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The logo of the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA). The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.(FDA)

'All-natural' sex pill contains Viagra chemical: FDA

AFP - Thu Nov 5, 5:22 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.

  • Chinese official: Syphilis boom driven by economy AP - Tue Nov 3, 11:43 AM ET

    GENEVA - China has seen a tenfold increase in syphilis cases over the past decade, as migrant workers made enough money in the country's economic boom to hire more prostitutes, a senior Chinese health official was quoted as saying Tuesday.

  • China's economy powering syphilis spread Reuters - Tue Nov 3, 5:27 AM ET

    GENEVA (Reuters) - China is experiencing an epidemic of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that the country virtually wiped out in the 1960s, a senior public health official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

  • Guidelines Urge Use of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs HealthDay - Thu Oct 22, 11:49 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors should prescribe oral phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitor drugs, such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, for men with erectile dysfunction, unless the patient is on nitrate therapy, according to a clinical practice guideline issued by the American College of Physicians.

  • Risque British backpackers live riskily Down Under Reuters - Wed Oct 21, 7:26 AM ET

    CANBERRA (Reuters) - British backpackers holidaying in Australia are returning home with much more than a suntan, and could be driving the spread Down Under of sexually transmitted diseases with their risky behaviour, a study has found.

  • Men's confidence in their erections varies widely across Europe with Spanish men most worried and Germans the happiest, a survey for the makers of Viagra has shown.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)
    Hardness is the way to happiness: sex survey AFP - Tue Oct 20, 4:29 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Men's confidence in their erections varies widely across Europe with Spanish men most worried and Germans the happiest, a survey for the makers of Viagra has shown.

  • Impotence, Incontinence Risk Casts Doubt on High-Tech Prostate Surgery HealthDay - Tue Oct 13, 11:48 PM ET

    TUESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Heightened risks for post-operative incontinence and impotence may outweigh any benefits from minimally invasive "keyhole" surgery for prostate cancer, a new study suggests.

  • New prostate surgery not necessarily better: study Reuters - Tue Oct 13, 6:41 PM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Men who have less invasive prostate cancer surgery -- often done robotically -- are more likely to be incontinent and have erectile dysfunction than men who have conventional open surgery, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

  • Dr. Greg Zagaja performs a robotic prostatectomy on a patient at University of Chicago Medical Center using a da Vinci Si robotics system, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 in Chicago. A study, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
    Robotic prostate surgery may mean big trade-off AP - Tue Oct 13, 4:40 PM ET

    CHICAGO - A new study suggests less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery.

  • Women's Empowerment: 'Men Are Interested' OneWorld.net - Mon Oct 12, 10:15 PM ET

    ENTEBBE, Oct 12 (IPS) - A trident of gender legislation will be debated in Uganda's parliament in November: the Marriage and Divorce Bill, the Domestic Violence Bill and the Female Genital Mutilation Bill.

  • An Indian activist during a protest against sex education in New Delhi in September 2009. The sex education lesson for 15-year-olds is not part of India's national syllabus, and the exclusive private school teaching the subject is taking a risk by passing on the facts of life to its pupils.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)
    Discreet sex education breaks Indian taboo AFP - Mon Oct 12, 2:47 AM ET

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - In a Delhi classroom, 40 sheepish girls and boys stare silently at a sketch of a couple making love.

  • Truckers Trailed By Risky Behaviors: Study HealthDay - Fri Oct 9, 11:49 PM ET

    FRIDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Prevention programs for long-distance truck drivers may help reduce risky behavior that can lead to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and hepatitis C, say U.S. researchers.

  • Officials: Food stamps swapped for booze, Viagra AP - Fri Oct 9, 9:16 PM ET

    DETROIT - Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit liquor store supplied them during a series of illegal deals.