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What Does a Penis Pump Do? A penis pump is a vacuum device that can help your penis get hard and stay hard for penetrative sex. You might use one if you have erectile dysfunction (ED), which is trouble getting or keeping an erection. You also can use it for pleasure. You might hear...
How much does a midwife cost? The costs for doulas and midwives, as for any health care service, vary according to the specific provider and the geographic location. A doula typically charges a flat fee for service, meaning an agreed-upon number of prenatal visits, being on-call for ...
A hospital's stance on data transparency was also a factor. In our heart bypass surgery and aortic valve surgery ratings, we weighed whether the hospital had voluntarily released ratings it received from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. We factored in STS data for hospitals that had done so...
How Does Hyperthyroidism Affect the Heart? When there is too much thyroid hormone, the heart muscle must work harder. For a person with heart disease, having an overactive thyroid can take a big physical toll. Excess thyroid hormone increases the force of contraction of the heart muscle and ...
Heart transplant. Sometimes the only way to fix a ventricle defect is to replace the entire heart. If your doctor has recommended a pediatric heart transplant, there’s a good chance that your child will feel much better and be able to live a healthy, productive life afterward while taking ...
At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face. At 21, she became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo the still experimental surgery. Follow her incredible story.
Palate implants are now being used to treat snoring. They are made from Dacron, which is a non-reactive material that has been used for many years for heart valve surgery andherniarepair. Dacron also encourages the normal tissue to grow into it. Small Dacron implants are placed into the pal...
Palate implants are now being used to treat snoring. They are made from Dacron, which is a non-reactive material that has been used for many years for heart valve surgery andherniarepair. Dacron also encourages the normal tissue to grow into it. Small Dacron implants are placed into the pal...
the solution is simple: cardiovascular health. We know that probably isn't what you want to hear, but the number one cause of erectile dysfunction is poor cardiovascular health – so much so, in fact, that there seems to bea link between ED and heart disease. What does that mean for you...