In the News – UK Sexual Advice Group Studies Erectile Concerns
Snippet from the non-hair-loss article:
More than two-thirds of men who contacted an email advice service run by a leading sexual advice charity had erection problems, which were frequently linked to loss of sex drive, according to research in the October issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
The study by UK researchers also found that a large number of men from the Middle East and Indian subcontinent sought email advice on problems with premature ejaculation and masturbation. Previous research has suggested that these issues are often related to arranged marriages.
Read the rest — Email Sexual Advice Study Highlights Problems Raised by Different Ages and Cultures
This isn’t about hair loss, but it’s interesting nonetheless. The frequency of libido or erectile dysfunction (ED) problems reported are far more common than previously thought. Granted the results are just from email surveys, but the report just scratches the surface of a common problem.
The real question is — how much of this reflects the physiology of these men? I suspect that the ED problems reflect not just the physiologic changes of aging, but of the social fabric that men fall into. Such things like alcohol consumption, depression, marriages that lost their vitality, etc… are amongst the problems that cause the libido and ED problems.
One particularly interesting bullet point from the article says that most of the masturbation related worries come from India, and I’d estimate 95%+ of the “masturbation causes hair loss” emails I get come from the same area (even though I’ve written over a dozen times that it is just a myth).
Jeremy – Can’t you just take this for what it is rather than trying to come up with another conspiracy theory? You’re absolutely ridiculous. Read the post again with your tin foil hat off. The survey is from a sexual advice group and the posting is about common causes of ED. He says it’s an email survey and doesn’t try to pass it off for anything more than that.
Wasn’t the Journal of Sexual Medicine article that proponents of finasteride-induced permanent sexual dysfunction often cite an uncontrolled “survey”? The authors themselves (Irwig and Kolukula) cite significant methodologic issues that limit their conclusions.