'Female Viagra'? Nov 20, 2009
Female sexual dysfunction has been criticized for being a disease created by pharmaceutical companies to make healthy individuals believe they have a problem requiring medicine. Who is to say that it s dysfunctional, especially when there can be other factors at play. (Fox News)
Female Sexual Dysfunction: Myth or Malady? Nov 18, 2009
Female Sexual Dysfunction: Myth or Malady ... Whether or not the FDA approves flibanserin to treat women's libidos, the German company's trial results have reignited a decade-long debate over the merit of the HSDD diagnosis the most commonly diagnosed female sexual dysfunction which some psychologists say is a made-up condition, promoted precisely for the service of moments like this: a drug-company rep at a conference on sex declaring that a treatment has been discovered ... Intrinsa, a... (Time.com)
"Viagra for Women?" Nov 17, 2009
The results of four clinical trials, Ashton explained, looked at around 1,946 pre-menopausal women with low libido and female sexual dysfunction. When given a 100 milligram dose daily, she said, the drug appears to have significantly increased sexual desire and satisfaction. (CBS News)
New Drug Appears to Fire Up Female Sex Drive Nov 17, 2009
U.S. specialty drug company BioSante, which is developing a testosterone skin gel to treat a decline in libido in menopausal women, has said the market for treatment of female sexual dysfunction in the U.S. was worth more than $2 billion in annual sales. Boehringer cited studies saying one in 10 U.S. women complained of low sexual desire, which may be due to HSDD.. (Fox News)
Female Desire Drug Sparking Libido May Prove Sex Really Is All in Her Head Nov 13, 2009
In 2003, a year after Boehringer started the Bouquet clinical trials, an article written by Ray Moynihan in the called female sexual dysfunction the freshest, clearest example we have of a disease created by pharmaceutical companies to make healthy people think they need medicine ... The only female sexual dysfunction therapy approved in the U.S. is , from NuGyn, Inc., a suction pump that fits over the clitoris much like the erection pumps that predated Viagra. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Feminism Ruined Womens' Lives? Not Really Oct 15, 2009
More recently, as big pharma searches furiously for a female Viagra, an amazingly high 43% of women have been found to suffer from "Female Sexual Dysfunction," or FSD. Now, it's unhappiness, and the range of potential "cures" is dazzling: Seagrams, Godiva, and Harlequin, take note. By Barbara Ehrenreich:Reprinted with permission from TomDispatch. (CBS News)
Sexually Satisfied Women Have Better General Well-being, Study Finds; Older Women Score Higher Than Younger Women Oct 2, 2009
Female sexual dysfunction is a common condition and has been linked to a higher burden of. (July 8, 2008) Predicting a child's future is a near impossible task -- today's straight-A student may not become tomorrow's doctor, and the school-yard bully may actually grow up to become a member of the Peace. (Science Daily)
LifeStyles X2 Condoms Sep 23, 2009
It s also used to treat female sexual dysfunction, and migraines, which gives L-Arginine almost magical properties. But does it work as a topical gel. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Patients reveal diabetes impact Aug 17, 2009
"I am so angry that female sexual dysfunction is not acknowledged and more help given.". Eight in 10 of those polled said they were worried about heart attacks, strokes and nerve damage. (BBC News -- UK)
Sex drug could transform TransTech Jun 27, 2009
the High Point-based drug discovery company with an array of potential therapies for central nervous system disorders, has stumbled into a new area and a new drug that could possibly treat female sexual dysfunction a product that could dramatically lift the company s profile and shape its economic future. The drug, known now as TTP-515, was developed to treat obesity. (Triad Business Journal, NC)
Doc seeks solutions for sexual dysfunction Jun 22, 2009
And while Viagra and similar drugs have revolutionized the treatment of that disorder, basic research into female sexual dysfunction has lagged behind. Until about five years ago, female sexual dysfunction was thought to be largely psychological, Dr. Lewis said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
The new romantics May 17, 2009
What worries its members more than anything else is the race to develop a female sexual dysfunction drug, a so-called "pink Viagra." If a successful one makes it to market, these critics worry, perfectly healthy women will be medicating themselves to approximate a false norm ... They argue that the very concept of "female sexual dysfunction," the condition that such drugs would be targeting, is not an actual medical condition so much as a creation of the pharmaceutical industry. (Boston Globe)
Sexual dysfunction spray gets up experts' noses Apr 28, 2009
Mr Vaisman said he knew female sexual dysfunction was a "big problem" from his days as a gynaecology professor in Russia. He commissioned research firm Galaxy to survey Australian women, and found 79 per cent of sexually active women were unsatisfied with their sex lives. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Women could get a sex drug, too Apr 18, 2009
Although evidence that significant advances have been made into drugs that help treat male can be seen in everything from television commercials to Internet spam, much less progress has been made when it comes to female sexual dysfunction ... There have been attempts at drug treatments for female sexual dysfunctions, including hormone therapies ... Now researchers suggest that medicines employed for male sexual dysfunctions could someday address some forms of female sexual dysfunction as well. (MSNBC -- Health)
Human condition Mar 30, 2009
Restless leg syndrome, social anxiety disorder, female sexual dysfunction, celebrity worship syndrome - it seems that a new illness is invented every week, covering every potential quirk in human behaviour ... " Dr Kendall sees dangers in a "tendency for new categories to be invented, often at the behest of drug companies looking for a new drug". Medical historian, Dr Louise Foxcroft agrees, pointing to ill-defined conditions such as female sexual dysfunction and to the erectile hardness scale... (BBC News -- Health)
When the sizzle fizzles Feb 10, 2009
Maki places female sexual dysfunction, whatever the final number, as similar or equal to that of men ... But because insurance does not pay for either a diagnosis of erectile dysfunction in men or female sexual dysfunction, Maki said, patients must pay the $495 out of pocket. (Florida Today)
FOXSexpert: The Never-Ending Orgasm Feb 10, 2009
While researchers are still trying to figure out what causes PGAD, in "Textbook on Female Sexual Dysfunction," Dr. Irwin Goldstein, the head of the Sexual Health Program at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego, summarized that possible reasons may include one or more of the following. Neurological changes like brain anomaly, post-injury or pelvic nerve hypersensitivity. (Fox News)
International Journal of Impotence Research Feb 8, 2009
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, IJIR continues to publish the most essential research on male and female sexual dysfunction, including important information related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, menopause and vascular deficits ... Visit the to take advantage of this opportunity and to read high-impact research on male and female sexual dysfunction for only an additional $75 per year. (Nature News Service)
