Posts Tagged ‘Medicine’

Erectile Dysfunction: A Sign of Possible Heart Disease

By Dr. Charlie Glickman • Mar 16th, 2010 • Category: Blog

It’s quite common for men who have erection difficulties to ask us whether a cock ring can fix it, or whether they should take Viagra. And while cock rings can be a lot of fun, we generally encourage men to check with their doctors first. That’s because cock rings can make some medical conditions that [...]



Another Step Towards the Medicalization of Sex

By Dr. Charlie Glickman • Dec 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog

The New York Times has an article about yet another pharmaceutical intervention to “improve” sex. This one is for premature ejaculation (aka PE), a notoriously difficult-to-define situation.

Throughout the history of sexology, different researchers have tried to come up with a good working definition of the term. Masters and Johnson (that’s a photo of them, BTW. [...]



Orgasm Inc.: A film about the medicalization of female sexuality

By Dr. Charlie Glickman • May 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog

Via @clarissethorn
Orgasm Inc. is a new film that premiered at the Hot Docs Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario about the ongoing trend to medicalize female sexuality. As we’ve seen over and over, there’s a lot of money to be made by promising better sex. But a female equivalent of Viagra has yet to be developed. Instead, [...]