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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Upping the count

Had my line count upped to eight this morning. Two mobile numbers, three analogue phone lines, two ISDN channels and a cable modem. Perhaps a little excessive for a two-bedroom flat. They’re not all mine, of course. The ISDN channels, and the two analogue phone lines that go with them belong to ITN.

I was very impressed with the BT guy. He said he’d be here between 8 and 10 this morning, and he arrived at 8.20. I was still eating breakfast. He traced the existing cables through from the lounge to the study and installed three lines under my desk amid a nest of cabling that I’m really quite ashamed of. I should have made more of an effort to untangle them before he arrived. Goodness knows what he thought of it all.

He explained about three times how to use the ISDN channels for Internet access even though I told him I wouldn’t be using them for that, then gave me a description of what a USB cable is and where you plug it. I didn’t think I should tell him what I do for a living after that.

Just after he left, a red BT bill dropped onto the doormat, along with the direct debit forms I’ve been waiting for so I can pay it. Hmmm.

Once he’d gone I set off for work and arrived about noon. It’s great travelling at that time of day. The trains are practically deserted and if there’s a long wait for the next one you can even get a seat in the Lemon Tree and sip tea without getting too smoky.

No reply from the train people about my email.

A fairly humdrum day of tidying ends followed, but I had a good workout at the gym on the way home. Was really quite wobbly when I’d finished, which I think is probably a good thing.

I’m putting together a special show with interviews from all around the world for 24th January, so my email is full of people from all sorts of interesting places at the moment. So far, it’s been Japan, Korea, Moscow, Canada, California, Iceland and a British research station at the South Pole. If it all comes off well it will be great.

I’ve decided it’s only fair to learn how to say hello and thank you in every local language first. Canada, America and the research station (assuming that one is possible) should be no problem. For Korea it’s ‘anneyong asseyo’ for hello and ‘gansa amnida’ for thank you (or is it the other way around). In Japanese one or other of them is ‘conichiwa’. I think that’s thank you.

Oh dear.

I’m going to have to revise.

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