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Can Men Control Ejaculation, and Should They Try?
If you grew up thinking male biology is entirely on demand, here’s a gentler truth: unlike women, who ovulate on a monthly rhythm, men produce sperm continuously. It’s a living assembly line that favors balance—make, store, and eventually release. When that balance tilts, the body sometimes chooses for you. Nocturnal emissions aren’t random; they’re one way the system resets itself when ejaculation has been absent for a while.
By Men's Health24 days ago in Men
Why Your Prostate Hates Winter (And 5 Ways to Make Peace)
There’s a certain magic to the first real cold snap of the year. It’s the moment you finally swap your light jacket for a heavy coat, the satisfying crunch of frost under your feet, and the comforting ritual of a hot drink warming your hands. We bundle up our extremities—hats for our heads, gloves for our hands, thick socks for our feet—but what many men don’t realize is that this seasonal shift can quietly stir up trouble in a part of the body we rarely discuss: the prostate.
By Men's Health28 days ago in Men
The Uncomfortable Truth: Demystifying the Rectal Exam for Prostatitis
Let's be honest. Few phrases in a doctor's office can trigger a cascade of anxiety quite like, "We need to do a rectal exam." For men facing the persistent, nagging symptoms of prostatitis—the pelvic pain, the urgent trips to the bathroom, the constant discomfort—this suggestion can feel like adding insult to injury. The immediate reaction is often a silent, internal flinch, followed by a flood of questions centered on one primal concern: Is this safe?
By Men's Health29 days ago in Men
Chronic Prostatitis and the Social Drink: Do You Really Have to Quit Alcohol for Good?
The first toast often arrives before the food does. If your prostate has become a barometer for stress, sleep, and what you drink, that innocent clink can feel like a test you didn’t study for.
By Men's Healthabout a month ago in Men
When Holding It Hurts: The Hidden Health Costs of Chronic Urine Retention in Men
We’ve all done it. You’re in a meeting, driving home, or lying awake at night, and you decide you can wait. You silence the urge and carry on. It feels like a minor act of self-control, even discipline. But for many men, turning a quick delay into a regular habit is where trouble begins. Chronic urine retention—holding your pee for long periods—doesn’t just cause discomfort; it gradually strains the system designed to store and release urine, inviting a mix of inflammatory and infectious problems that ripple through the urinary and reproductive organs.
By Men's Healthabout a month ago in Longevity
How Everyday Habits Make You a Prostatitis Target
It usually begins quietly. A long afternoon at your desk runs into evening. You skip a bathroom break because you’re “almost done.” Dinner is hotpot with beer because you earned it. A day later, there’s a dull heaviness low in your pelvis, a prick of heat when you pee, a sense that your bladder never truly empties. You tell yourself it’s nothing. But that small discomfort is the body’s subtle alarm.
By Men's Healthabout a month ago in Men
When the Body Says No: The Real Story Behind “Can’t Get Hard”
In the quietest hour of the night, it can arrive like a mute trespasser: desire flares, and the body refuses to follow. For many men, that moment lands like a blow to identity. “I can’t get hard” is often framed as a failure of virility, a secret to be hidden or mocked, when in truth it is more often a message—sometimes a warning—about the state of the body as a whole.
By Men's Healthabout a month ago in Men
When Winter Tightens Its Grip: Guarding Your Prostate Through the Cold Months
The first icy gust does more than sting your cheeks; for many men, it flips a switch somewhere deep in the pelvis. Suddenly the bathroom feels farther away, nights feel longer, and the body—usually so quiet—keeps clearing its throat with a nagging urgency.
By Men's Health2 months ago in Men
How to Choose the Right Anti-inflammatory Drug (Antibiotic) for Epididymitis
If you’ve ever woken up with a dull ache near one testicle, felt a new heaviness, or noticed swelling that makes sitting awkward, you’re not alone. Many men chalk it up to a pulled muscle or a long bike ride. But when the ache lingers or sharpens, a common culprit is epididymitis—an inflammation of the coiled tube behind the testicle that stores and carries sperm.
By Men's Health2 months ago in Men
Can Chinese Herbal Medicine Help Chronic Prostatitis and Difficult Urination?
If every bathroom trip feels like a test—waiting, straining, stopping midstream—you’re not alone. Many men with chronic prostatitis ride a roller coaster of urgency, frequency, weak flow, split stream, and pelvic discomfort. Antibiotics sometimes help, sometimes don’t, and symptoms can return just when you think you’re in the clear. That’s where Chinese Herbal Medicine offers a different lens: instead of chasing one symptom, it asks, “Which system is out of balance, and how do we nudge it back?”
By Men's Health2 months ago in Men
