Silicone-gel breast implants by Mentor Corp by be re-appearing on the market after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel recommended by a 7-2 vote to lift the ban on silicone breast implants. Don’t expect to see any evidence of silicone replacing saline in a breast near you soon. The panel advised that […]
Cialis’ unique selling proposition is better than Viagra’s or Levitra’s. Here’s why. I was reviewing the Super Bowl Ads and reviewed the Cialis ad. Then I surfed over to their website to see if the message was consistent. It was. Cialis really trumpets the 36 hour window of opportunity for the […]
HIV and the Black population, some unsettling news. A federal government study indicated that the prevalence of HIV infection in blacks ages 18 to 59 in 1991 was about five times higher than what was found in whites. In 2001, it had increased to 13 times that seen in whites. Black men ages 40 to […]
The government panel that advised on Celebrex, Vioxx, and Bextra, was stacked with members that consulted for the Pharmaceutical companies that manufactured the drugs. Is this a confict of interest? Perhaps, or perhaps not, but it doesn’t look good. It actually smells. However, if one thinks about the knowledge required to […]
A virulent strain of H.I.V. may be on the lose. AIDS activists and the medical community continue to fret as evidence continues to mount that a virulent strain of H.I.V., a more aggressive strain may be on spreading. The AIDS crisis was already a major catastrophe worldwide. However even imagining the devastation […]
HIV seems to have mutated to become even more resistant to anti-retroviral drugs. Like most viruses, and life forms for that matter, viruses mutate. Mutation is part of natural selection. A virus has huge advantage over other life forms, rapid explosive life cycles.
If news like this is what it takes to get […]
As Paris Hilton would say: “That’s HOT!” Apparently a dose of testosterone spray can work wonders among women of all ages with low sex drive. But don’t get yourselves hot and bothered yet. Apparently the product is still a couple of years away from being marketed. Besides at the highest dose, […]