Las Vegas-based Endogenous Stem Cells Activators Inc. (ESAI) announced that it will award a .3 million grant to Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LABioMed) for pre-clinical studies aimed at activating penile endogenous (adult) stem cells with the company’s drug, KRONOS IV.
Pre- and post-menopausal women who self-rated themselves as being sexually satisfied had a higher overall psychological well-being score and scores for “positive well-being” and “vitality,” compared with sexually dissatisfied women in a study of 295 women sexually active more than twice a month. The study also uncovered a positive association between age and well-being, but a negative association for general health.
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with researchers from Lahey Clinic Northshore, Peabody, Mass., believe that androgen deficiency might be the underlying cause for a variety of common clinical conditions, including diabetes, erectile dysfunction, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease (CVD). These findings appear in the September/October issue of the Journal of Andrology.
Researchers believe that androgen deficiency might be the underlying cause for a variety of common clinical conditions, including diabetes, erectile dysfunction, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.
More than £35,000 of unlicensed erectile dysfunction medicine was seized in Sutton Coldfield yesterday as part of a covert investigation undertaken by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). A 60-year-old man was arrested for possession with intent to supply the medicines which included Kamagra, Savitra and Apcalis, all unlicensed Indian products.
An innovative drug-delivery system — nanoparticles encapsulating nitric oxide or prescription drugs — shows promise for topical treatment of erectile dysfunction, according to a new study.
An innovative drug-delivery system nanoparticles encapsulating nitric oxide or prescription drugs shows promise for topical treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a new study by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The new system, tested successfully on a small number of animals, could potentially prevent side effects associated with oral ED medications, if study results can be replicated in humans.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has voiced concerns about the prescribing practices of erectile dysfunction clinics currently under review by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing, Roundtable on Impotency Treatments. “Of the greatest concern is the use of telemedicine to treat erectile dysfunction,” said Dr Chris Mitchell, RACGP President and GP in Northern NSW .
Sexual impairment is common among men with chronic hepatitis C undergoing antiviral therapy, according to a new study.
Obese men are at increased risk for erectile dysfunction (ED), likely caused by atherosclerosis-related hypertension and cardiovascular disease, as well as hormonal changes associated with obesity, as described in a timely article published in Obesity and Weight Management, a journalzine published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The article is available free online at http://www.liebertpub.