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The erectile dysfunction drug Viagra may have found a new, potentially life-saving use in hospital pediatric intensive care units, researchers report
Australian researchers gave the drug to 15 babies with congenital heart disease who were being weaned from inhaled nitric-oxide therapy, a treatment that ICUs use to help these infants survive.

Viagra Helps COPD Patients Control Pulmonary Blood Pressure
The drug sildenafil, popularly known as Viagra, may help people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease control the illness-related blood pressure spikes in the heart's pulmonary artery, a new study found.

Propecia Increases Hair Weight And Quality, Improves Scalp Coverage: Presented at ADV
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS -- September 29,1999 -- The first-ever pill for male hair loss holds new promise for millions of men, following the results of a new study.

Dreams and Erections
The average male has four to eight spontaneous erections every night while he sleeps. They usually occur during the REM stage, when dreaming is most common.

Viagra and the Mountains
"It provides a pretty clear advantage to some people," said Annie Friedlander, the senior author of the study, which appears in the Journal of Applied Physiology.

Women can benefit from Viagra
Viagra may help some women Women can benefit from taking the impotence drug Viagra, scientists have claimed.

Fast-acting Viagra spray developed
A spray could have a faster effect than a pill Impotent men could benefit from Viagra in five to 10 minutes instead of up to an hour by taking the drug through the nose, researchers say.

Viagra Improves Urinary Tract Symptoms In Men With Erectile Dysfunction
Viagra© (sildenafil citrate), known for improving erectile dysfunction (ED), also effectively treats the prostate and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with prostate enlargement that often occur with ED, a Northwestern University study has found.

Viagra improves sex for postmenopausal women
Pfizer Inc (maker of Viagra) funded the study which monitored 200 postmenopausal women with FSAD (female sexual arousal disorder).

Cialis aids prostate cancer sex function
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Dutch scientists say they have found a drug usually prescribed for erectile dysfunction in men increases the sexual function of prostate cancer survivors.

Viagra may treat 'cold hands' syndrome
Many men use Viagra (sildenafil) to speed up their sex lives.

Raising the issue of Viagra costs- who should pay?
Imagine a new drug that could restore some lost physical ability, at least for a few hours.