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A Short History   Viagra (sildenafil) was a breakthrough in the pharmaceutical world when it was first researched and released to the public. Never before had a pill been able to produce an erection. A groundbreaking (and likely very uncomfortable) presentation at the 1983 Urodynamics Society conference in Las Vegas […]

A study released in June of 2014 shows an 84% increased risk of melanoma linked to use of the popular erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (which is also known as sildenafil). The study looks at data compiled from 25,848 men who participated in the Health Professional’s Follow-Up Study at Harvard’s School […]

Male enhancement drugs might seem tempting to those with low testosterone and other erectile dysfunction issues, but the Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that popping such pills is dangerous and possibly deadly. Between January and August of 2014, the federal agency issued 20 alerts, each targeting a different […]

Popular testosterone-replacement drugs have been called into question by a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, which has voted in favor of restricting their use to men with medically related low testosterone. Currently, the drugs are marketed mainly to men with age-related low testosterone as a relatively quick and painless […]

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (“Stryker Orthopaedics”), a subsidiary of Stryker Corporation, and Court-appointed committees of attorneys representing Rejuvenate Modular-Neck and ABG II Modular-Neck plaintiffs in New Jersey Multicounty and Federal Multidistrict litigations announced a Settlement Agreement. The lawsuits stem from two hip implants that Stryker recalled due to corrosion and other […]

Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer found in humans, and is also the fifth most common type of cancer. In 2014, it is estimated that nearly 76,100 new cases of melanoma will be diagnosed in the United States, with around 9,710 patients dying from the disease. Melanoma […]