Drug Makers Target Sexual Dysfunction in Women
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2004 - Jean Toth&#39;s experience with Intrinsa â-rocter &amp; Gamble&#39;s first-in-its-class testosterone skin patch â - changed her life.
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BOSTON Oct. 5, 2004 - An appetite-curbing hormone that failed to live up to its early buzz as a possible key to slowing obesity is now being probed as a potential aid for women who suffer from infertility and eating disorders.
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A new drug in the form of a topical cream may be able to stop the transmission of HIV to women during intercourse, according to new research.
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A drug designed to treat premature   ejaculation works well and is safe, researchers said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - A federal scientific advisory panel meets tomorrow to consider whether to recommend that a skin patch to enhance women&#39;s desire for sex should be licensed as a new drug.
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Staff members of the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued a report raising several questions about an experimental drug from Procter &amp; Gamble (PG:NYSE - news - research) designed to improve sexual desire in women whose ovaries have been
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Federal health advisers say Procter &amp; Gamble&#39;s testosterone patch for women with low libidos needs more study before hitting the bedrooms.
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Procter &amp; Gamble will try today to persuade a federal advisory panel to recommend approval of the first drug, a testosterone patch worn on the abdomen, to increase a woman&#39;s sex drive.
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Women who were counting on Procter and Gambleâs new drug, Intrinsa, to spice up their sex lives will have to wait a little longer.
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A class of hormone-blocking drugs was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was a medication now prescribed by many doctors.
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A hormone patch that works to restore a woman&#39;s sex drive should not be approved until more studies are completed to determine the drug&#39;s risks, federal health advisers said Thursday.
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Doctors shouldn't shy away from asking patients about their sex lives, a new research paper advises. Researchers say problems in the bedroom can translate into serious medical conditions, and ignoring sexual dysfunction may mean missing early indicators for heart failure, depression or other ailments, according to a paper published in Friday's issue of The Lancet.
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In recent years, scientists have discovered that some diseases affect women and men differently, and that treatments for the same disease should perhaps vary by sex.
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A hormone patch that works to restore a woman&#39;s sex drive should not be approved until more studies are completed to determine the drug&#39;s risks, US health advisers said Thursday.
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Nov. 2,2004 - The Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers not to purchase or consume Actra-Rx or Yilishen, two products promoted for sale on Web sites as &quot;dietary supplements&quot; for treating erectile
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WASHINGTON -- The manufacturer of a hormone patch aimed at restoring women&#39;s lost libido told federal health advisers today that the therapy has not been linked to any serious safety problems and urged that approval not be delayed because of an unknown
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BOSTON - An appetite-curbing hormone that failed to live up to its early buzz as a possible key to slowing obesity is now being probed as a potential aid for women who suffer from infertility and eating disorders.