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 […]
