Viagra Shows Promise as Lung Therapy
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Viagra, which treats a common but decidedly nonfatal male malady, might soon have a new role treating a rare but life-threatening disease that strikes mainly women.
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Doctors on Tyneside use Viagra in a last-ditch attempt to save the life of a premature baby.
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Doctors are hopeful about a new drug to treat skin cancer by causing tumor cells to self-destruct by overloading them with oxygen
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Treatment with statins, the  widely prescribed class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, appears  to slow the age-related decline in lung function in elderly  individuals, even among those who smoke, according to a report  in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care  Medicine.
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Viagra may aid in the treatment of enlarged hearts that can result from high blood pressure, tests on animals indicate. Plans are under way for a trial to determine if similar results occur in humans given the drug widely used to treat erectile dysfunction.
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New data presented today confirm that advanced lung cancer patients canlook forward to better-quality survival when treated with Alimta(R)(pemetrexed), a newly approved anticancer agent in the European Unioncompared with Taxotere(R) (docetaxel).
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LONDON: Doctors are warning people not to buy the anti-impotency drug, Viagra, over the internet, because they have found conclusive evidence that it is usually fake and could lead to a number of side effects, including a heart attack.
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NEW YORK  - Approximately one out of six  gay men use Viagra recreationally, and are more likely to do so  if they are also using illegal drugs, new research indicates.
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A vaccine made with synthetic pieces of bacterial DNA has been shown in animal studies not only to stop asthma in its tracks but also to reverse the lung damage caused by the disease, according to California scientists.
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Weight training can greatly improve the day-to-day lives of elderly people with lung disease, research suggests.
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Viagra could be used to help people flying eastwards recover from jetlag, research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Inhaling a compound that is  normally produced in the lungs but is lacking in people with  cystic fibrosis seems to be helpful for such patients, results  of a pilot study indicate.
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A drug that could do for women what Viagra has done for men is being tested at the University of Virginia. The drug is a testosterone-laden ointment called LibiGel and it's intended to boost the libido of women who have lost interest in sex. It will be prescribed at UVa in coming months to women who are suffering from hypoactive sexual desire disorder.
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White blood cells could be good targets for future asthma drugs, researchers hope.
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Encysive Pharmaceuticals on Monday  said its experimental drug to treat an often-fatal lung  condition was effective in a late-stage trial and it appeared  to be safer than the only approved drug for the illness.
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A new compound gives hope as the disease has become increasingly resistant to current drugs. By Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times.
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NEW YORK  - Men with chronic obstructive  pulmonary disease (COPD) -- which includes a number of lung  problems such as emphysema that make breathing difficult -- may  benefit from an extra dose of testosterone, a new study  indicates.