Drinks with Cilla

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.

I ache.

Largely on account of stupidly, stupidly going swimming two days in a row after not having been for weeks and weeks. Last time I did I sneezed two days later, just as the ache was starting to subside and it felt for the next week like I’d dislocated a lung.

I don’t know why I use that pool. It’s a magnet for weirdos, including the man in the spa on Saturday who I thought was eyeing me up until he winked at me in the most Carry On Camping way imaginable then inclined his head in the direction of the tiny woman getting into the pool. I suspect what he actually meant was ‘cop a load of that’.

Oh, and the hippo woman was back, this time around wearing flippers, which is surely overkill for something that never gets deeper than nipple height.

Still, the ache was an excuse not to go out today until after the torrential rain had worn itself out, at which point I pootled around to mum’s and spent the evening flopping around on the settee eating quiche and watching Calendar Girls with Sal and Dan.

It’s been a fairly sociable bank holiday, actually. Communing with delayed commuters on Friday, out for dinner on Saturday, and then late licence at the pub last night, which meant I got to sit and have the first proper chat with Steve’s Challenge and the Midnight Weatherman in ages.

It all got very silly towards the end, as it does when you’ve been there three or four hours, as several (not me) lapsed into Cilla Black impersonations, complete with teeth and cheeks.

Considering he has far better legs than the lady herself, the Midnight Weatherman did rather well. He disappeared shortly after that, which was a shame. Five minutes longer and he’d perhaps have lapsed into Lulu.

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One Response to “Drinks with Cilla”

Krist Says:
May 5th, 2004 at 12:27 am
Better legs than the lady herself? That can’t be hard. Isn’t she nearly hundred?