Impotence Gets 'Needled' in Acupuncture Study
Impotence Gets 'Needled' in Acupuncture Study
Michael Heltemes, director of clinical studies at Urology Clinics of North Texas, says there's an outside chance acupuncture could work for impotence, and people would do themselves a "disservice" to rule it out without "evaluating all the information."
"You look at the principle that acupuncture works on, and it works on nerve endings and points ? the process of stimulating an area to send nerve impulses, we artificially do that chemically all the time, so the possibility of that being able to occur is a very realistic one," Heltemes tells WebMD.
Heltemes adds that much interest surrounds finding a magic medication for impotence, "but it's interesting to know that someone is actually working on a therapy that uses the body's [own] resources."
Impotence Gets 'Needled' in Acupuncture Study
Michael Heltemes, director of clinical studies at Urology Clinics of North Texas, says there's an outside chance acupuncture could work for impotence, and people would do themselves a "disservice" to rule it out without "evaluating all the information."
"You look at the principle that acupuncture works on, and it works on nerve endings and points ? the process of stimulating an area to send nerve impulses, we artificially do that chemically all the time, so the possibility of that being able to occur is a very realistic one," Heltemes tells WebMD.
Heltemes adds that much interest surrounds finding a magic medication for impotence, "but it's interesting to know that someone is actually working on a therapy that uses the body's [own] resources."
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