Under Pfizer Inc.'s new advertising guidelines, you should be hearing two words a lot less on television in the near future: erectile dysfunction. In unveiling new, self-imposed advertising guidelines that will limit the appearance of commercials for its Viagra impotency drug, Pfizer is responding to widespread criticism that pharmaceutical companies have gotten too aggressive in their marketing campaigns. (chicagotribune.com)

May 27, 2005

Pfizer Inc. on Friday acknowledged rare cases of blindness in men taking its impotence drug Viagra and said it is in talks with U.S. regulators to change the drug's label. (Reuters)

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March 31, 2005

"Ophthalmologists at University of Minnesota researchers Wednesday said a condition that causes permanent vision loss has been diagnosed in a small group of men who took the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. Combined with past reports, this study brings the total number of sildenafil-related NAION cases to 14."

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August 06, 2004

There is a potential new therapy for prostate cancer aimed at stopping the effects of the spreading disease.

"If necessary, the prostate can be removed after six months of prostate cancer treatment with implanted radioactive seeds, or brachytherapy, a French group reports."

Dean Gardner, a singer and sportsman who has survived testicular cancer is warning men not to ignore danger signs.

"A study shows that the use of sildenafil, the impotence drug, has gone up three times among younger men since it first came onto the market."

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