Senior's Health Package

Senior's Health Over 200,000 words organized under 20 different topic areas with a focus on the health issues of most interest to our aging population. The selection of materials compiled by the editors of Harvard Health Publications, includes topics such as: care giving, advanced care directives, arthritis, diabetes, healthy aging, vision problems, home safety, hearing loss, heart disease, incontinence, memory, mental health, medication costs and safety and more.


ADVANCED CARE DIRECTIVES
ARTHRITIS
CAREGIVING
DIABETES
EXERCISE
FALLS
HEALTHY AGING
HEARING LOSS
HEART DISEASE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
INCONTINENCE
MEDICATION COSTS AND SAFETY
MEMORY/ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
MENTAL HEALTH
NUTRITION
OSTEOPOROSIS
SAFETY
SEXUALITY
STROKE
VISION PROBLEMS


Sexuality


Lifestyles

Sexuality in Midlife and Beyond
This report will take you step-by-step through the stages of sexual response and explain how aging affects each. You'll also learn how chronic illnesses, common medications, and emotional issues can influence your sexual capabilities.

Lifestyles

Life after 50: A New Harvard Study of Male Sexuality

Lifestyles

Erectile Dysfunction: The Viagra Revolution
Discusses the biological mechanisms involved in a normal erection, the causes of impotence, diagnosis of erectile dysfunction, and the efficacy and safety of different drugs used to treat it.

Lifestyles

What to do if Viagra Won't do
For those who cannot take or do not respond to Viagra, Levitra, or Cialis, a number of other, often effective treatment options are available.

Lifestyles

Erectile Dysfunction: Can it be Prevented?
Ways to reduce the risk of erectile dysfunction.

Lifestyles

What is Female Sexual Dysfunction?
Discussion of the process of defining female sexual dysfunction, differences in sexuality between men and women, and possible approaches to dealing with concerns about sexual satisfaction.

Lifestyles

HARVARD COMMENTARIES ON HEALTH

  • Erectile Dysfunction: The Bad News and the Bad News
  • Are You In, Out, or Post-Menopause

Lifestyles

ASK-THE-EXPERT

  • I have taken 50 mg Viagra and 20 mg Levitra at various times over the past year, and I've noticed Levitra seems to work better. Isn't the active ingredient in Viagra about the same as the active ingredient in Levitra? Why would I notice a difference between the two?
  • Can women take Levitra?
  • If I take Viagra even though I don't need it, what would the side effects be?
 

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Perspectives on Prostate Disease (Marc B. Garnick, M.D., Editor in Chief)

Perspectives on Prostate Disease, the new quarterly newsletter from Harvard Health Publications, provides multiple perspectives about how best to treat the most common prostate diseases - prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis and related concerns such as erectile dysfunction and low testosterone levels.
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