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2010-05-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Study: Viagra May Be Linked To Hearing Loss

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Posted by gorb 2010-05-21 04:52|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 You'll go ~~blind~~ deaf!

Posted by Mike 2010-05-21 06:37|| 2010-05-21 06:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Is the slight risk of hearing loss enough to scare men off Viagra?

No! It's a feature, not a bug.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-05-21 06:40|| 2010-05-21 06:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Hard of hearing

/groan

Posted by Oscar 2010-05-21 08:14|| 2010-05-21 08:14|| Front Page Top

#4 OK, you can stop now.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU!

Posted by KBK 2010-05-21 08:39|| 2010-05-21 08:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder if they properly controlled for general health and wellness. Both loss of hearing and impotence can be related through ill-health of various degrees. Also, did they run checks for age cohorts, or just "over 40"?

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-05-21 09:21|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-05-21 09:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Lots of boomers are also deaf cuz of loud rock concerts and even young un's cuz of loud I-pods stuck in their ears 24-7. Scientific studies need to consider other factors, too.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-05-21 09:51|| 2010-05-21 09:51|| Front Page Top

#7 My Doctor won't give me Viagara. He says there's no point in putting a brand-new flagpole on an old condemned building.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-05-21 10:35|| 2010-05-21 10:35|| Front Page Top

#8 As silly as it sounds, the co-inventors of Viagra, Pfizer employees Peter Dunn and Albert Wood, seriously, no joke, whose names are on the patent for the drug, should receive the Nobel Prize.

Other than its original intended use, its second use is as a pediatric pulmonary drug that has already saved or strongly improved the lives of tens of thousands of infants by improving pulmonary function.

On top of that, because the drug works for most mammals, it has already brought back several species from the brink of extinction. And it has also destroyed most of the market for endangered species parts as aphrodisiacs.

So seriously, these two guys deserve accolades far more than most of those who get the Nobel Prize.

Ironically, there is an old English expression "to dunn someone", named after a very persistent bill collector named Dunn. It means to, in effect, "to continually pester and not leave alone." So, 'Peter Dunn'...

And, of course, 'Albert Wood' speaks for itself.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-05-21 13:23|| 2010-05-21 13:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Hmmm, can't hear her say NO, can you.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-05-21 14:21|| 2010-05-21 14:21|| Front Page Top

#10 There's always hearing aids.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-05-21 16:03|| 2010-05-21 16:03|| Front Page Top

#11 I thought you were supposed to take them orally?

Posted by Frank G 2010-05-21 22:21|| 2010-05-21 22:21|| Front Page Top

#12 Correlation ain't causation.

Posted by Perfesser 2010-05-21 22:34|| 2010-05-21 22:34|| Front Page Top

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