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2006-07-03 17:06:24
by Michael AnsaldoMonday, 3 July 2006The Viagra RingTopic: ApparelViagra has been a godsend for many men, but nothing will cool the flames of passion to an ember faster than pulling out a prescription bottle and struggling with a child-proof cap. Fear not gentlemen, the manufacturer of the Viagra Ring has developed a better way to carry your little blue friend around. These rings feature a hidden compartment that will store one dose, making sure you're always prepared to pop it at a moment's notice. Viagra rings start at $50 and come i ...
2006-07-03 17:20:41
EDITORIALHuman spread of bird flu ominousRecent evidence of H5N1 virus being passed among humans has potentially devastating implications Last month's chilling announcement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that seven members of an Indonesian family who died of bird flu the month before may have been the first cases of human-to-human transmission of the deadly virus made headlines around the world. WHO experts were quick to point out that the spread of the disease within the family on Sumatra was not the result of a vir ...
2006-07-03 17:28:43
... and effective in treating hypogonadal males with erectile dysfunction Hormone supplementation with the transdermic testosterone gel Testogel is safe and well tolerated in men with mild hypogonadism and erectile dysfunction and can improve sexual desire and ability to achieve erection, researchers reported here at the Endocrine Society's 88th Annual Meeting (ENDO 2006)...Results showed that serum testosterone levels were increased after the Testogel plus sildenafil combination therapy, but not after the placebo plus sildenafil combination (2.6 ...
2006-07-03 18:33:21
RedOrbit - Health - AHF Slams New Pfizer Viagra Ad Posted on: Monday, 3 July 2006, 12:00 CDT AHF Slams New Pfizer Viagra Ad The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has criticized Pfizer for contributing to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases by encouraging recreational use of Viagra in its latest print advertising campaign. The advert in question appeared in an edition of Newsweek and features a forty-something African-American couple. Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), said the ad "openly promotes [Vi ...
2006-07-03 22:39:00
... ostriches have been found to have a form of bird flu on a farm in the Western Cape.The outbreak was detected on an ostrich farm about 30km west of Mossel Bay and the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs says at present the outbreak appears to be limited to that single farm which has been placed under quarantine and the ostriches have been culled.The swift action as soon as the birds became sick has led experts to believe the outbreak is under control.It appears the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute have identified the virus as an H5N2 s ...
2006-07-03 22:42:00
... ath of an Indonesian boy last month was from bird flu.To date the official death toll in Indonesia from the deadly virus has now reached 40 and makes the sprawling archipelago one of the hardest hit countries from bird flu and second only to Vietnam which had 42 deaths.Tests done by a WHO laboratory in Hong Kong have confirmed the boy had the H5N1 avian virus.According to officials the 5-year-old died on June 16 in Tulungagung in East Java province a week after being admitted to hospital.Few details have been released other than that there was ...
2006-07-03 22:42:00
... noparticles, researchers at the Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE) at Northwestern University have developed an analogous technology for proteins that can simultaneously detect trace levels of multiple biomarkers associated with human cancer.Reporting its work in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a team led by Chad Mirkin, Ph.D., principal investigator of the Northwestern CCNE, describes its development of nanoparticle-based biobarcodes that can detect three diffe ...
2006-07-04 00:05:00
... upported by funds from the National Institutes of Health. Anna Bakardjiev's work was also supported by a Career Development Award for physician scientists from the NIH. http://www.berkeley.edu/
2006-07-04 01:14:34
AHF slams new Pfizer Viagra ad3rd July 2006By Helen MarshallThe AIDS Healthcare Foundation has criticized Pfizer for contributing to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases by encouraging recreational use of Viagra in its latest print advertising campaign. The advert in question appeared in an edition of Newsweek and features a forty-something African-American couple. Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), said the ad "openly promotes [Viagra's] use as a sex life enhancer and confi ...
2006-07-04 01:15:03
Developing the right devices to test for avian flu and elbowing competitors out of the way won’t be easy. First, medical device companies have to find access to genetic materials of the flu virus. Then they must create diagnostic tools sensitive enough to test the tiniest amount of sample and able to tell the avian flu apart from milder, seasonal flu. They also have to weigh the benefits and risks of tackling a market that may not be lucrative. As much as no one wants to see a global flu pandemic, if H5N1’s wrath never materializes and the g ...
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