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Viagra could help this baby survive
June 15, 2006
MEN use Viagra to enhance their sexual performance.
Now the blue pill may be used for other treatments as well. Used
in small doses, it may help premature babies survive. That is the
assessment of Nobel Prize winner Ferid Murad, 70.
Co-awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998 for the discovery of the use
of nitric oxide in improving cardiovascular health, the American
feels that both Viagra and nitric oxide achieve similar results
in dilating blood vessels.
He was speaking to The New Paper during his visit here recently.
According to Professor Murad's findings, nitric oxide works by increasing
the formation of a certain type of molecule that causes blood vessels
to dilate and improve blood flow.
To read more, visit…
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,108299,00.html |