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Alcohol in the course of the time you are taking it. where do you stand on it? do you think this is the end of gender bias in treating sexual dysfunction? >> you know, look, i hope we are seeing the epd of gender bias, whether we have this pill or not. i hope thats the direction we are going in in general. as a physician, when i get in the office today, im going to have a lot of questions about this medication. a lot of good things are going to happen. they are going to talk about sexual functio...

Well. >> how do you pay for it? does insurance cover this? >> not now. >> this is in the first initial phase, and its going to probably pan out that they will pay for it. what i also find interesting is in our own field of robotic surgery for for example prostate example. we save the nerves. 10% of the same because the cancer has gone into the nerves, we will take that nerve in order to save someones life. we used to take a piece of nerve from the lower extremity and implant it where the nerve i...

Dangerous. >> whats important, im glad youre bringing this up. its absolutely critical for them to feel the pain. when were sitting, there are nerve sensations after half an hour, an hour, you feel the sensation and you move. what happens if you dont have pain sensation near the skin, you would end up getting sore. you would get lesions. >> bed sores. >> all of that. now in these patients were seeing they are getting pain sensation. they are starting to sweat, starting to move. i want to go back...

Look at the obesity, diabetes, high pressure system, lack of sleep, alcohol intake. you should exhaust taking care of those before you go straight to viagra and other thing, and the other thing is really how important is sex in your life? i would tell you as a urologist, this is serious, there are a lot of health benefits to having sex. youre cognitive skills and cardiac and immune system, so its a big part of this, and i would encourage people. now a lot of people say i get a prescription for t...

High blood pressure, some of the risks, lack of sleep, alcohol intake. you should exhaust taking care of those before you go straight to viagra and other thing, and the other thing is really how important is sex in your life? i would tell you as a urologist, this is serious, there are a lot of health benefits to having sex. youre cognitive skills and cardiac and immune system, so its a big part of this, and i would encourage people. now a lot of people say i get a prescription for three times a ...

Walk again. i think this will go together with that because this is allowing people that have had paralysis total muscle paralysis. they still have sensation most of them. they studied four people. one they have been studying since 2009. you know what they talked about the most, return of bladder and bowel function and return of sexual function. that is so important to these individuals. standing, voluntary movement, move your toes, voluntary movement of toes. movement of bowel and bladder is in...

My core, do more activities you had struggled with before. >> were going to keep working on this, they are actually showing us every day what new things they are able to do, swear definitely going to keep working. were working to see if one day we can get the individual to take some steps. jenna: what would be the ultimate goal? >> walking would be an amazing goal. there is a secondary effect, promising for myself and others with spinal cord injuries because we have had success in the spinal cor...

Out that testosterone. the answer is to lose the weight. >> that is a great point. >> this is important. we are not treesing underlying disease. there is a lot of knee-jerk reaction going on. doctors are not thinking. what if there is a real marital problem, sexual function is not so good. psychiatrists, urologists and endocrine should jump onboard. we want people to be cautious about this. >> let me bottom line it. tell me if im getting it correct. dont take testosterone unless you know your nu...

Exactly where you are and you are in control. cancer comes back, i still want to have a plan b for someone this young. >> i dont know what his situation was. obviously men have performance concerns when anything with the prostate gets diagnosed. is that not an issue with raysiation and with surgery? >> no. both may have side effects. with surgery in the hands of experienced surgeon, your sexual function will return. you pay the price in the beginning but your quality of life will improve after s...

The transfat is the ugly once. thats the burger and french fries and cookies and pizza and all of those. you want to stay away from that. but the good fat -- avocado is my favorite one. you absolutely need it. >> i want to talk about the nuts. nuts are great for you. coconuts have saturated fats, but the body treat its like an unsaturated fat and it doesnt seem to raise cholesterol. coconut. walnuts have omega 3s, which are good for your heart and brain. almonds have polyfeinals, they shut off h...