Tag: "impotence" at medical news

Hypertensive Drug Improves Sexual Dysfunction in Hypertensive Men

...ed to the effect of losartan". Since drug -related impotence is one of the main causes of patients discontinuing the hypertensive drugs, this is a new dimension to be viewed....

TV drug commercials prompt prescriptions

...ls for drugs to treat everything from heartburn to impotence have prompted one in eight viewers to get a prescription. But many viewers fail to retain critical information about the drug and possible side effects. TV commercials for prescription drugs have become commonplace since the Food and Drug Administrat...

The route to fertilization

...diologists as well as for the manufacturers of the impotence drug, Viagra. It also functions as an important neurotransmitter in people and is used by white blood cells to kill tumors, bacteria and other invaders....

Pharmaceutical companies are targeting patients

... and Celebrex, the ulcer drug Prilosec, Viagra for impotence and the allergy drugs Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec....

Many factors influence sexual potency

...with regard to potency have brought the subject of impotence to the attention of thousands of people.// Impoten... alone. Approximately 75 percent to 85 percent of impotence is caused by medical rather than psychological reasons. Several factors that greatly influence the s...

Gene Therapy could treat Impotence

...reatment. These experiments would help in treating impotence in humans...

Viagra Used More By Young Men

...shows , that older men are not the only ones using impotence pills but rather the fastest growing segment of Viagra (sildenafil) // users are men between ages 18 to 55. The study examined Viagra use among 5 million insured males, ages 18 and older, from 1998 to 2002. The overall, use of Viagra increased 84 pe...

Treating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension In Children With Viagra

After revolutionizing the treatment of male impotence latest research shows that Viagra //(sildenafil) may also help children with a fatal lung disease walk further and breathe easier. Children diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension ( PAH) a condition in which blood pressure is extremely high in...

Intense Fight Against Polio In India Gets Results

... the minority community that the drops might cause impotence later on in life and distrust against the government for focusing so much on a single disease - which has been eradicated from much of the globe. And Hapur in Ghaziabad district, adjoining New Delhi, perhaps epitomizes the struggle best. It remains ...

Withering related to impotence

...link between the process of drooping in plants and impotence in humans.Dr Steven J. Neill and colleagues, from the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol, have found that nitric oxide — which facilitates erections in humans — also helps to close stomata, the small pores on plant leaves that regulat...

Impotence drug such as Viagra may cause Vision Loss

...g other ailments. The US consumers groups want the impotence drug to carry 'Strong Warning Labels' which mentio... to doctors regarding the risk of blindness due to impotence drugs. Earlier this year drug makers agreed to put information on their impotence drug labels about ...

Hormone Treatment Before Radiation for Prostate Cancer

...lead to complications such as leakage of urine and impotence besides other risks of surgery. Radiation is the other non-invasive option for the cancer. Some clinicians' concerns began five years ago when studies revealed that suppressing hormones in prostate tumors destroys tiny blood vessels that carry oxyg...

Viagra Offers Hope In Treatment Of Crohn’s Diseas

... given for the treatment of erectile dysfunction / impotence has been found to result in increased blood flow among Crohn's sufferers. Following such a promising finding, we might soon have an alternative drug to treat this inflammatory bowel disorder. It is hypothesized that Crohn’s disease sufferers have w...

Pfizer Launches Viagra For Lung Disease In UK

...only used for treatment of erectile dysfunction or impotence can now be used in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a lung disease//. Pfizer, a leading pharmaceutical company, is marketing the drug under the brand name, Revatio, in the UK. The drug approved for use in last November by the Europea...

Smoking Is a Vital Cause among Impotent Men

...0 cigarettes a day were 24 % more likely to report impotence problems. Anti-smoking campaigners welcome this ki...cular disease are the later effects of smoking but impotence may be a more immediate problem to tackle. The anti-smoking group Action on Smoking and Health (AS...

Young Men Face Impotence Problems As Well

... conducted by US researchers has now revealed that impotence or erectile dysfunction is present among young men as well//, contradicting the widely held belief that it affects only older men. Researchers from the Children's Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, both in ...

Scientists Engineer Artificial Penis

...been able to offer remedy, certain severe cases of impotence still remain a mystery to treat. ...

Work –Related Stress:A Survey On British Male

... a lowered sex drive while 5 perc ent suffer from impotence as a result of stress at work. According to experts there is a very serious problem at hand....

Misconception on Treatment Options among Prostate Cancer Patients

...ion, but is associated with complications, such as impotence and urinary incontinence. With no clear-cut medical guidance, patients must assume a greater role in deciding on treatment in the face of disquieting statistics and risk-benefit information. To characterize the factors that influence men's treatme...

Impotence May be a Sign of Heart Disease, Diabetes

...ings were a wakeup call for doctors to investigate impotence in men who were not overweight. "In this instance, erectile dysfunction can be a better warning signal (of heart disease) than a large beer belly," he said. (Source: IANS)...

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