Discovery That Viagra Enhances Fetal Growth In Female Sheep May Have Human Implications
February 4th, 2010 by admin, under Erectile Dysfunction, tablets. No Comments
A joke among two Texas AgriLife Research scientists later turned into a fully-funded study. Viagra can aid fetal development in female sheep. Female sheep (ewes) are an agriculturally important species, which can serve as an excellent animal model for studying the physiology of human pregnancy, the researchers said.
Viagra (sildenafil citrate), which is used to treat male erectile dysfunction, enhanced blood flow in pregnant (more…)
Significant Risks Posed By Counterfeit Internet Drugs
January 20th, 2010 by admin, under Erectile Dysfunction, products, tablets. No Comments
Men who buy fake internet drugs for erection problems can face significant risks from potentially hazardous contents and bypassing healthcare systems could leave associated problems like diabetes and high blood pressure undiagnosed. That’s the warning just published online by IJCP the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Medical and pharmaceutical experts from the UK, Sweden and USA carried out a detailed (more…)
NexMed Updates On Canadian Aproval Process For Vitaros
January 20th, 2010 by admin, under Erectile Dysfunction. No Comments
NexMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXM), a specialty CRO and a developer of products based on the NexACT technology, announced today that it received a Notice of Non-Compliance (”Notice”) as part of the review process from Health Canada for its New Drug Submission (”NDS”) for the Vitaros erectile dysfunction treatment filed in February 2008. The deficiencies cited related to the product’s CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls). There were no pre-clinical (more…)
NERI Research Findings Show That Erectile Dysfunction May Be Early Warning Of Future Cardiovascular Disease
January 20th, 2010 by admin, under Erectile Dysfunction. No Comments
In the first study of its kind, New England Research Institutes, Inc. (NERI) in collaboration with the Division of Cardiology, San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco tested whether erectile dysfunction (ED) can be used to reclassify patients according to their future risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) beyond traditional risk factors (such as smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc). (more…)
Sexual Function Does Not Continuously Decline After Radiation Therapy Treatments For Prostate Cancer
January 7th, 2010 by admin, under Erectile Dysfunction. No Comments
Sexual function in prostate cancer patients receiving external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) decreases within the first two years after treatment but then stabilizes and does not continuously decline as was previously thought, according to a study in the January 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
Prostate cancer (more…)
Women’s Bodies And Minds Agree Less Than Men’s On What’s Sexy
January 4th, 2010 by admin, under Erectile Dysfunction. No Comments
Review study confirms gender difference in responses to sexual stimuli.
Women’s minds and genitals respond differently to sexual arousal, whereas in men, the responses of the body and mind are more in tune with each other, according to Assistant Professor Meredith Chivers, from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, and her international collaborators, Michael Seto, Martin Lalumière, Ellen Laan, and Teresa Grimbos. Their meta-analysis1 (more…)
Restless Leg Syndrome Linked With Erectile Dysfunction In Older Men
January 4th, 2010 by admin, under Erectile Dysfunction, products. No Comments
A study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that erectile dysfunction was more common in older men with restless leg syndrome (RLS) than in those without RLS, and the magnitude of this association increased with a higher frequency of RLS symptoms.
Results show that erectile dysfunction was 16 percent more likely in men with RLS symptoms that occur five to 14 times per month (odds ratio of 1.16) and 78 percent more likely in (more…)
Resolve To Improve Your Urologic Health In The New Year
December 31st, 2009 by admin, under Erectile Dysfunction, Impotence. No Comments
This new year, make a resolution to improve your health and talk to your doctor about urologic conditions. Although urologic problems may seem embarrassing to talk about, these conditions are more common than you think and a delay in seeking medical attention could cause you unnecessary stress, prolong the problem and even increase your risk for a more serious condition. Experts at the American Urological Association (AUA) and the AUA Foundation recommend (more…)
Concerns Raised About ‘Telemedicine’ Approach To Erectile Dysfunction, Australia
December 30th, 2009 by admin, under Erectile Dysfunction, products. No Comments
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has voiced concerns about the prescribing practices of erectile dysfunction clinics currently under review by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing, Roundtable on Impotency Treatments.
“Of the greatest concern is the use of telemedicine to treat erectile dysfunction,” said Dr Chris Mitchell, RACGP President and GP in Northern NSW . “The danger (more…)
Oncological Results, Functional Outcomes, Quality-of-Life – Radical Prostatectomy Or External Beam Radiation Therapy For Localized Prostate Cancer
December 30th, 2009 by admin, under Erectile Dysfunction. No Comments
UroToday.com – Most recently, health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) after definitive local therapy for prostate cancer has been argued in the patient group with an oncological risk category. [1] Prior to such controversy, we thought that posttreatment HRQOL issues or functional outcomes possibly vary among oncological risk categories, and compared both oncological and functional outcomes between patients receiving radical prostatectomy (RP) and those (more…)