Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. It is expected to affect 16 million Americans by 2050. The hallmarks of AD are amyloid plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Efforts to develop new drugs that directly target amyloid or tau proteins haven’t yielded significant clinical benefits for patients. Another approach… Continue reading Viagra and Alzheimer’s
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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Are Safe, Possibly Beneficial After Heart Attack
Men who filled prescriptions for erectile dysfunction drugs in the years following a heart attack had a substantially lower risk of dying or being hospitalized for heart failure than men who did not use these drugs, according to a study presentED at the American College of Cardiology’s 66th Annual Scientific Session IN 2017. A release… Continue reading Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Are Safe, Possibly Beneficial After Heart Attack
“Pink Viagra” (Which Is Actually Purple) Is Not Selling Well at All
Back in June of 2015 here at thirdAGE, we gave you advance warning that the female libido booster slated for an approval vote by the FDA was costly and risky. Then in August of 2015, we let you know that the pill — dubbed “Pink Viagra” and bearing the brand name Addyi — had in… Continue reading “Pink Viagra” (Which Is Actually Purple) Is Not Selling Well at All
Viagra Doesn’t Cause Melanoma
A rigorous analysis of more than 20,000 medical records concludes that erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra are not a cause of melanoma, an often deadly form of skin cancer, despite the higher risk for the disease among users of these drugs. A detailed report on the research findings was published in the Journal of… Continue reading Viagra Doesn’t Cause Melanoma
Viagra and Related Drugs Are Not a Panacea for ED
Viagra and related drugs are not a universal cure-all for impotence, according to a study from The University of Manchester and NatCen Social Research published in April 2015 in the International Journal of Impotence Research. A release from the university notes that drugs, clinically known as oral phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i), have become the… Continue reading Viagra and Related Drugs Are Not a Panacea for ED