News and Features Related to Erectile Dysfunction

1. FDA Warns of "Natural" ED Supplements
   

   March 26, 2008 -- The FDA is warning consumers not to buy or use "Blue Steel" or "Hero" dietary supplements promoted and sold online for erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment. Those products are unapproved drugs that haven't proven their safety or effectiveness, and they contain unapproved chemicals s

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2. FDA OKs Once-Daily Cialis
   

   Jan. 11, 2008 -- Men taking the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis may now take a low dose of the drug on a daily basis. The FDA has approved once-daily use of Cialis in a dose of 5 milligrams or a new 2.5-milligram dose for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). Once-daily Cialis "may be most ap

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3. ED Drugs Get Hearing Loss Warning
   

   Oct. 19, 2007 -- The FDA is alerting men taking the erectile dysfunction drugs Cialis, Levitra, and Viagra of the potential risk of sudden hearing loss. The FDA has received 29 reports of men who had sudden hearing loss while taking Cialis, Levitra, or Viagra. "Hearing loss was already noted in the

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4. Erectile Dysfunction Hits 18 Million
   

   Feb. 1, 2007 -- More than 18 million American men suffer from erectile dysfunction, but help may not require a little pill. A new study from Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health shows nearly one in five men experience erectile dysfunction, but simple lifestyle changes may be enough to wa

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5. Women & Impotence: A Woman's Point of View About Male Impotence
   

   The TV commercials make it all seem so simple: He can't get an erection so he pops a pill. The next thing you know, his partner is cooing about how her guy is back to his old wild and romantic self. What the commercials don't show you: The painful distress a woman can experience when her man suffers

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6. Erectile Dysfunction-Heart Risk Link
   

   Dec. 20, 2005 -- If an older guy experiences erectile dysfunction (ED), he's got an even bigger problem -- a twofold risk of heart disease. Because heart disease and ED have a common cause -- damage to blood vessels -- it's been thought that erection problems may be an important symptom of heart dis

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7. Erectile Dysfunction, Artery Problems Linked?
   

   Oct. 11, 2005 -- Erectile dysfunction may be an early warning sign of coronary artery disease, even in men without typical risk factors, new research shows. In a small study done in Italy, men with erectile dysfunction showed more signs of being on the road to coronary artery disease than men withou

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8. Studies Link Bike Seats, Erectile Dysfunction
   

   Aug. 25, 2005 -- Erectile dysfunction and bicycling are the topics of three new studies in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. The studies show that when erectile dysfunction is related to bicycling, it's linked to pressure on the perineum (the area between the anus and scrotum where nerves and arteries

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9. Pfizer: Viagra Does Not Raise Blindness Risk
   

   June 28, 2005 -- Pfizer officials say they have found no sign of increased blindness risk in men taking its drug Viagra. Pfizer staff have reviewed all reports of eye-related events since the drug has been on the market, according to a news release from the pharmaceutical company. "There is no evide

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10. Good News for Heart Patients With Impotence
    

    June 28, 2005 -- Important new research shows that many heart patients with erectile dysfunction may be able to safely stop taking the heart medication that makes them ineligible for erectile dysfunction drugs. A sexual medicine specialist calls the findings "groundbreaking," and a noted cardiologis

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