Erectile dysfunction probed with engineering tool

newscientist.com ^ | 05-02-2007 | Anna Gosline

[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).

[Lady Jag]

ROFLOL!!

[potlatch]

Bump LJ, hope all’s well with you!

[macmedic892]

Speaking of working for the state:

[Lady Jag]

Maybe it was the air.

[Titan Magroyne]

Without a doubt there is a back room at the annual editor’s convention where they settle a pool on who got away with the most outrageous article titles.

HAS to be!

[ntnychik]

I’m thinking this article is in the category of TOO MUCH INFORMATION. Funny Men Working sign!

[Slings and Arrows]

I used to be a newspaper columnist. I’ve met editors.

They really are that clueless.

[potlatch]

LOL, luckily I didn’t read all the comments. Just posted my pict and left!!

[Brucifer]

” Each was measured by slowly injecting their penises with saline solution until erect. Udelson then applied a force to the tip of the penis until it started to bend, the first sign of buckling.”

Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow.....

[Titan Magroyne]

As in it doesn’t happen on purpose? Yikes!

[Slings and Arrows]

Yep. My favorite headline, from the paper I worked for:

After Fatal Beating, Suspect Commits Suicide

[Titan Magroyne]

LOL!

Subtitle: Has Last Word in Chicken-Egg Controversy

[Slings and Arrows]

:^D

That headline was genuine. I still have the paper.

[Titan Magroyne]

Oh, I believe you!