New research shows that not only does Viagra help men overcome medical barriers to sex, it’s also an aphrodisiac.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison report this month that sildenafil, sold in the U.S. as Viagra, increases the amount of oxytocin released by the pituitary gland.
Sometimes called the “love hormone” or “cuddle chemical,” oxytocin has been […]
A French paedophile accused of raping a five-year-old boy just over a month after he was released from jail was taking the impotence drug Viagra that he says was prescribed by a prison doctor, his lawyer said on Sunday.
Francis Evrard, a 61-year-old repeat offender who spent 18 years in prison for raping children before being […]
OIL workers are causing a storm by taking Viagra with them to their rigs.
They’ve been caught with the drug in jelly and tablet form as they go back towork in the North Sea.
Bosses fear there could be a black market for the sex drug on the rigs.
But some workers claim they simply forgot it was […]
The number of prescriptions being written out in Gloucestershire for men with impotence is on the rise.GPs dished out more than 18,300 prescriptions last year, up from 16,500 in 2005/06.
With eight tablets of Viagra costing as much as £46.99, the bill to the NHS is running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
The figures were released […]
BOSTON, July 27 Viagra is being used to treat not only erectile dysfunction, but also pulmonary hypertension, according to a U.S. researcher.
The drug may have potential for treating several other conditions such as mountain sickness and Raynaud’s phenomenon, reports the August issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch.
Viagra is now marketed under the name Revatio for […]
BEIJING - China’s Cabinet is drafting measures for stronger supervision over food safety, the government said Wednesday, as authorities announced busts on criminal networks that exported phony Viagra, bird flu medicine and anti-malaria drugs.
The actions reflect Beijing’s recent push to regain global consumer confidence following a slew of bans or recalls on Chinese exports — […]
Earlier this week we ran an a more serious excerpt of CC Banana’s excellent interview with Eric Singer from KISS. Since it’s the weekend here we thought we’d let our hair down a little and post a funnier part of the interview for our week in review. Here is C.C. Banana: Have you ever received […]
Antlers from Swedish reindeer, elks (moose) and deer are being marketed in Asia as a ‘Swedish Viagra’. The horns are processed at a hotel in Fredrika in Västerbotten county, northern Sweden.
The antlers are sawn into pieces in Sweden before being made into pills in east Asian countries, particularly Hong Kong and Taiwan. The pills are […]
I had the naive belief that Viagra was strictly for making “amour”.
Now I learn it may even help adventurers climb Mount Everest.
Normally, blood pressure is lower in lungs than in the rest of the body. But as one ascends Mount Everest in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere, it can become dangerously high resulting in high altitude sickness.
Dr. […]
A BRITISH Viagra salesman who tried to import ice with a street value of more than $900,000 has pleaded guilty to drug importation.
John Joseph Alty, 52, was caught at Melbourne airport on October 14, 2005, with 754g of methamphetamine hidden in two cognac bottles.
Alty, a British national, had been carrying the two bottles of cognac […]