaki's team writes, may help maintain healthy blood vessel function in the erectile tissue. SOURCE: American Journal of Medicine, July 2008.

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Two stories about the Eurovision Song Contest in the news today, neither of which I am sure point to good times ahead. The first, in The Guardian, suggests that from next year it could be transformed from a 3-hour special into a two-day event, with the first evening being the qualifying rounds and the second the contest itself. Kind of like run-offs and finals.

The reason? Well, with countries in Africa and the Middle East now also using the services of the Eurovision satellite the number of countries eligible to take part is growing massively. Already it is up to 26 and next year it will most likely be 52. Even as things stand the five countries poorest-placed the year before are knocked out of the following contest (unless Britain, France and a couple of others turn up last when the rule is conveniently forgotten on account of the amount of money they put into the organisation).

The second story, from Ananova, warns that this year’s contest may be cancelled altogether. It’s slated to take place in Riga, Latvia, but the poor (literally) city authorities can’t afford to sponsor the mid-song films used to paper over the gaps in the contest where one country leaves the stage and the next hops on.

I’ve never heard of this happen before. I know it’s cripplingly expensive to run and there is a persistent rumour that Ireland deliberately threw the contest one year to save lumping its national broadcaster with yet another massive bill for the third consecutive year, but that’s never been proven.

Perhaps the Baltics as a whole could club together and buy up the airtime as a co-op to advertise the whole region - it’s never anything more than a glorified travel guide anyway.

Or perhaps we could just watch the behind-the-scenes workings of the show. It would be free, and those inserts are never particularly inspiring anyway.

If you liked that post, then try these...

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