Re: How be a loser on Valentine's Day
Originally posted by NYMINUTE:<br /> Somebody somewhere ain't gonna get none?
Mate, that is a daily event.<br /><br />What we need to know is who, when, where, and why, so we can warn and help our brothers.<br /><br />And give them the lady medicine that works, courtesy of Australian researchers who were forced to focus on sex as too many other Australian researchers were already working on beer.<br /><br /><br />Spray-on sex boost for women developed<br />February 10, 2005 - 2:09PM<br /><br />Improved sexual satisfaction for women could be just a spray on the skin away, Australian clinical trials show.<br /><br />The testosterone spray, developed by Melbourne's Monash University, was shown to significantly improve younger women's sexual enjoyment and satisfaction.<br /><br />The spray was tested on 261 premenopausal women aged 35-45 across Australia who had a low libido and testosterone levels.<br /><br />Each woman kept a diary throughout the 16 week study, in which they were also given dummy doses, to record all sexual events along with the level of satisfaction.<br /><br />Initial results show that on average, women who used the spray recorded two more satisfactory sexual experiences a month than before taking the hormone.<br /><br />Principal investigator Susan Davis said all other previous research had focused on postmenopausal women, who were known to have low testosterone levels.<br /><br />"But many younger women also report having low sexual interest and enjoyment and traditionally this has been explained away as being caused by relationship issues, depression or other life circumstances," she said.<br /><br />Advertisement<br />Advertisement"But now we know for many women the underlying problem is biological."<br /><br />Professor Davis said traditionally sexual dysfunction issues were taken more seriously in men than women.<br /><br />"I think it's been more socially acceptable in the past for men to be able to complain of having low sexual function," she said.<br /><br />"I think a lot of women have been scared to say 'I have a problem' in case even their doctor thinks they're sort of promiscuous or there is something wrong with them."<br /><br />Kerran (who did not given her surname), 44, a working mother with three children said she had a noticeable improvement in her sex life and overall wellbeing since using the drug.<br /><br />"At first with the treatment nothing happened. I didn't feel any different ... and then after a couple of months I started to feel really good in all areas," she said.<br /><br />Low testosterone levels occur in about 30 per cent of women aged 20 to 40 and is a major factor in a lack of sexual drive.<br /><br />The study was part of the approval process for the United States Food and Drug Administration.<br /><br />The next step will a larger study over a longer period of time, with the product expected to be on the market within "several" years.<br /><br />Professor Davis said the only noticeable side effect had been a small increase in body hair.
