Zagazig University adds to the growing pool of information about the drug known as Viagra: “Sildenafil: from angina to SARS-CoV-2 [Sildénafil: de l’angine au SARS-CoV-2],” Ghada M. Khairy, Sawsan M.A. El-Sheikh, Naglaa Z. Eleiwa, and Azza A.A. Galal, Sexologies, epub 2021. The authors, at the Department of Pharmacology, Zagazig University, Egypt, report: Sildenafil was first […]
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Study Hints that Low Viagra Price Enlivens Men in Sweden
Cheap thrills save lives, some might infer from this new study: “Sildenafil and Suicide in Sweden,” Ralph Catalano, Sidra Goldman-Mellor, Tim A. Bruckner, and Terry Hartig, European Journal of Epidemiology, epub 2021. (Thanks to Staffan Yngve for bringing this to our attention.) Here’s a plot of data from the study, which comes with the explanation […]
“Viagra is the universal cure-all of our time” ?
This week’s Cogno-Intellectual Debate Topic: Viagra is the universal cure-all of our time. It is our ipecac. Please discuss. Or not. For background, see the article in Quartz that includes this passage: Period pain can be “almost as bad as a heart attack.” Why aren’t we researching how to treat it? … Legro’s experience is instructive. Thanks […]
Local Management for Sustainable Agronomic Development of ‘Himalayan Viagra’
In the case of so-called “Himalayan Viagra,” farmers in Tebet are devising their own way to protect a suddenly valuable, scare local crop, suggests this study: “Indigenous Management Strategies and Socioeconomic Impacts of Yartsa Gunbu (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) Harvesting in Nubri and Tsum, Nepal,” Geoff Childs, Namgyal Choedup, Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal […]
Viagra Induces Fractal Growth in Mushrooms in Switzerland
“Viagra Induces Fractal Growth in Mushrooms in Switzerland“, by Gabriele Losa [pictured here], appears in the special Cloning & Evolution issue of the Annals of Improbable Research. (The article is also online.) It begins: This study investigates the effect of Sildenafil (a synthetic drug that is known to much of the public as “Viagra“) on the growth […]
Tiny Study: Internet-Ordered Viagra Is Rarely Genuine
The company that manufactures Viagra mounted a tiny study of some of the products called “Viagra” that are sold via some web sites: “Internet-Ordered Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate) Is Rarely Genuine,” Neil Campbell, John P. Clark, Vera J. Stecher, Irwin Goldstein, Journal of Sexual Medicine, volume 9, issue 11, November 2012, pp. 2943–2951. The authors, at […]