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Canadian researchers have found a whole new use for Viagra. It's for affairs of the heart, but not the bedroom kind. A study released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday by the University of Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute showed that sildenafil, also known...
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Muscular Dystrophy Patients Benefit From Viagra
Muscular dystrophy patients may benefit from well known anti-impotence pills Viagra. A study by Montreal Heart Institute examined mice with animal type of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The mice were given sildenafil - the active ingredient of Viagra - in similar doses that men take for erectile...
New approach to protect the hearts of patients with muscular dystrophy
Study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences show sildenafil (Viagra) as potential new treatment for the cardiac complicationsThis release is available in French. Montreal, May 12, 2008 – A team of researchers has recently shown that the administration of sildenafil protects the heart...
New experimental use for Viagra
Viagra 'aids muscular dystrophy'. BBCnews, May 14, 2008.The anti-impotence drug Viagra may help save people with muscular dystrophy from an early death, a study suggests. Researchers found the way the drug works to combat impotence may also help ward off heart failure in muscular dystrophy...
Need Help For MS? Try Viagra
Things may be perking up for patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. A study released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday by the University of Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute showed that sildenafil, also known as Pfizer (nyse: )'s Viagra, protected...
Viagra Could Fix the Heart
We could say that Viagra is on the way to save lives. And it's not about sexual life; Viagra (sildenafil) could prolong the lives of people suffering from muscular dystrophy, as pointed out by a new research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Just as it...
Viagra May Protect Heart in Muscular Dystrophy Patients
News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue May 13, 2008 2:19 PM EDT Besides being used to treat erectile dysfunction, Viagra may actually protect the hearts of people suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is often a precursor to heart failure, a new Canadian study reveals. DMD is one of the...
New approach to protect the hearts of patients with muscular dystrophy
A team of researchers has recently shown that the administration of sildenafil protects the heart in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This study was led by Dr. Christine Des Rosiers from the Universit_ de Montr_al and the Montreal Heart Institute, in collaboration with Dr. Basil Petrof of...
Protecting The Hearts Of Patients With Muscular Dystrophy Using New Approach
A team of researchers has recently shown that the administration of sildenafil protects the heart in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This study was led by Dr. Christine Des Rosiers from the Universite de Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute, in collaboration with Dr. Basil Petrof of...
Viagra may help ailing hearts
Washington - A Canadian study involving mice shows that anti-impotence pills might protect the hearts of people with a common form of muscular dystrophy, researchers said on Monday. Canadian researchers gave sildenafil, the active ingredient in drug maker Pfizer Inc's Viagra, to mice with an...
/R E P E A T -- A new approach to protect the hearts of patients with muscular dystrophy/
Dr. Christine Des Rosiers from the Montreal Heart Institute will be available for interviews. This study was led by Dr. Christine Des Rosiers of the Montreal Heart Institute and the Université de Montréal, in collaboration with Dr. Basil Petrof of the Research Institute of the McGill University...
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