Men Who Have More Sex Have Fewer Erection Problems

Finnish researchers report that Older men who have more sex will experience fewer erection problems.

In the July issue of The American Journal of Medicine, the five-year study of 989 men aged 55-75 in Finland, showed that having sexual intercourse less than once per week doubled the risk of erectile dysfunction, compared to having sex once per week.

The researchers of the Department of Urology of Tampere University Hospital, in Finland, checked for other factors that may affect the incidence of ED, such as age and chronic medical conditions including diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and depression.

But they found that ED affected 79 out of 1,000 men who reported making love less than once per week. The rate dropped to 32 per 1,000 among men making love once per week, and further dropped to 16 per 1,000 for those doing it three times or more per week.

"Regular intercourse has an important role in preserving erectile function among elderly men," concludes Juha Koskimaki, one of the study's authors.

So now it's not just an excuse for older men, it's science.

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