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Viagra is found to treat jet-lag
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| May 22, 2007
| Spookyjam
Posted on 05/22/2007 10:19:36 AM PDT by spookyjam
WASHINGTON- Argentine scientists announced that the male impotence drug Viagra may be useful in alleviating jet-lag.
Jet lag is caused by flying across multiple time zones and can disturb ones sleeping pattern which can lead to insomnia, sleepiness and concentration problems.
By studying hamsters, researchers Patricia Agostino, Santiago Plano and Diego Golombek of the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes in Buenos Aires administered Viagra to hamsters at night and then switched on bright lights six hours earlier to model an eastbound flight.
However, the drug eased the subjects handle jet lag only when they took the samples before the equivalent of an eastbound flight and not the opposite when the delayed turning on the lights to imitate a westbound flight.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: flight; jetlag; travel; viagra
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posted on
05/22/2007 10:19:38 AM PDT
by
spookyjam
To: spookyjam
But I don’t want a mini-tent for 6 hours.
2
posted on
05/22/2007 10:21:11 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(I was opposed to Rudy in the mid 1990s when he took my fireworks away. I was but a little boy.)
To: spookyjam
“jet-lag”? I guess they have a new name for it! LOL!
3
posted on
05/22/2007 10:21:19 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
(More Americans are killed each day in the U.S. by abortion than were killed on 9/11 !)
To: spookyjam
I guess membership in the mile high club will be on the rise.
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posted on
05/22/2007 10:21:24 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: spookyjam
Yeah but you can’t put the tray down......
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posted on
05/22/2007 10:21:35 AM PDT
by
Ben Mugged
(Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
To: spookyjam
Usually I just end a flight with a stiff neck.
To: spookyjam
By studying hamsters
The female hamsters are pretty sick of the study.
7
posted on
05/22/2007 10:22:53 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Democrats are sacrificing civilization for political power)
To: HEY4QDEMS
8
posted on
05/22/2007 10:22:56 AM PDT
by
GSWarrior
To: GSWarrior
and I also said “on the rise”
quick!, someone push the abuse button!
9
posted on
05/22/2007 10:24:00 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: spookyjam
"We have arrived at O'Hare International Airport.
Gentlemen, please return your stewardess to her full upright position."
To: spookyjam
Yeah, Doc, I need the Viagra because I fly a lot!............Ya’know what I mean?......
11
posted on
05/22/2007 10:25:22 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
Usually I just end a flight with a stiff neck.
Thanks for a much needed laugh!
12
posted on
05/22/2007 10:27:24 AM PDT
by
EEDUDE
(The more I know, the less I understand...)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
"We have arrived at O'Hare International Airport. Gentlemen, please return your stewardess to her full upright position."
I nominate the collection of motion sickness bags to the guest worker program, I honestly think that this is truely a job that Americans will no longer do.
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posted on
05/22/2007 10:29:11 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: spookyjam
Maybe it helps because a certain part of the anatomy reaches the next time zone before you do...
14
posted on
05/22/2007 10:30:48 AM PDT
by
Andonius_99
(There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
To: HEY4QDEMS
So many lines...so little time!
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posted on
05/22/2007 10:31:08 AM PDT
by
LYSandra
To: spookyjam
I’d call that truth in advertising.
To: spookyjam
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posted on
05/22/2007 10:32:04 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there are bad people in the pistachio business] (...but his head is so tiny...))
To: spookyjam
I knew this would be a fun thread when I saw the headline. Much needed humor break.
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posted on
05/22/2007 10:32:26 AM PDT
by
manic4organic
(Send a care package through USO today.)
To: LYSandra
So many lines...so little time!
According to the label, we've got four to six hours.
Are we clear for take off?
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posted on
05/22/2007 10:33:41 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: spookyjam
Note: “If you experience a ‘jet lag’ lasting longer than four hours, please immediately contact your doctor.”
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