The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is advising that this winter all individuals suffering from heart disease throughout the UK should get the flu injection. In the UK there are 2.7 million individuals living with heart disease, and those with the disease who get an infection like the flu have a fourfold higher risk of suffering [...]

VIVUS, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the company’s new drug application (NDA) for its investigational drug candidate, Avanafil, for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). The target date for the FDA to complete its review of the Avanafil NDA is April 29, 2012. Avanafil works [...]

There may be a ray of hope for men who are suffering from the classic male pattern baldness if research scientists at Yale University are to be believed. The researchers identified stem cells within the skin’s fatty layer and showed that molecular signals from these cells were necessary to spur hair growth in mice, according [...]

It is widely acknowledged that smoking can be harmful to one’s health, and the composition of cigarettes over the past 50 years has changed. Now there are less tar and nicotine concentrations in cigarette smoke, but also this has led to an apparent increase in the concentration of specific carcinogens, including beta-napthylamine, a known bladder [...]

In an attempt to fight balding, The Food and Drug Administration has approved a machine called the Artas System for commercial use that intends to bring one’s follicles back to life. The System combines several features including an interactive, image-guided robotic arm, special imaging technologies, small dermal punches and a computer interface. However there is [...]

There have been some reports that medication to help people quit the smoking habit may have some slight increased risk of cardiovascular problems, but this is put into the shade when it is known that smoking is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and quitting smoking is one of the most important things people [...]

Although we are still in the summer months ‘flu vaccines are being prepared in readiness for the oncoming winter when the annual epidemic strikes. This viral disease usually strikes between October and May. It lasts from three to five days and can be followed by fatigue for two or three weeks. It usually causes aching [...]

If you are amongst the one in three men who suffer from premature ejaculation (PE) the embarrassment can be easily put to rest through buying the very latest treatment Priligy. This tablet is the first oral medication for premature ejaculation. It is available following an online consultation with a doctor and is supplied in tablet [...]

It is hoped that a newly found antibody could end the annually changing ‘flu vaccines with their hit-and-miss effectiveness to give way to a single, near-universal flu vaccine. Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute and the Dutch biopharmaceutical company Crucell during tests on animals believe that the new antibody can prevent or cure infections with [...]

For those people who are not dangerously overweight, the best way to lose weight is through diet and exercise and nothing more. For long-term weight loss and sustainability of weight loss, that is the only way. Gaining or losing weight is simply a function of how many calories the body is receiving (through food) and [...]