Health Tips for a Better Life

Well, here’s a story, sad but true, about a man whose job came under threat. Meet Greg Williams – no, not that Greg Williams who made a name for himself playing for the Washington Redskins. This is a homely guy – great husband, better dad – who makes his living in the movie business. Except you have probably never heard of him by name. But those of you who have seen one or two adult movies might have seen this good looking guy… Ah, ha! It’s sometimes hard to drag your eyes away from the young ladies in shot but, in the straight sex movies, there has to be a guy around. Well, Greg has made his living out of his looks and physique for the last decade or so. At first, he was just an outstanding success. There he would be on a cold and draughty set with a crew of bored technicians standing around while the lighting tech fiddled with the color tinting to get just the right effect. A MILF would be huddled in a corner sipping a cup of hot cocoa. The director would get the nod. The lights were ready. So, it’s places everyone and, “Action!” Which is why Greg was such a professional always in demand from directors. He could join the gun club the moment the cocoa disappeared and the MILF smiled.

Except this work does get a little tiring. It’s a wonderful ability to be able to turn a spectacular erection on and off at will. But Greg started to lose his edge. At first, it just took him a little longer to draw his pistol. Then the pistol was not the hardest model. But help was at hand. Greg had watched all the ads for the little blue pills, never dreaming that, one day, he would need to take one. But that day came as faintly surprised eyebrows were raised around the industry. His agent whispered a warning in this ear. With some curiosity, he popped a pill with his hot cocoa and, like magic, he was back to the instantaneous responsiveness that had carried him to stardom. Even the MILF managed something more than her usual bored smile.

Although this is an extraordinary situation, the pressure on a man to perform at his best is always there. You might not have a crew standing around with lights and cameras to record every twitch and movement of your penis as it readies for action, but you still want the best out of yourself. That’s why viagra has made itself the world’s top selling brand for drugs to treat erectile dysfunction. No matter where you are, no matter how pressured the situation, you will always rise to the occasion when you feel sexually stimulated. This drug consistently helps all men of all ages to produce an erection hard enough to penetrate their partner. Just allow about thirty minutes between taking the pill and expected action and results are guaranteed. So buy viagra online and time the swallow to perfection. That way, when your partner shouts, “Action!” you can step up to the plate and hit a home run every time – sorry Greg, it’s the wrong sport but the metaphor still works, OK?

In some cultures, the best guess was that the world was flat and that the sun was a kind of torch or fire put there by gods to light the sky and keep us warm. Today, even though scientists have not always had the best of reputations, we have at least managed to prove the world to be roundish and that the Earth orbits the sun. Although this kind of science is interesting in an abstract kind of way, it does not touch individual lives in the same way as, say, medical research. Here concerned scientists may work to understand different diseases or disorders so that more effective treatments can be devised. The work of one team may save the lives of millions over the next decades. It is therefore faintly curious that, for the most part, astronomy is funded by the state and the development of medications is funded by private companies for profit. Common sense should have this the other way round. There is no immediate social benefit from knowing more about the cosmos so what justification is there for spending public money on this research? Equally, there is every benefit for the community at large if more safer and effective treatments are made available. Lives will be saved. The quality of life for those who are injured can be improved. This would seem to be worthy of support out of public funds.

But the current system is to leave it to private interests to decide what to research. If there are only a few people who have this problem or the many are too poor to pay a high retail price, there is no profit to be earned. So no research and development to help them. As a result, millions die from diseases that could be treated. Even when a “good” social purpose is served, the basic research is only done to get the drug or device approved. Once the FDA has given its nod, the spotlight passes on to the next drug in the pipeline. Little is done to follow up on how the drug actually performs once it is let loose into the world. The reason, of course, is that this research could be inconvenient and damage the profitability of the drug. Suppose the research found the drug was killing patients. It would have to be withdrawn and profits would dry up.

It is therefore interesting to see that viagra is probably the most continuously researched drug on the planet. For example, in 2002, there was a piece of meta-research done on 27 sets of clinical trials. This is research which picks the best conducted individual trials and puts all the results together to see if there are any general trends. There have been more than one hundred more trials since then. The conclusion is that viagra is not only safe but also effective in men who suffer erectile dysfunction because of depression, diabetes, heart disease, prostate cancer and spinal cord injuries. It is a shame the same level of interest is not shown in proving other drugs such as Vioxx to be as safe.