Medications

'Female Viagra:' Long overdue or Big Pharma overkill?

Addyi - better known as "female Viagra" (though it's not a very accurate comparison) - is either a long-overdue acknowledgment that women's sexual health matters as much as men's, or the latest attempt to make women feel ...

Medications

US regulators to decide on 'female Viagra'

US regulators are expected to decide Tuesday whether to approve a drug nicknamed the "female Viagra," which would be the first pill on the market to raise women's sex drive.

Medications

US regulators to discuss 'female Viagra'

A drug nicknamed the "female Viagra" because it could help increase women's sex drive, will be discussed for a third time at a meeting of an advisory committee to US regulators Thursday.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Drugs used for impotence could treat vascular dementia?

Scientists are to explore whether drugs usually used to treat erectile problems by expanding blood vessels could become the next major way to tackle the dementia epidemic.

Cardiology

Viagra protects the heart beyond the bedroom

Viagra could be used as a safe treatment for heart disease, finds new research published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine. The study reveals that long-term daily treatment of Viagra can provide protection for ...

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