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A leading clinician and researcher in the growing field of sexual medicine explains the connection between a man’s sexual function and overall health—and delivers a 7-step action plan for him to enjoy sexual intimacy over his entire lifeAs director of the New York Center for Human Sexuality at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Ridwan Shabsigh treats thousands of patients with sexual dysfunctions. His more than 16 years of practice and trailblazing research at Columbia University have confirmed that health is intimately connected to sexual function and that the only way to treat declines in sexual desire, performance, and satisfaction is within the context of men’s and couples’ health.Now Dr. Shabsigh brings his expert recommendations to the public in this book. Refusing to accept that sexual dysfunction is the inevitable consequence of aging, he lays out a 7-step program to help all men improve their sexual relations—and their health. The book contains:• a self-test that assesses the reader’s health, sexual satisfaction, and risk for sexual dysfunction• information on how medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and depression affect a man’s sex life—and how sexual dysfunction is the first warning sign of serious illness• recommendations for improving lifestyle choices that cause sexual problems and comprehensive approaches to treating any sexual dysfunctionThe result is a book that helps every man achieve a lifetime of better sex and optimum health.Editorial ReviewsFrom Publishers WeeklyClaiming that sexual health and physical health are inexorably entwined, Columbia University professor of urology Shabsigh, also the director of the New York Center for Human Sexuality at New York Presbyterian Hospital, offers a common-sense approach to wellness with the promise of a more fulfilling sex life. Much of the doctor’s advice is familiar: don’t smoke, maintain a healthy weight, eat right, exercise and so on. Those concerns, repeated throughout the book ad infinitum, dominate the seven steps, with plenty of charts and plans to encourage couch potatoes; the promised sensational sex is a byproduct of the resulting physical and mental health. Shabsigh’s expertise gives weight to his take on erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation and other problems. Though geared toward males, readers of both sexes are likely to find the urological information informative, but the rest of the book fails to distinguish itself in a crowded category. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.About the AuthorRIDWAN SHABSIGH, MD, is associate professor of urology at Columbia University and founder/director of the New York Center for Human Sexuality at New York Presbyterian Hospital.BRUCE SCALI has been writing professionally for 15 years. He has devoted the bulk of a decade to the confluence of conventional and alternative medicine and has broad experience bringing cutting-edge health care topics to a general readership.File Size: 3113 KBPrint Length: 384 pagesPublisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (March 6, 2007)http://www.amazon.com/Sensational-Sex-Easy-Steps-Enhancing-e…