The causes of erectile dysfunction (ED) and its treatment are explored in the latest edition of Healthy Men magazine.

According to Healthy Men, illusive erections may indicate to men that they might have diabetes or high blood pressure or that their cholesterol level is too high.

Consultant urologist Dr Tasha Cooke told Healthy Men that studies have linked ED to cardiac disease “because blood flow to the penis follows a similar pathology to that of blood flow to the arteries of the heart”.

The penile blood vessels are much smaller than the blood vessels of the heart, so ED manifests before and may be a warning sign, she explained.

Healthy Men e-magazine seeks to promote health and wellness among men, a third of whose death from lifestyle disease, the World Health Organisation says, is preventable. Against this background, the e-magazine also implores men to strike stroke from their health outlook.

Dr Tameka March-Downer encourages Jamaican men to make a habit of getting their annual screenings, changing their diets, and putting in that “dedicated and purposeful exercise”.

On the matter of exercise, fitness trainer Jevaughn Rosewell advises men that “a fit body gives you a better quality of life; it not only improves your physical appearance, but it also puts you in a good position to beat back many underlying illnesses”.

Rosewell tells Healthy Men: “You must understand that there is a mix of persons in society: some want to look bulky, while others just want to be fit. For some persons, it is just about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and not the looks.”

The October-December 2022 edition of Healthy Men e-magazine is chockful of information to improve the health and wellness of men.

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Healthy Men is an Impacting Jamaica digital production and is published jointly by Byron Buckley (Buckley Communications) and Garfield Grandison (Grandy Media).