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Viagra has been one of the biggest blockbuster drugs of all times. It has solved many a marital problem. Now here's a story about how it's causing some new, unanticipated trouble for couples.
Women complain of too much sex
07/16/05
Some New Zealand women say Viagra is giving their sex life too much of a lift. They complain that their partners insist on having sex - regardless of their own mood - because the men want to get their money's worth. A 48-year-old, who said Viagra made sex inevitable, said the attitude was: "I've taken the pill, OK, let's go". And a 60-year-old, explaining the difficult adjustment to a sudden, vigorous sex life, said: "All of a sudden Viagra became the focus in the house for a while".
07/16/05
Some New Zealand women say Viagra is giving their sex life too much of a lift. They complain that their partners insist on having sex - regardless of their own mood - because the men want to get their money's worth. A 48-year-old, who said Viagra made sex inevitable, said the attitude was: "I've taken the pill, OK, let's go". And a 60-year-old, explaining the difficult adjustment to a sudden, vigorous sex life, said: "All of a sudden Viagra became the focus in the house for a while".
The Montreal Gazette reported that while much scientific research had been done on the safety of drugs aimed at improving sexual performance of men - and increasingly, more on women - few had looked at the emotional and relational impacts.
Meika Loe, of Colgate University, said the success of Viagra had been a double-edged sword: "What is new is the pressure that comes with the Viagra phenomenon and the pressure to be sexual".
In Ms Potts' study, some women complained that their husbands could have multiple erections over a 24-hour period and even though the women didn't want to have sex, they felt a duty to endure it to help their partners repair their battered self-esteem.
When one 57-year-old was asked what would happen if she told her partner she wasn't in the mood for sex, she replied: "I think he'd be pretty deflated, really, and I think it would be worse because of the fact that he'd taken that pill. I'm frightened that it would hurt his feelings."
Some women reported that less time was spent on pleasurable activities other than intercourse while others said they'd get angry with their husbands for not consulting them before popping a pill.
If you take daily fish oil (omega 3 fatty acids), or if you take soy supplements (i.e. Estroven) for hot flashes, here's something that might interest you. And it's from Emory University.
Soy and fish oil may help prevent heart attacks
12 Apr 2005
12 Apr 2005
Taking daily supplements of fish or soy oil may improve cardiac function and protect against heart attacks in the short-term. Study results published in the April issue of CHEST are the first to show that soy oil increases heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of cardiac autonomic function.
Fernando Holguin, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. "In fact, our study group showed improvements in heart function in as little as two weeks."
Researchers from Atlanta, GA, Boston, MA, and Cuernavaca, Mexico, took the HRV of 58 elderly patients every other day for two months to establish a baseline for each participant. For 11 weeks, half of the study participants took a daily 2 g supplement of fish oil, which contains marine-derived omega-3 fatty acids, and the other half took a daily 2 g supplement of soy oil, which contains plant-derived omega-3 fatty acids. The omega-3 fatty acids improve heart function by providing greater variability between beats, therefore reducing the risk of arrhythmia and/or sudden death.
Researchers discovered that while patients in both groups experienced a significant increase in HRV, those who took the fish oil supplements achieved a greater increase in a shorter time period.
"Studies like this demonstrate that there are additional approaches we can take to protect ourselves from heart attacks," said Paul A. Kvale, MD, FCCP, President of the American College of Chest Physicians. "It's exciting to see the potential for omega-3 fatty acids in improving heart function when it complements a healthy lifestyle of exercising, maintaining a healthy weight, and getting eight hours of sleep."
Obesity is the talk of the media as well as the medical community. Here's an interesting story that argues that obesity starts in the nursery and argues for more breast feeding.
First Week Critical in Childhood Obesity - U.S. Study
Mon Apr 18 Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - What you feed a newborn baby during the first week of life could be critical in deciding whether that baby grows up to be obese, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They found that formula-fed babies who gained weight rapidly during their first week of life were significantly more likely to be overweight decades later.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - What you feed a newborn baby during the first week of life could be critical in deciding whether that baby grows up to be obese, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They found that formula-fed babies who gained weight rapidly during their first week of life were significantly more likely to be overweight decades later.
"It suggests that there may be a critical period in that first week during which the body's physiology may be programmed to develop chronic disease throughout life," said Dr. Nicolas Stettler, a pediatric nutrition specialist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Writing in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, they said each additional 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of weight gained during the first eight days of life increased a baby's risk of becoming an overweight adult by about 10 percent.
The study also helps reinforce recommendations that mothers breast-feed their babies. "For a variety of health reasons, the American Association of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breast-feeding during a baby's first six months of life," Stettler said. Breast-fed babies are less likely to be overweight.
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