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Everyday ED Questions: Age, Alcohol, Testosterone and Myths

These are the questions men search for most often about erectile dysfunction, answered from surveys, trials and the FDA labels: how common it is at a given age, what alcohol does with ED medicine, whether testosterone is involved, and which popular beliefs hold up.

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• 7 ED Myths, Checked Against the Research
  Do ED pills cause instant erections? Is ED just about age? Seven common beliefs, checked. Updated October 9, 2026

The questions

• What Is Morning Wood? Why It Happens and What It Says About Sleep and Health
  A normal part of male physiology tied to REM sleep. What it is, why it happens, and what changes it. Updated October 25, 2026
• Is It Unhealthy to Not Get Morning Wood? What Fewer Morning Erections Can Mean
  One missing morning is normal. A lasting drop can be a clue worth checking. What the research says. Updated October 23, 2026
• Is ED Related to Low Testosterone? What the Trials Show
  Low testosterone can play a part in ED, but trials show it helps desire more reliably than erections. Updated October 13, 2026
• Is ED Common in 40 Year Olds? What the Surveys Actually Show
  Online figures range from 1 in 6 to 4 in 10. Here is why, and what it means for a man in his 40s. Updated October 12, 2026
• Levitra, Cialis, Viagra and Alcohol: What Each Label Says
  Each ED drug label says something different about alcohol. A side-by-side look at vardenafil, tadalafil, sildenafil and avanafil. Updated October 16, 2026

Every article in this guide is written by the Men's Health Weekly editorial team and cites its sources, mostly FDA labels, peer-reviewed studies and professional guidelines. How we work.