Archive for January, 2007

AIDS Group Suing Pfizer’s Viagra

An AIDS awareness and advocacy group is planning on suing the makers of the most popular male sexual enhancement drug on the market today, and definitely the most well known little blue pill, Viagra.  Why are they planning on suing the makers of Viagra?  Well, the groups claims that recent advertisements for the Viagra sexual enhancement drug contain images and suggestions that are powerfully suggestive of using the drug as a party drug and as a recreational drug, which is not any prescription drug’s intended purpose (although we all know many prescription drugs, both sexual and nonsexual, are abused this way). 

The nonprofit organization which raises awareness and fights for research on AIDS treatments also alleges that the marketing of the popular sex drug as a recreational party drug has allowed for the further spread of AIDS through reckless sexual behavior and risky sex acts that may not be performed if someone has their head screwed on straight (eg without a head full of drugs or drug cocktails, as Viagra is used in on the party circuit apparently).

The reason the group is saying these ads target those more likely to take the drug to increase sexual response in conjunction with other popular street drugs is that it targets younger guys in the commercials, guys that could be in their twenties or early thirties, and the drug really is supposed to target older men who actually have an inability to sustain an erection or need help boosting their natural libido, not young guys who just want to use it for fun. 

An example they used (which I’m not so sure I agree with, I think it may be a little over the top, but possibly not suggestive of recreational use as other commercials) is a spot where it suggests you use the drug on Superbowl Sunday, saying “be this Superbowl’s MVP” or something to that effect.  Thoughts anyone?

Sex Book Causing a Stir

Apparently parents are up in arms about a racy book that is aimed at preteens, who in an ideal world should not yet be having sex, especially since they haven’t even fully matured at that young age enough to make the wisest decisions about their body and about sexual choices. 

The book is called “TTYL”, which, in the text  and instant messaging world if you’re a little behind on that stuff like I am, means Talk to Ya Later in teen speak.  The ridiculous book features a series of “text messages” supposedly between preteens and teens that feature racy situations like sex acts, flirting with adult teachers, and other things that really are a bit too provocative for a teen to be able to get out of the school library or local library. 

Here’s my suggestion : Parents, keep an eye on what your kids are reading.  Try to keep up on the latest teen lingo, even though I do admit it can be hard at times, myself being a novice in the instant messaging and text messaging world.  The book is actually only meant for teens age 14 and up, but many kids that are much younger than that have been able to get it out of the library. 

As an educated parent, you can help cut down on unnecessary criticism and censorship in the US and help us to preserve a society where parents are ultimately responsible for the materials their kids get ahold of. 

Men’s Multivitamins Don’t Pass Tests in Some Cases

An interesting study came out that was by no means comprehensive, but nonetheless has some interesting implications for the health and vitamin supplement for men industry, for sure.  The study was aimed at either debunking the claims of certain multivitamins that are currently on the market, or satisfying their claims of vitamin substance, and freedom of contaminants.  What the studies and analysis came up with though, is actually pretty disturbing. 

Many of the popular multivitamins for men that are on the market today did not stand up to the tests given.  In other words, some didn’t contain the percentage RDA of each vitamin that the label claimed, or the vitamin did not dissolve in adequate time in order that it would be passed through the digestive track and be fully digested and absorbed as it should be for maximum potency. 

Another alarming thing came up too though on these multivitamins, and that is that some were even found to be contaminted with things like lead, and other heavy metals that could be harmful if swallowed.  One particular formula was actually alarmingly high in lead, which is a substance that should be nowhere near any product that is manufactered for ingestion by a human.

One thing the researchers said is that you do get what you pay for, and buying reputable brands are the best way to go if you’re in doubt.  I take it this means to stay away from the store brands, and that is exactly what I do.  I prefer to buy mine from high quality providers. 

Prostate Cancer/Obesity Paradox

This new study hit recently, and you’ll soon see why it has been called a “paradox” when you see the results.  We know that obesity and all the health problems that go along with it are often linked to different kinds of cancer.  One of those cancers is the male cancer that evolves from deterioration of prostate health, a vital gland in the male body that can be greatly affected by testosterone levels.

The paradox, though, is that statistically more obese men die of prostate cancer, but less obese men are actually diagnosed with prostate cancer when compared to their normal-weight counterparts.  The seeming paradox though, may not really be a paradox at all.

Instead, it may be a more logical explanation.  The researchers who discovered this are thinking (as am I), that it actually can be explained by the fact that prostate cancer is less easily detected in obese men, so this would explain a higher mortality rate from prostate cancer, linking it to later diagnosis and treatment.

I think that makes more sense, especially since many times, obesity leads to issues with prostate health in the first place.  So much for the paradox!  See, it ALWAYS pays to stay healthy, slim and fit and pay attention to the pivotal issues of men’s health.

Herbs for Sexual Enhancement

There’s been much ado about using herbs for sexual enhancement, and in fact, although some may be quick to “poo poo” anything that is an alternative to traditional medical pharmaceuticals, there are in fact herbs that mimic the same effects as say a Viagra or Cialis, only they do it on a safer scale. 

You see, most pharmaceutical drugs, in fact almost ALL of them, are simply very concentrated derivatives of something that originated in an herb or botanical, or in some sort of natural compound.  In fact, herbs and plants are basically what started medicine as we know it today.  The problem is, many of these medicinal herbs and plants were bastardized to the point of being unsafe in many cases. 

Take for example, the well known acne medication, Accutane.  Did you know it is nothing more than a very powerful derivative of Vitamin A?  In fact, it’s so powerful that it has caused substantial enough side effects to warrant a national registration program for users so the FDA can monitor those that are on it.  This is just one example.  Other examples of herbs in modern medicine are antibiotics, which are derived from good, old fashioned mold.  That’s right, they are basically a bunch of mold that we take to fend off ailments. 

And those have caused issues as well, because many of them, the human race has become immune to.  For more information on how you can use herbs to enhance your sex life, see these pages in Male Enhancement Magazine, as they will show you some of the best herbal medicines for sexual enhancement for men today :

Vig RX Penis Enlargement (helps to enhance the size of your erection, making for a more powerful sexual experience for both of you), Deer Antler Plus Herbal Formula for Multiple Orgasms (preps the male body for multiple orgasms, and an overall longer and more fulfilling sexual experience for both parties), Natural Gain Plus Review, Size Genetics Review (penis enlargement using a device and a potent herbal supplement for maximum blood flow, and volume)

How Do You Think Women Choose Their Men?

So, what do you think determines whether a woman chooses a mate to be her temporary lover, or her lifetime partner to have kids, the white picket fence and the golden retriever – the whole shubang with?  Well according to a new and controversial study on a theory of human attraction and how physical characteristics can tell certain things about personality and temprement called

The idea that women pick their male mates and lovers due to almost subliminal signals sent by the way a guy looks makes sense though.  Otherwise, why would all those Hollywood stars with chiseled features be the coveted physical ideal of a masculine, virile, man? 

The premise goes like this : Women tend to choose lifetime partners who have rounder faces and fuller lips, typical traits of the feminine.  They conversely tend to select men with strong, square jawlines, broad shoulders, and other very masculine features, to be flings or short term relationships. 

Pictures shown to women in the study upheld the belief that women tend to see men with an abundance of testosterone, and therefore more masculine traits, as being perhaps overly tempered, more likely to cheat, and a bit more unreliable as fathers, but they tend to see men who do not have as many obviously masculine physical traits as being nonthreatening, a good person to settle down with.  

Has Penis Implant Surgery Gotten Any Better, or Safer?

Remember how we reported on the potential misgivings of penile implant surgery?  How it was a little too easy to get a “botched” penis implant job, and also how the potential side effects and dangers were just plain old not worth this still high priced surgery (yes, it is not coming down like women’s breast implants are, perhaps because a lot of men don’t relish the idea of someone cutting into their penile tissue simply to try to enlarge their member). 

The average price for penile enlargement surgery, or penile implant surgery, is around $9,000 to $10,000, for both the lengthening and thickening service (which is what most men would want I would think, so their penis is both wider and longer, instead of a “pencil” penis or a short and fat penis). 

I guess there are options to get one or the other done, but as I said I’m not really sure why a guy would just want lengthening and not thickening, or vice versa.  That’s a pretty expensive surgery, especially for a procedure that still, unfortunately hasn’t made great strides in efficiently providing a larger penis through surgical intervention. 

Overall, unfortunately, penis implant surgery is really only recommended for men who have had some sort of trauma and need rebuilding of the penis in order to get and maintain an erection.  There are just too many risks, including the inability to get an erection, infection, penile implant migration and other risks that are just too tricky to come up with good solutions for given the fact that this part of the body is used so often, and there is a lot of room for error and trauma to the area after surgery. 

So, it’s a tricky one, but I’m sure with all the medical advances today, and the popularity of penile enlargement options, they may come up with some medically acceptable and low risk way to surgically enhance penis size without jeopardizing performance.   

Why the “Big Penis” Obsession?

A lot of guys have the question “does size REALLY matter to women, or is it how you use it that matters most”.  Well, a lot of women do have the cliched view that bigger is better, and in fact, many women do prefer that their partners penis is bigger, for the simple fact that they get more sensation, the man can penetrate more deeply, and the width, girth and length of a bigger penis tends to rub up against the vaginal walls in all the right places, making a woman have more sensations. 

It also is much easier to create the necessary sensations on the “G spot” and other highly sensitive areas near the clitoris if you have a bigger penis, so, unfortunately, yes, men with bigger penises do have an advantage performing sexually over men with smaller penises in many ways.  However, there are a few women who prefer men with average or below average penis sizes, but unfortunately, as with everything American, most women have the “bigger and more is better” outlook on this part of the male body. 

Men also like to have a bigger penis, because they feel more confident, as a man’s penis is the ultimate symbol of his manhood.  A man likes to have a thicker, larger penis because it looks more visually stimulating, he feels like he can really please a woman sexually, and he is not embarrassed to go naked in a locker room. 

These may seem like very simplified, dramatic statements, and in fact just hearing me say them kind of makes me feel bad, but these are the facts.  These are the reasons the penis enlargement industry is so huge today.  Ehem, no pun intended. 

Seriously though, there are some excellent natural penis enlargement methods and products out there that really have helped and do help men with a small penis get a larger, longer and fuller penis.  You just gotta know how to shop for them. 

Penis Enlargement in the Stone Ages?

I’m not sure how accurate this is, just as a warning before you laugh – because it does sound totally ridiculous, although I can see men of all cultures going to great lengths to enlarge the size of their penis through exercises and all sorts of other tricks like that.  Well, I read that men in an ancient culture actually made it a practice to try to make their penis bigger by actually tying heavy stones or large rocks to the end of their penis and letting it literaly hang there for minutes or hours. 

They would work their way up to longer time periods, and heavier stones, and they actually were judged on this as sort of a societal stature thing as well from what I understand.  It must have worked, because this practice continued for quite some time.  Seems guys in the old times were just as aware of the importance of penis size in fulfilling his woman too, eh? 

One of the concepts today that could sort of relate to the stone tying and hanging on the penis as a method of natural penis enlargement might be the method of using a mechanical device called a penis stretcher, which actually uses the same concept by gently stretching the penis tissue while it is in a flacid spongy state and most susceptible to actually being manipulated, so that the skin and the whole penis becomes longer, naturally. 

This is the concept the ever so popular Size Genetics system uses to enlarge the man’s penis.  For a full review of the system and the volumizing supplements (these help with girth and with penis volume) see Size Genetics System Review.  There are some interesting concepts for penis enlargement, aren’t there?  And they really work, which is the crazy thing!

VigRX and VigRX Plus : What is it?

VigRX is an herbal sexual enhancement formula made for men that actually distinguishes itself in a few ways.  You’re probably thinking, sure there seems to be thousands of these products that all seem to have the same claims, and hey, you may have even tried one or a few (as I have, I love this stuff, it really can make a huge difference in your sex life, and I’m a very sexual person).  VigRX is advertised in some of the biggest magazines too, and actually has a good reputation for high quality, and for doing the things it says it can do on the label and on the ads. 

VigRX is a good product in its original form, but they’ve recently introduced a newer and more potent sexual enhancement product called VigRX Plus that has some additional benefits as well.  They are both all natural formulas, which is always a good thing.  Remember not too long back, the FDA issuing warnings on several “natural” male enhancement products that actually were found to have traces of prescription men’s enhancement drugs like Cialis and Viagra in them? 

That’s not a good thing.  These can be potentially dangerous if the wrong guy uses them, so an all natural, guaranteed formula is a must if you are looking for prescription alternatives, and VigRX and VigRX Plus are two of the most potent and highest quality sexual enhancement products out there.  For a full review on these products see VigRX Review.  It’ll give you a full scoop on why Male Enhancement Magazine likes this product so much, and it can make so many men smile a lot more. 

Hint : A big part of the reason VigRX works better is that it contains a patented ingredient which has proven to make herbal tinctures absorb more easily into the blood stream, so they go to work, fast, and effectively, they don’t just “fizzle out” as soon as they hit your digestive juices.