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Erectile dysfunction probed with engineering tool
newscientist.com ^ | 05-02-2007 | Anna Gosline

Posted on 05/02/2007 8:20:36 AM PDT by bedolido

Like a column collapsing under the burden of a heavy roof, erectile dysfunction is a classical mechanical engineering problem, says a US urologist. Using mathematical models of penis geometry and hydrostatic pressure, doctors can predict when penises will fail – and in which vagina – he says.

The most widely investigated parameter of penile rigidity is intracavernosal pressure (ICP) – the fluid pressure achieved by blood build up in the two expandable "caverns" of the penis. For a healthy man, the erect ICP is between 60 and 90 millimetres of mercury (mmHg), but can drop to just 30 mmHg, in men with erectile dysfunction (ED).


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TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: dysfunction; ed; erectile; tool; wokeupwithwood
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To: bedolido

21 posted on 05/02/2007 11:57:17 AM PDT by Dumpster Baby ("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
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To: bedolido

I went to school with a guy who got a master’s in engineering measuring the intra-penile pressures of animals during intercourse. Goats were the highest.


22 posted on 05/02/2007 12:22:44 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (I don't give a rat's a$$ where in the world Matt Lauer is.)
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To: bedolido; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Erectile dysfunction probed with engineering tool

*Bleep*ing OUCH!


23 posted on 05/02/2007 12:26:45 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!" --http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)
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To: Slings and Arrows; bedolido

Enzyte: It’s not about who you are, it’s about inflating your ego!

Valtrex: It’s not about love, it’s about suppression. (Background image: Siberian gulag.)


24 posted on 05/02/2007 12:30:53 PM PDT by Darksheare (She had the face of a trucker. She used it as a purse.)
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To: Dumpster Baby
I have a lot experience in this field.
25 posted on 05/02/2007 12:34:33 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Slings and Arrows; bedolido; Seadog Bytes; reagan_fanatic; bitt; Hi Heels; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; ...
And they actually erected a "MEN WORKING" SIGN!


26 posted on 05/02/2007 12:44:19 PM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Lady Jag

“Warning!: men working.”
Sign in center of road, nobody visible.


27 posted on 05/02/2007 12:46:33 PM PDT by Darksheare (She had the face of a trucker. She used it as a purse.)
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To: Lady Jag

Hard at work, apparently.


28 posted on 05/02/2007 12:47:36 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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To: Darksheare
Makes me want to go to work for the state.

There were two guys working for the city. One would dig a hole -- he would dig, dig, dig.

The other would come behind him and fill the hole -- fill, fill, fill. These two men worked furiously; one digging a hole, the other filling it up again.

A man was watching from the sidewalk and couldn't believe how hard these men were working, but also couldn't understand what they were doing. Finally he had to ask them.

He said to the hole digger, "I appreciate how hard you work, but what are you doing? You dig a hole and your partner comes behind you and fills it up again!"

The hole digger replied, "Oh yeah, must look funny, but the guy who plants the trees is sick today."


29 posted on 05/02/2007 12:55:45 PM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: bedolido
Natural Viagra: Brazilian Spider Bite Causes Hours-Long Erection

It's a wonder Peter Parker can't get a date.

30 posted on 05/02/2007 1:02:19 PM PDT by LTCJ
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To: Lady Jag

31 posted on 05/02/2007 1:35:04 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (I have a big carbon footprint and I'm not afraid to use it.)
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To: bedolido

Is that spider wearing lipstick?


32 posted on 05/02/2007 1:35:30 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
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To: Lady Jag

Talk about a road hazard.


33 posted on 05/02/2007 1:38:47 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
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To: reagan_fanatic
....who vote in polls....


34 posted on 05/02/2007 1:41:23 PM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Lady Jag

LOL - it must’ve taken several hours of surgery to remove that pole!


35 posted on 05/02/2007 1:47:33 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (I have a big carbon footprint and I'm not afraid to use it.)
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To: Lady Jag

36 posted on 05/02/2007 1:51:27 PM PDT by potlatch (Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. M.Twain)
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To: Perdogg
Maybe we should ask Rosie O’Donnell since she is now an expert on structural engineering.

LMAO!
37 posted on 05/02/2007 3:18:51 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....when my feathers are dry.)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Surgery was free.


38 posted on 05/02/2007 3:19:08 PM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: All

Which head today??

39 posted on 05/02/2007 3:22:50 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....when my feathers are dry.)
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To: potlatch

LOL!


40 posted on 05/02/2007 4:01:48 PM PDT by devolve ( -25%_the_little_fury_with_the_fringe_on_top_)
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