Dr. Richard F. Spark-SparkMD-Press

Reviews of Sexual Health for Men: The Complete Guide
"No subject is out of bounds for this informative new book...A great resource for men and the women who love them." *Time Magazine, (6/26/00)* "A Harvard endocrinologist has just written an authoritative book for lay people (no pun intended) that will help you tackle the problem. This highly credentialed and well-recognized doc is Richard F. Spark, and the book is Sexual Health for Men." Slate Magazine (4/26/00) "Spark provides facts and advice necessary to make an informed decision about therapies that may provide a more satisfying sex life and help to restore potency." *annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)*	"Spark delivers an encyclopedic guide to all things male...instructive, calming and frequently entertaining." *Salon.com, (6/6/00)* "Do you know why men with heart trouble should be wary of Viagra? Or that while a vasectomy surgery can be easily undone, 60 to 80 percent of men who want their fertility back also need treatment with a drug that has serious side effects? An associate professor at Harvard Medical School, Spark covers sexual issues of older men in this sober, research-oriented book. He focuses on fertility, potency problems and relief (including alternative medicines) and the aging prostate." *The Dallas Morning News (6/13/00)* Purchase Sexual Health for Men on Barnes and Noble.com on Amazon.com
Dr. Spark in the Media
Articles:
What's Next After Viagra? Sexual Dysfunction Drugs Pending FDA Approval ABCNews.com (1/3/02) NPR's Talk of the Nation Interviewed with George Plympton (6/14/00). Topic: Testosterone Replacement Therapy - Andro-Gel Listen in RealAudio (14.4) 47:00 NOTE: There's a strange bug. To fix, when RealAudio starts playing, stop and restart. Read the Transcript Exposing Sexual Function - (6/6/00) Salon Interview with Dr. Spark.	Elevated Serum Thyrotropin in Thyroxine-Treated Patients with Hypothyroidism Given Sertraline, The New England Journal of Medicine (10/2/97) What It Takes to Be a Man, Newsweek - Letter to the Editor (10/7/95) H.M.O. Drug Plans Are No Consumer Bargain, The New York Times - Letter to the Editor (9/27/94)
Quoted:
The Healthy Man; A Closer Look at Herbal Love Potions, LA Times (12/11/00) Testosterone Supplements: Not Just for Old Guys Anymore?, Men's Journal (11/18/00) Making A House Call; Viagra, pumping iron, listening to your body clock--publishers provide plenty of new prescriptions, Time (6/26/00) Tough Stuff; Is Testosterone What Really Separates the Men from the Boys?, Chicago Tribune (6/25/00) Faking It, Salon (6/7/00) A Disease Fueled by Testosterone, Salon (4/28/00) Viagra targets dysfunction - Drug doesn't boost normal sex activity, The Boston Herald (10/11/98) Forget jogging, sex may be the key to long life, The Boston Herald (3/6/98) Male Menopause: Myth or Reality, India Today (1/1/98) Why hormones are the rage - Docs urge caution with 'Fountain of Youth' drugs, The Boston Herald (9/28/97) Ride may be over, sexually speaking, for some cyclists, The Boston Herald (9/18/97) DHEA-The Fountain of Youth?, Cambridge Town Online (2/18/97)	'Fountain of youth' drug flies off shelves, The Boston Herald (12/1/96) New AIDS drug helps fight wasting syndrome, The Boston Herald (7/2/96) Men may benefit from hormone replacement therapy, The Houston Chronicle (9/3/95) Medical specialists feel slice of national cost-cutting knife, The Boston Herald (12/11/94) Men Lose Sex Drive, But is that Same as Menopause?, Gannett News Service (10/11/94) Vasectomy Phobia, The Boston Globe (8/18/92) The Causes and Treatment of Impotence, The New York Times (8/18/88) Impotence may be treatable with drug, U.P.I. (2/24/84) Study Finds Strange Form of Epilepsy Causes Male Impotence, AP (2/24/84) Impotence: Experts Urge Greater Attention to Physical Causes, The New York Times, (5/18/82) Hormone Problem May Cause Impotence, AP (2/20/80) Too Many Checkups?, Newsweek (5/28/79) Those Annual Physicals Are Worth The Trouble, Fortune (1/1/77)