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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Cambridge today. I’m sitting in Nero, drinking coffee, having just spent ten minutes rearranging the magazines in the newsagent next door so MacUser is on the top of three stacks. I’m reading a piece in the Sunday Times that feels remarkably familiar. For a moment I put it down to deja vu, then I realise there’s a far simpler explanation: I wrote it.

Of course, there’s no byline so nobody will know, but it’s a reprint of some freelance writing I did a couple of months ago, changed just enough to not quite match my original words. All above board, of course: it carries a picture of the cover of the magazine from which it’s been repurposed, but a vague surprise nonetheless.

Sitting there reading my own stuff felt a bit vain, so I folded it away and took out a guidebook to Eastern Europe, which is looking increasingly like this year’s summer trip destination. Starting out in Venice, if all goes well, and heading north, hopefully as far as Warsaw, time permitting. My only misgiving (and it is slight) is the state of the eastern European railways. The memory of the whole day spent trying to navigate the Czech network remains fresh (in spite of the fact it’s about five years ago now).

The trick is in finding the fastest routes. Ljubljana to Budapest looks like it should be quite easy, but it seems to be faster if you detour through Vienna, stop there a couple of nights and then carry on. It’s a bit of a zigzag route, but it should eventually end up in Warsaw, which would be a good starting point for the next leg of the trip some time in the future. Slowly, I’m working my way right around the continent. It’s just a shame I don’t have time to do it all in one go.

Other than that, it’s been a fairly relaxed weekend. Ended up double-booked last night, but after not going to one of the two things in favour of a night out with friends, who subsequently had a last minute change of mind, was left with space for a night of pasta and films, as it was too late to return to plan A by then. I think, in all honesty, it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing to spend some time kicking back and switching off.

Yesterday: much swimming. Today: none.

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