Oliver Gillie is a leading medical journalist and author. He was medical correspondent of The Sunday Times for 15 years amd medical editor of The Independent for four years. He developed his ideas of self-help in The Sunday Times Book of Body Maintenence.

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Regaining potency  
• About one in ten men have difficulty obtaining a sufficiently strong erection to have full sexual intercourse with their partner.
• There is now the possibility of drug treatment, surgery and various devices that can assist in producing an erection.
• Whatever the cause of the problem, women often feel that it is their fault that their partner cannot obtain an erection.
• In Regaining Potency Oliver Gillie examines the causes and cures of a problem while at one time or another, has affected five million men in Britain alone.


Chapter 1: Diagnosis of erectile problem
Physical or psychological?; premature ejaculation.

Chapter 2: Causes of erection problems
Psychological causes: Zilbergeld’s myths; physical causes; drugs which may cause erection problems.

Chapter 3: Psychotherapy
Identifying common problems.

Chapter 4: Physical treatment
Something for everyone.

Chapter 5: Improving potency at home
Love-making without a full erection; pelvic floor exercises.

Chapter 6: Body maintenance
Smoking; exercise.

Chapter 7: The food of love
Overweight; diet tips and rules; alcohol.

Chapter 8: Drug treatments
Injection erections; hormone replacement therapy for men.

Chapter 9: Erections assisted with a pump
Suppliers of pumps and other devices.

Chapter 10: Surgical operations
Improving blood supply; venous leakage; implants.

Chapter 11: Ejaculation and male fertility
Love-making and the disabled.

Chapter 12: Organisations that help

Addresses and phone numbers