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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Polos of Death

Breakfasted with mum so she could have a quick look at my tax and pass it on to my accountant for checking. Lots of buttery croissants and tea. We had a go at backing up her files, and then when they all went off to Braintree I came home and checked my windows, which seem to be bone dry in the presence of the moisture gobblers.

I had been hoping to go out with the camera and take some pictures of autumn, but the clouds had come across and everything was grey and dark, so I fiddled around online for a while and cursed the BBC weather site for being wrong. If I’d have known it was going to be grey I’d have gone out yesterday instead, when it was sunny and warm.

Then, very suddenly, just as I was thinking about lunch, everything cleared. The clouds seemed to disappear and the sun broke through, so I bolted my veg ravioli and headed off to Danbury Lakes, which I’ve not been to since last year when I spent my birthday sitting on a bench by the side of the water.

Reflection on Danbury LakesIn the rain.

It was one of those birthdays you always thought about as a kid, when you marvelled at how old you would be in the year 2000 (27) so it turned out to be a bit of an anti-climax.

Fortunately it wasn’t raining this time, but it was wet, which is why I slipped and fell on my tripod, polos and hip as I was trying to jump across a stream. I probably looked very stupid. I felt fine at the time, but the further away the car got the more uncomfortable my left foot got, and then it started sticking to the inside of my shoe, so I knew there was a bit of blood involved.

I hobbled back to the car, then limped around Asda, and when I got home I carefully rolled off my sock to find a big round hole in the side of my foot where the skin had been peeled away.

My polos had been crushed into little bits, too.

Lots of fireworks tonight.

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