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Viagra Blunts Effects Of Stress On The Human Heart

Science Daily — Sildenafil citrate (Viagra), a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) in millions of men, reduces the stimulatory effects of hormonal stress on the heart by half, according to results of a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins.

While sildenafil is more widely known for helping genital […]

Alaskan man pleads guilty to sale of seal penises

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska man has pleaded guilty to selling more than 100 fur seal "oosiks" — or penises — to a local gift shop that intended to sell the items as an aphrodisiac.
Michael Richard Zacharof, an Aleut and former tribal president from the Bering Sea village of St. Paul, pleaded guilty […]

Spam King Gone, Spam Rolls On

 
In recent weeks spam has rolled on—clumsy, repetitive come-ons for cut-rate Viagra, bank loans, urgent appeals for help moving money out of Nigeria, strident demands that you “verify” your bank account information, and on and on.
Then on May 30, Federal authorities arrested the man they called the Spam King: 27-year-old Richard Alan Soloway. […]

Could Viagra Put the Brakes on Jet Lag?

 
TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Worried about jet lag? Researchers think they might have just the ticket to perk you up: Viagra.
 
While it's too early to know if it will work in humans, Argentinean researchers are reporting that the drug sildenafil — better known by the brand name Viagra — appears to reduce […]

Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate) may aid jet-lagged travelers, study shows

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The male impotence drug Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate) may be useful for treating jet lag as well, according to Argentine researchers who gave it to hamsters made to feel like rodent globe-trotters.
The researchers manipulated the schedule of turning lights on and off to induce jet lag in the laboratory animals, they reported […]

Men’s hopes for Viagra ‘too high’

Men have been given unrealistic expectations of the benefits of Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate), researchers have said.
Erectile dysfunction sufferers who took the drug but found it did not work were left demoralised.
A study of 40 men by the Royal Hampshire Hospital, published in the British Medical Journal, showed most had high […]

Blood pressure drug approved

 
WASHINGTON - Patients who suffer from a rare disease that causes continuous high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs received a new treatment choice Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration said it approved Letairis to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension. The condition […]

Arrest of man described as top 20 spammer makes little difference in spam volumes

By Anick Jesdanun
NEW YORK (AP) - Junk e-mail continued to hit mailboxes around the world Thursday, despite the arrest a day earlier of a man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers.
 
Even if Robert Alan Soloway is ultimately convicted and his operations shuttered, spam experts say dozens are in line […]

In U.S., Mormons are in the spotlight, politics

 
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) - After more than a century on the fringe of America's consciousness, Mormons are riding a wave of media attention and public scrutiny — and say they welcome the chance to set a few things straight.
From Mitt Romney's bid to become the first Mormon in the White House to […]

Labels improve patient drug use

A GP has designed a way to help patients understand why they are taking particular medications.
Dr Nigel Masters, from Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, adds phrases such as "to lower cholesterol" to prescriptions.
He said it helps patients, particularly those on a number of drugs, understand why they should keep taking them.
Developing Patient Partnerships […]