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Muscle mass peaks for men in their early 40s, then slowly begins to decline with age. This age-related muscle loss is called sarcopenia. Sarcopenia can make it difficult to do everyday activities like carrying groceries, kneeling or completing household chores.
Women age 51 and older, and men 71 and older should aim to get 1,200 mg a day. You can get calcium from foods such as dairy products, broccoli, kale, salmon and tofu. If you find it hard to get enough calcium from your diet, ask your doctor about calcium supplements.
Testosterone therapy might seem like the ultimate anti-aging formula. Yet the health benefits of testosterone therapy for age-related decline in testosterone aren't clear. Find out what's known — and not known — about testosterone therapy for normal aging.
Carrying a few extra pounds isn't uncommon, especially as people get older. But those pounds can lead to serious health risks. That's particularly true if the weight is in the form of belly fat.
Especially in older men, incontinence often stems from enlargement of the prostate gland, a condition known as benign prostatic hyperplasia. Prostate cancer. In men, stress incontinence or urge incontinence can be associated with untreated prostate cancer.
So, for example, 50% of 50-year-olds, 60% of 60-year-olds, so on and so forth, will have problems with erections. But that does not necessarily mean that as you get older, you have to have problems of the penis. There are plenty of men in their 60s, 70s and 80s and 90s with great sex lives.
This sudden influx of blood causes an erection by expanding, straightening and stiffening the penis. Erectile dysfunction (impotence) is the inability to get and keep an erection firm enough for sex. Having erection trouble from time to time isn't necessarily a cause for concern.
Gynecomastia (guy-nuh-koh-MAS-tee-uh) is an increase in the amount of breast gland tissue in boys or men. An imbalance of the hormones estrogen and testosterone causes it. Gynecomastia can affect one or both breasts, sometimes unevenly.
It's natural for men to notice a gradual decrease in sex drive (libido) as they age. The degree of this decline varies. But most men maintain at least some amount of sexual interest into their 60s and 70s. But sometimes loss of sex drive is related to an underlying condition.
Adults can keep having sex at any age. In fact, many older adults enjoy an active sex life. Staying interested in sex, being happy with how often you have sex and enjoying sex all are linked to good health in later life. Of course, aging raises some challenges.