Wellness Corner

Yesterday we reported on the fact that an increasing number of elderly people say that they are having active and satisfying sex lives even after the age of seventy. One part of that study that wasn't mentioned in our report was the fact that when the sex fails to be satisfying at this age, both men and women tend to blame the man in the relationship. There may be many reasons for this but one of them is certainly the issue of erectile dysfunction which is something that must be dealt with by men as they age. A new study indicates that the best method of preventing erectile dysfunction might actually be to engage in more frequent sexual intercourse.

This study was of men aged 55 to 75 so it doesn't specifically address the over-seventy population but does include this population as a part of the study. The study looked at whether the men had sex at least once per week or less than once per week. Those men who were having sex less frequently than once per week were twice as likely to experience problems with erectile dysfunction. Could this be a case of "use it or lose it"?

Question of the Day: What causes men who have infrequent sex to be more susceptible to erectile dysfunction as they age?

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