How So-Called ‘Female Viagra’ is Quite Different from Actual Viagra
During the lengthy and ultimately successful campaign to win FDA approval for the first prescription drug to treat female sexual function, some headline writers and pundits took to calling the new drug “female Viagra” or “pink Viagra.” While both flibanserin
Weighing the Benefits and Risks of Telemedicine
In the past few years, telemedicine has emerged as a powerful new tool to expand access to health care, improve patient outcomes, and cut costs. But like any new technology, its growth has outpaced the development of a policy infrastructure
How Telemedicine Is Helping Children with Special Needs
A number of recent studies demonstrate that telemedicine -- the use of technology to provide and coordinate health care remotely -- is particularly effective in serving children with special health care needs. As effective as it is, however, much needs
Erectile Dysfunction and Cholesterol: 7 Facts You Need to Know
Lowering your blood levels of cholesterol, particularly low-density lipoproteins or "bad cholesterol," can improve both cardiac and erectile function. Here's what every man should know about the ill effects of elevated cholesterol levels.A healthy heart and a healthy erections go
A Closer Look at Penile Implants and the So-Called ‘Bionic Penis’
Viagra not working for you? Don't give up hope. There are a number of alternative treatments, including surgically implanted penile prostheses.Since the introduction of Viagra in the late 1990s, most of the conversation about the treatment of erection problems has
Can This Radical Surgery Fix Erectile Dysfunction?
Reported incidence of erectile dysfunction (ED) has nearly doubled over the past decade.This doesn’t necessarily mean that twice as many men today have ED as had it in 2005. Part of it is because people are simply more knowledgeable
Are the Expectations for Female Viagra Realistic?
After a long and often torturous path to approval, a prescription drug to treat abnormally low sexual desire in women will soon be brought to market. That drug, flibanserin, is expected to be sold under the brand name Addyi by
American College of Physicians Takes Cautions Stance on Telemedicine
Ultimately, there will be no holding telemedicine back.While the US may still have plenty of wrinkles to iron out in the large scale roll-out of telemedicine services, initiatives are everywhere. Patients have welcomed the option of telemedicine, particularly for
Do Condoms Hamper Erections?
Men who blame condoms for their inability to get and keep an erection may need to look for a new excuse -- or a better condom -- based on the findings from a recent study by researchers at Indiana University’s
Can Female Viagra Really Be 400% More Satisfying?
A new prescription drug called flibanserin was given approval by the US Food and Drug Administration in August.Flibanserin, which is expected to be marketed under the trade name “Addyi,” is referred to as “female Viagra,” though that nickname isn’t
