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Simple tips to fight inflammationThe awareness of the intersection
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What's your t-score? Bone density scans for osteoporosisSeveral
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Can blood pressure medications interfere with my sex drive?
On call

Published: May, 2019

Q. I know that erectile dysfunction can be a common side effect of blood pressure
medications, but can they also lower my sex drive?
A. Sexual issues are a side effect of many medications, including ones prescribed
to lower blood pressure. You're correct that erectile dysfunction (ED) is mentioned
most frequently. But blood pressure medicines also can decrease sexual drive or
make it more difficult to reach orgasm.
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Daily Health Tip
Keep learning
A lifelong habit of learning and engaging in mentally challenging activities seems
to keep the brain in shape. Intellectual enrichment and learning stimulate the
brain to make more connections, increasing the density of nerve-to-nerve
connections. That means the "educated brain" may possess a deeper well of
connections and be able to withstand more damage to the brain from a small stroke
without causing loss of memory or thinking skills.
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