Plumber aka Cardiologist? XLPharmacy Discusses ED

When to Call the "Plumber"—a Cardiologist

Whether the erectile problems are seen with or precede heart trouble seems to come down to a matter of plumbing.

Think about it, if you turn on your kitchen faucet and you don't get any flow, either the faucet is broken or the pipes are clogged. This idea would then make one think that erectile dysfunction is either caused by a problem directly related to the penis—the "faucet"—or to the blood vessels—the "pipes"—leading to the penis. Makes sense.

"Pipe clogging" seems to explain why heart problems and erectile dysfunction are so often seen together. When a person has high levels of cholesterol or arterial damage that cause arteries to clog, then it is likely there will not be enough blood to flow to the penis during sex, which can cause impotence.

If it's not "clogged pipes," then one would need to review what might be wrong with the "faucet". When the reason erectile dysfunction becomes a problem within the penis itself, the cause is probably more subtle than clogged arteries.

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Targeting Just the Cancer Cell

Molecular targeted therapies may become a revolutionary change in the treatment of cancer. Listen and watch this informative video as experts describe how these drugs are being used today and what may lie ahead.

Molecular therapy attacks the pathway that is the secret of that cell; it basically very specifically harms that cell without damaging the rest of the body.

Chemotherapy, in contrast, affects many types of normal cells, causing side effects such as hair loss, nausea and vomiting. And what are often most serious, low blood counts. Targeted drugs have side effects too. But they are usually quite mild.

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New Cancer Drug goes from Mice to Clinical Trials

Clinical trials to test the ability of the intravenous administration of eIF4E-specific antisense oligonucleotides, that are therapeutic to treating human cancers has begun. Recently we posted on this research conducted on mice by Jeremy Graff and colleagues from Eli Lilly. This is a huge leap of discovery, and we most certainly hope that it has positive results.

The ability to knock out cancer without affecting perfectly healthy surrounding tissues is possibly just around the corner. To know that for some cancers we may not have to go through the radiation therapy, or the sickness of losing so many of our good cells while trying to conquer the bad ones is "hope".

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