Swingers are growth business for U.S. firms

By Adam Tanner ADVERTISEMENT LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Matt Virtue, who works as a consultant at a Washington law firm, says he spends more than $10,000 a year to attend conventions, hotels and clubs where he and his girlfriend can have sex with other partners. “Any other hobby that I was into at 40 years old is going [...]

Viagra Safe for Some Men With Heart Failure

March 9, 2004 — Men with mild to moderate forms of heart
failure may be able to safely use the drug Viagra to treat erectile
dysfunction, a new study shows.
Researchers found selected men with heart failure were able to
use the drug without dangerous side effects if they were not taking nitrates
(drugs commonly used to treat heart failure) [...]

What’s the Greatest Medical Advance?

In the world of medicine, “breakthrough” is not a word taken
lightly. But the prestigious British medical journal BMJ soon plans to
name what it considers the greatest medical breakthrough since 1840 — the year
the journal was launched.
Last year, BMJ invited readers to submit nominations for the honor.
Now in contention are 15 medical advances, ranging from anesthesia [...]

Headache: Drug-Induced Headache

Many drugs can induce acute headache, including nitroglycerin,
antihypertensive agents (beta blockers, calcium channel blockers,
angiotensin-converting enzyme [ACE] inhibitors, and methyldopa), dipyridamole,
hydralazine, sildenafil, histamine receptor antagonists (e.g., cimetidine and
ranitidine), NSAIDs (especially indomethacin), cyclosporine, and antibiotics
(especially amphotericin, griseofulvin, tetracycline, and sulfonamides).
Drug-induced aseptic meningitis, a rare occurrence, has numerous possible
causes, including NSAIDs, antibiotics (e.g., trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole,
sulfasalazine, cephalosporins, ciprofloxacin, isoniazid, and [...]

Gene Therapy Reverses Erectile Dysfunction in Rats

SUNDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) — Gene therapy using nerve growth factors reversed erectile dysfunction in rats within four weeks, say University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers.
Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects between 15 million and 30 million men in the United States. Many men suffer nerve damage-related ED after surgery for prostate cancer.
The Pittsburgh team [...]

Many Older Americans Have Active Sex Lives

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) — Many older Americans
aren't letting age slow down their sex lives, a new study shows. ADVERTISEMENT The first comprehensive national survey of the sexual attitudes,
behaviors and problems of [...]

Making Lust Last

By Keith Ablow, M.D. Rekindling Passion For The Husband You Still Love People sometimes tell me they know a couple married 20 years whose sex life
is still as good as it ever was. Here’s what I tell them in return: “There
are [...]

Viagra Linked to 522 Deaths

March 14, 2000 (Anaheim, Calif.) — New research shows that 522 patients have died while taking Viagra (sildenafil) in the first year the drug was on the market. Since its introduction in March of 1998, more than 12 million prescriptions of the blockbuster treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) have been written. There are continued concerns [...]

Why Women Lose Interest in Sex

Living with libido loco? For a growing number of women,
declining hormones, job stress, relationship issues, menopause, and other
problems are taking their toll in the bedroom.
Loss of sexual desire, known in medical terms as hypoactive
sexual desire disorder (HSDD), is the most common form of sexual dysfunction
among women of all ages. A recent study showed that nearly [...]

Rare Reports of Vision Loss With Viagra

April 1, 2005 — Fourteen men reportedly have had vision loss while taking the erectile dysfunctionerectile dysfunction drug Viagra, say ophthalmologists at the University of Minnesota. The men lost only part of their vision. Cases appear to be very rare. Most of the affected men had other health problems and the structure of their optic [...]